Bout time I introduced myself I reckon!

I was trekking through old blimey late last year, all the while enjoying the charming fog/rain/fog/rain cycle you lucky chaps have down there.
Not long into my escapades, I discovered that there existed a logical road network connecting the fields of sludge I had been merrily trudging through day after day.
My neighbor at that time had what appeared to my ignorant self to be a neglected rc30 (never heard of nc30's prior) on his front porch, I sponsored him a couple Guinness...

The poor chap had been piecing the old bike together as a first time scoot, albeit badly, but with a few nice parts here and there. He had replaced the original fairing with a K-conversion kit, looked good from far...

I decided to offer him pure dignitaries for the machine, and he gladly accepted due to it failing its mot on incorrectly fitted fairings, binding brakes and numerous other disasters...

I ripped the bike to bits making tools and spare bits from stolen kitchen cutlery and any steel I could scrounge up(seriously- I welded up a windscreen brace from a garden rake), limped to the mot folks and sweet talked for half an hour...

Anyhow, long story short- I gained a means of transport in between the fish and chippers. Turned out I enjoyed the old lass so much, that I ended up jotting down a plan to get myself back home up in Norway (bear in mind Christmas was but a couple weeks away)...

A pair of kevlar jeans and saddlebags later I was on my way to a lot of chilly fun.
Back home safe and sound we're well into getting the good lady on the road again after a frame up slack-dude restoration. I have an old bimmer and another bike I'd like readied for the summer so no new parts other than the bare essentials are to be invested in this year...

I'll have up some pics of my progress tomorrow, for now have a look at this smug chop just arrived back from a snowstorm!

Horny!!

You like my tuba mr?

lol.. comedy picture fo sho. Had to read it a few times to make sense of it..

Lovely Tuba...prefer a nice woodwind myself though

Not bad for a 96000 km bike





Bonus Kawi- Z turbo

Progress has been slow on the bike, but I've just taken up some extra work up in the mountains so I have to get this little hillbasher on the road - forthwith!

I cleaned out the carbs the other day, and noticed this as I was strapping them on the bike;



The little gasket bands must have brittled from the solvents, and fail to seal at the joints between the t-section. Looks like I might just have to leave them until a later date,
anyone know if this will hamper performance in any way? What are the pipes for?

Welded up a new rear subframe, the original was way out. The previous owner cut the seat section to suit it and it makes the bike look like a cat dragging its ass. If anyone plans to use a similar fairing (they don't fit the org frame at all!), tell me and I'll fix you up with a similar frame. I might make up a few molds for the fairings on my bike, when they're fully modded and made professional like, this won't be anytime soon as I just need a runner for now - but tell me if you're interested (carbon fibre is an option), I plan to make the bike look like something off a showroom floor, and the panels don't give that aesthetic impression the way they're currently designed...

Shiity paint job- I'm rushing goddamnit!


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