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Bought the bike in feb 07, the bike itself was in good but dirty condition, and bodywork had room for improvement. It had a full micron system with an open can and a datatool veto (fit and regret for sure). it had just had:

New Camshafts
New rockers
Shims
Generator re-wind
Carb rebuild
Piston rings
Cam chain
New battery


Unfortuanately the gearbox and clutch where worse for ware

By march 07 I had bought a replacement engine from a H model. This engine had just had :

Head gasket
Shims
Clutch rebuild
CCT
Cam chain

So far (23/03/07) I have polished half of the frame (down to the welds), and tonight I have bolted in the new engine.

i have made good progress on the revamp now





does the airbox have to be so bloody big, where am I going to put all those wires. I have completely changed the way the loom runs to conceal it better. and re-wrapped it all

I re did all the wiring on mine when i re-installed it, didnt have to do too much just cable tied alot of things together. Air box does foul the wires slightly but nothing major, ill get a pic up of it when i get the chance.

Today (28/03/07) the brake pressure switch and rearsets came. Got the switch fitted and thats all good.

Tonight I got it running toward the end of the night (spent the day workin on my CR).

so far the list of done things:

Rearsets
rear brake pressure switch conversion
New engine
silicone rubber HT leads
Modified wiring loom
Semi polished frame
Stainless bolts all round the fairings and lots of missing bolts replaced. Every bolt re-oiled
Removed that bloody alarm

I am now in the throws of doing a service. The aprilia is up for sale and have already had much of my time wasted. As soon as it sells I can attack my want list

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06/05/07

Today I have been buying the first proper lot of parts

Been getting some bits for the bike today:

Full micron SS with carbon can
Clock bracket
Mirror stay
Bottom end
Front and rear discs
Two lower fairings
Two rear fairings
Various wee brackets
Hoover tube upper
wee little airbox bungs

09/05/07

In addition to the other parts I now have these coming

got a clear led tail light on order.ermax undertray on order.new hanger clamp and slip on clamps have arrived. just need to get some gaskets, and the exhaust can go on

I have also bought a pair of Iridium headlight bulbs








So far we have this

I have now stripped more aspects





These bits are on their way to the powdercoaters



I have removed some of the Pink aspects



More to come

So far I have bought :

No.2 Engine
Rearsets
Mini LED tail light
New rear subframe
Brake pressure switch
Speedo cable
Can hanger
Mini LED indicators
Slip on clamp
Micron exhaust system + can
Lower fairings
Rear fairings
discs
Clock Stay
Mirror Stay
Bottom end
Iridium headlight bulbs
LED rear light
Undertray
Exhaust gaskets
Top fairing
Replacement headlight
" O/S mirror

To that point the parts cost is £966.16, not including postage.

Where did you get the rearsets from Andy? Are they ones from Ebay? Whats the quality like?

they are the £99 ACU approved jobbies from ebay. The quality isn't fantastic to be honest. They get delivered straight off the mill, full of swarf and machine oil. The milling quality is poor with some 'dinks' in the surface and some quite sharp areas. The bushes are crap and I doubt they will last as long as a bronze equivalant. Also the holes for the mouting bolts are recessed with diameter 10mm yet no M8 bolt with a 10mm head is easily available, so the standard M8 cap head looks silly in the hole.

The gear linkage rod is also in need of extra washers to space it out or the lever hits it on downshifts.

All in all not alot of work to put right, but for £100 it would be nice if they cleaned off the swarf.


By the way, I have a box of things ready for black powder coat, should I have the rearset done satin black, i think it would look nice, what you rekon?

ummmm, personally id leave em. I think they would look a bit odd if they were done black, if your frame was black then id say go for it.

thouse rear lights rule

I am quite jealous of those! Nice work.

not changin much then !!

have I picked a crap colour?
Thinking of doing them again, in a colour closer to the fork legs

i like goooooollllld!

polish the letters or paint them black ect will look nice!

They look ok to me, but if your unhappy with them, re-do em.