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Picked this up today. Going to keep front end, wheels, engine & carbs. The rest will be sold or swapped for stuff I want.

Mine run fine. Did you order them to suit XS650? If so, Tom usually gets them close apart from the main jet. What specs/jets are in yours?

37c the last 2 days, looks better today only 36!:rolleyes:

Finished

Finished

Finished! Only job to do is get the seat pad trimmed.

Assemblage

Malcolm was at our warehouse last Friday, he's a good mate of my boss. He worked in Europe as a motorsport engineer for some well known teams.

37c here today

Rubbed down with 320 dry paper & then epoxy primed. Rubbed down primer & that took nearly a whole day. Block sanded primer as good as I could. First layer is 2 coats of a grainy silver, 10 minutes later 2nd layer of what looks like blood but is a tinted clear & the 3 coats of clear with 15...

More bits in the sun

Done! I think it looks OK.

All sanded & ready for painting tomorrow night

My mate built it himself, a plumber by trade but he's one of those people who can do anything very well, except electrics:laughing: I feel a bit guilty asking him to help as he's always busy but I couldn't justify the amount of money spray painters wanted even with me supplying the materials. I...

Just epoxy primed all the bits today & will start sanding on Sunday

Just order the paint & stuff for the bike. I was thinking about having a crack at it myself, but it's a bit expensive if I stuff it up, so I'll drop it to the paint shop we use for work. I can blame them if it looks crap!🏍️

37c currently 7.30 pm Sunday here.

Predicted 37c on Sunday. A quiet day in the shed sipping the odd drink I think.

Removed all traces of filler & paint from the tank & preparing the rest for painting