Sweary Bob Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Spondon frames were there to cure the "Bendy jap frames" of the time, but as you say the later frames got way better and so aftermarket frames became a personal choice for something different. Quote Link to comment
spondonturbo Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 finally got the old girl finished and back on the road just in time for the Donnington Classic bike show. Was on the Spondon Owners Club stand and got the chance to parade the circuit along with all the other Old Skool bikes and the Spondon owners. Spent most of the winter rebuilding and fixing issues. engine out and retorqued the head as had done 500 miles since I rebuilt the engine. All goodridge lines remade with new fittings and hose as I was having some leakage issues and the original anodising had faded. Mr Dunlop rebullt the rajay which had a damaged impellar thanks to a bolt wanting a closer look. Was hard work getting the right anodised fittings as people have moved on from red / blue anodised, but I like the old skool look. Had the damaged paintwork repaired following a petrol leak. Was close to stripping and doing a new paint scheme, but I really like this paintob even if it is dated. Just a coupe of jobs left to do now and she will be completely finished. Now MOT'd and taxed so funtime !! These pics from the show but not very good 8 Quote Link to comment
Gixer1460 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Proper old skool hi tech before it was mainstream - a fav bike. Fair play for not doing a drastic update. 1 Quote Link to comment
R1guy Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Bike is looking great- I'd say it's probably aged considerably better than the girl posing on it on page one of this thread 1 Quote Link to comment
spondonturbo Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, R1guy said: Bike is looking great- I'd say it's probably aged considerably better than the girl posing on it on page one of this thread tits for slippers by now :-) 1 Quote Link to comment
busa ash Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 stunning bike , keep it as is, perhaps have the painter that did chris bike touch in the paintwork ? 1 Quote Link to comment
Neill666 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Do love the WP forks :-) 1 Quote Link to comment
kja.busa Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Proper. One of my favourite Spondons, great to see it as it was and it still looks awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment
SiBag Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 That is filth utter filth..... 2 Quote Link to comment
spondonturbo Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 7 hours ago, busa ash said: stunning bike , keep it as is, perhaps have the painter that did chris bike touch in the paintwork ? Ash, he has done the tank and seat unit. Same painter as Chris's bike. Just got the wheels and mudguard to sort, but want to put it back to single seat which is where the headache is. Thinking of Fibre glassing the missing part of the hump on and then he could blow in new paint 1 Quote Link to comment
busa ash Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 sounds good too me mate Quote Link to comment
clivegto Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Lovely bike. 1 Quote Link to comment
spondonturbo Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 cheers guys. Actually getting out on her, so getting proper use rather than for show :-) Going to leave the next few jobs till the winter so I can stay on the road a bit longer. Also just about to start and efe oil boiler build for my 50th so going to be busy elsewhere 2 Quote Link to comment
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