DadMorti's Fixer-Upper

[a_morti]

On behalf of he who is not great with computers, here are some "before" pictures of DadMorti's fixer-upper, bought through eBay for £300.

[a_morti]

In his own inimitable DadMorti style, the bike has been improving in quite rapid fashion. Here is the one "after" shot that we have taken so far:



This shows a black-painted front wheel, gold-painted caliper (also given a tidy-up) and disc, and brand new BT-090 fitted to replace the stepped BT45 that was on there. This matches the lightly-worn rear and was supplied with the bike.

Further jobs are/were:

• Rotten paint job on bodywork - mudguard, clocks, rad shroud, aluminium panels and seat unit rubbed down and painted. Only in plastikote but it's a lot better with zero stickers. Seat unit required a lot of plastic welding and filler.
• Tank - is last on the list as it's going to be a pig, there is tons of filler on there so it won't be easy. But tanks are unobtainable, so it'll have to do. Have enquired with DavidSilver about silver on black Wing badges for tank. Likely to be sourced from CBR125 as most others are far too big. Pattern stickers always look awful so will be avoiding that, and originals off CBR125 are strangely cheap - about £10 the pair.
• Headlight rusted out from the inside - not repairable. Replaced with Yamaha headlight with glass lens.
• Clutch lever mounted with random bolt - enquiries made with DavidSilver.
• Clutch lever bent - pattern replacement sourced from Bike Business, Portsmouth.
• Rough running - carbs quickly opened and checked, one blocked small jet cleared. Better but not perfect, will try fresh fuel and maybe swap carbs off my bike.
• No charging - swapping my regulator in got it working (not wonderful charge rates but will maybe investigate later) so a used CBR125 regulator was ordered off eBay, same fitment but finned.
• Seat cover - replacement ordered, it's just a big bit of vinyl! May take to local upholsterer or may have a go.
• Swingarm - my old one will be brushed down and repainted, as it's better than the one on there.
• Exhaust - this is a bit of a mystery at the moment as the link pipe supplied is not a great fit.

DadMorti will surely chip in anything I've forgotten, and text me any other photos he has.

[a_morti]

Also:

• Stiff throttle - rubbed rust of handle bar and cleaned up, solved.
• Weird fault where turning the headlight on made the temp gauge rocket - cleaned out light switch, this solved it.
• Manky bolts all over the place - gradually being replaced with original if in stock, or stainless.
• Missing RHS tank rubber - "Yeh, I will post it on to you, it's around somewhere" says the PO. This seems unlikely to me (AM) so will probably be needing one. Note to DadMorti - luckily this is the one of the two that can still be bought, and it's not even dear:
  http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/parts/by-part-number/part_17516KAF000/ we can add that to your DavidSilver order.

[ptlcb1]

Regarding the front brake caliber, DadMorti is gettin his bling on!!!  Nice!

[a_morti]

Regarding the front brake caliber, DadMorti is gettin his bling on!!!  Nice!

Not bad, eh? The paint was bought by me for refrubing my front discs, it's not quite as bling as that picture looks, but it's not so far off either.

[sbadvm]

I saw that on ebay m8.Nice to see its gone to someone who's gonna give it sme loving 

Quick question, what filler did you use to do the plastics and which yamaha light did you use?

Thanks.

[philharrow]

Looks like DadMorti's wasting no time. The forks look excellent in black, mine are very pitted, what paint did he use on them?
Regards, Phil.

[a_morti]

I saw that on ebay m8.Nice to see its gone to someone who's gonna give it sme loving 

Quick question, what filler did you use to do the plastics and which yamaha light did you use?

Thanks.

The Yamaha light is unknown I think, from a friend's stockpile.

The plastics are welded back together using a soldering iron to melt the plastic back into one, then filled with normal bodywork filler and rubbed flat.

Looks like DadMorti's wasting no time. The forks look excellent in black, mine are very pitted, what paint did he use on them?
Regards, Phil.

Indeed he's not, never does really. He's become good at buying scruffy bikes and - if not making showbikes - tidying them up to a usable standard. CBX750 x2, TS50, CBR900, GPX250, CB-1 and various others have received the treatment over the recent years.

The forks were also done with black plastikote. We've used this on bikes before, it dries kinda soft, so is more resistant to stone chips than most paint. Not as good as powdercoat, but I don't think you can do that with the forks in situ on the bike. It is especially useful on engine covers, as it seems to go a bit harder with the heat.

[a_morti]

To DadMorti:

these pictures show how Fireblade rear hangers give more room for the exhaust:





The mount point is just a bit higher and further back, and the footpeg is out of the way. Rubbish for passengers but you'll never take one so no problem.

[rigwit]

•Tank - is last on the list as it's going to be a pig, there is tons of filler on there so it won't be easy. But tanks are unobtainable.

Where are all the oldstyle shops..........dinged tank ,cut out underside reform to shape then weld up bottom plate back on, I've done a few this way.  And as this fixerupper,(mine) has a dinged side, from falling on its left side  once I've decided on a lower air filter system doing away with the "box",    as the CB1,s  tank isn't thatgreat from the off, I will be cutting out the bottom, reforming the ding and lowering the tank to increase the volume as no airbox would being the way.