Featured My First Triumph (st 1050 Salvage)

Post Updated 11/03/2019




Hi all I've recently bought a salvage ST 1050(08) and plan to fix her up and put her back in the road, it has extensive damage to the forks and fairings.The damage is mostly on the r/h side but I'm sure I'll find more as I go.I'm not a mechanic but have good imagination and done similar projects in the past this will be my new work horse.
I'll keep updating the cost of the project

Projected budget is £1400.

Spent so far:
Bike £1100 (delivered)
Forks pair £100 (from a 2010 model)
Front break lever £10
Foot rest £14
Plastic filler epoxy and mesh £14
Small pot of paint £5.50

First stage will be removing the fairings and replacing the forks hopefully this weekend.Might get rid of the panniers as they are no use to me(central London riding :/).
Please any advice will be appreciated .










********************* Update 1 *********************
Old forks out,new forks from a 2010 model in,the front axle is bent new one on the way.
Changed the rider side foot peg(generic Honda) and front break lever.Unbent the rear break pedal so all good.
Next need to investigate the rear axle as the wheel looks out of alignment xD.
The weather was awful and had no jack so tied the bike to a tree , worked like a treat and plenty of space to remove the forks. going well ish so far.
More updates next week.





*********************** Update 2 ************************

After some work on the rear and front indicators and a patchy paintwork repair bike is now full road legal .No problems on MOT and sorted the engine management light.
Now what is left is to do a proper repair on the right hand side fairing but the temporary fix ain't bad.
I can now save money and commute.

Total cost so far including MOT and V62 fee £1305 still under budget
Need to get a chrome trim bit and in the future a new windscreen.

 

Thanks everyone , looking forward to doing this.
In terms of interchangeably of parts witch age and models can I use?

 

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