Featured 1966 T120 Restoration

At last the fitting have been plated and also the last few chrome parts done, now i can start the final build

 

A Few more hours spent on fitting the yokes bars and controls along with a NOS rev counter. Fitted the outer covers to the engine and gearbox along with the footrests.

 

Really pleased now as it had turned into a love hate build for a whyle as i started with half a bike and half that was rubbish or wrong but luckily i had a few spare parts, now its going together its still fighting me but i can see an end

 

Todays little job was to rebuild the painted fork lowers with all new bushes stanchions and seals, i hope to fit them tomorrow along with some other jobs.

 

Slow progres today but fitted the rebuilt fork legs into the yokes and then released i had a missing spacer so couldn't do the front hub, so fitted the bearings to the rear hub.

 

Front hub bearings done and brake plate polished, both mudguards have had a final polish and fitted.

 

It's still fighting me lol but it only down to the detail now, little things like modifying the standard push rod tubes to take the chromoly push rods as they are a fraction larger and finding an original kill switch with a brown button instead of the normal black ones or even little things like finding the correct shock mounting bolts and mudguard fittings as they are different on early bikes.

 

Cheap glass for bigger bits and glass bead for finer detail bits.

 

Thanks for the praise , if i don't focus on things my mind wanders and when it wanders too far that's when the shit hits the fan, so i look on these projects as therapy lol. Hopefully next year it looks like i will have some small jobs to keep my wandering mind in check.

 

At last i have sorted the push rod tubes and new rods, rebuilt the rocker boxes and finished off fitting the head and carburetors.

 

Lol, i only manage one a year so far Joe.