1994 M600 owner coming to say hello!

Thanks Albie. On closer inspection though the 600 was quite rough. Badly rattle canned engine paint, mudguard kept on with rawl plug and wall screw etc etc. Ha ha.

[Albie]

Originally Posted by kevrobot

Thanks Albie. On closer inspection though the 600 was quite rough. Badly rattle canned engine paint, mudguard kept on with rawl plug and wall screw etc etc. Ha ha.

Read mine then. Admittedly I bought it as a bargain £500 gamble knowing that but you uncover so much if you want to look closely. I really like the Yellow 600. I have also found welds on my engine mainly spatter from what looks like good job but found the evidence I would have removed had I done the work.
I bought a few mopeds over last few years to restore and one of them had brake shoes which should have had a pair of internal brake return springs, but one was connected together with what looked like a paper clip.

I have had a read of yours. Can't believe you picked it up for 500 quid, an absolute steal, mine was quite a bit more than that. Yours looks like it was in way better cosmetic shape than mine when you got it too.
In fairness so far there hasn't been much to replace and Ducati John has been over the engine and it all seems mechanically sound so I'm happy. Means that it's mainly cosmetics that need to be done.

[Albie]

Originally Posted by kevrobot

I have had a read of yours. Can't believe you picked it up for 500 quid, an absolute steal, mine was quite a bit more than that. Yours looks like it was in way better cosmetic shape than mine when you got it too.
In fairness so far there hasn't been much to replace and Ducati John has been over the engine and it all seems mechanically sound so I'm happy. Means that it's mainly cosmetics that need to be done.

Yes but crank was shot and 6th gears hardening gone. Alone that's £784 and it still needs full rebuild engine belts gaskets seals and heads were stripped, oil ring broken, closer rocker broken, clutch plates worn, plus vapour blasting heads and barrels and paint. That all adds up to a LOT . I was gambling mind with open eyes knowing I have an early bike which I wanted so much since I got into classic bikes.

Originally Posted by Albie

Yes but crank was shot and 6th gears hardening gone. Alone that's £784 and it still needs full rebuild engine belts gaskets seals and heads were stripped, oil ring broken, closer rocker broken, clutch plates worn, plus vapour blasting heads and barrels and paint. That all adds up to a LOT . I was gambling mind with open eyes knowing I have an early bike which I wanted so much since I got into classic bikes.

That's true mate and so far (touch wood) I've had no major mechanical bits to sort.

In other news I picked up a proper blind puller and it did the job after MUCH effort LOOOOOOADS of plus gas and some bruised hands.



waving goodbye with 2 fingers.


Anyway I should start an M600 build thread this week once I have resized all the images so far.

Kev

[Dirty]

Originally Posted by kevrobot

Anyway I should start an M600 build thread this week once I have resized all the images so far.

Kev

Use http://postimg.org/ and it will resize them for you

Originally Posted by Dirty

Use http://postimg.org/ and it will resize them for you

I will batch do them in photoshop I reckon as I'll do the thread from my computer. Doing posts from the phone on forums is a right old pain in the buttox. Thanks for the advice though.

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by kevrobot

Anyway I should start an M600 build thread this week once I have resized all the images so far.

Kev

I didn't see the bruises, I was distracted by the elefant on the wheel spoke....there should be quite a few more dotted around the bike.