Yea it is......same colour as the red XS2..........Euro 76 had 3 colours....Star black, Silver dust and Brilliant red
Haven't ever seen a euro 74 but on the Euro, (sorry i have included Ireland in the broad scope of Euro)
@beano I just came across your thread and I've been enjoying reading through your build, really cool stuff, especially all the Euro/UK-specific elements. Oh - and congrats on earning your MEng degree! Keep up the great work.
Ahh, I don't know about that, but thanks for the kind word. I was really touched to see that this was your Dad's bike and I have to imagine he would be really excited to know that you're bringing it back to it's glory days - it's a really awesome story. My Dad had bikes (choppers!) but gave up riding when I was born. He passed a few years ago, far too young, so we were never able to share motorcycling which is something I'll always regret...Thank you @SomervilleXS650, your thread has blown me out of the water already I think!
Absolutely mate! Glad to share everything I learned to help you get it up and running. Maybe it will be useful for others on here as well.I may pick your brain later on in the year when I finally get around to building it.
I was really touched to see that this was your Dad's bike and I have to imagine he would be really excited to know that you're bringing it back to it's glory days - it's a really awesome story. My Dad had bikes (choppers!) but gave up riding when I was born. He passed a few years ago, far too young, so we were never able to share motorcycling which is something I'll always regret...
Acetone should cause the old liner to dissolve although not completely.Thank you @SomervilleXS650, your thread has blown me out of the water already I think!
You have beaten me to it but my plans were very similar to yours. (With regards to building a vapour blaster etc). In fact my girlfriend bought me a blast cabinet for Christmas and I have spent ages researching plans, pressures, ratios etc. I haven't assembled it yet due to time constrains but its on the list. I may pick your brain later on in the year when I finally get around to building it.
Back to the project at hand and I spent most of last weekend trying to remove the liner from the tank and finishing the initial build up of the bike. This liner is driving me mad, its like some kind of epoxy or something, real thick at the bottom over a half inch thick. Old faithful methods like simply throwing a few nuts and bolts in and shaking it around will not suffice for this application unfortunately.
This is the side profile of one chunk i managed to remove:
I filled the tank with diesel some time ago and managed to dislodge some of it with a long screwdriver hoping the diesel will get underneath the liner and affect the adhesion. This has worked pretty good to an extent and I have managed to get a good bit of it out. the areas at the rear of the tank by the petcock still look pretty messed up and there's other random patches all around the place, but we're getting there slowly but surely, like this project.
Apart from the tank the rest of the mock up went quite well, I seem to be missing the castle nut for the rear axle, and the chainguard but it appears otherwise complete.
I'll be home again this weekend so the plan will be to see if I can get more crap from the tank and then strip and clean the petcocks. I'm also gonna go through all the random boxes of spares my father accumulated and try and organise them. I will have to drag the bike outside in order to do that, so I will try to get a few pics of her out in the sun.