Good evening.
Well it is 99% done, just waiting for tank badges.
Montesa cota 348.
I put some stickers on the tzr 125 petrol tank.
Not sure I like them now so will be taking them off and trying some others on it instead.
Standing close and fitting them it seemed to make sense, at a distance they look uneven and even a touch odd.
And a new arrival yesterday that has been totally mistreated by previous owners, wrong silencer, it was off a 1290 KTM four stroke, they had cut the end off the original front pipe and welded a wider one on it. To make matters worse even with the wider pipe the silencer did not fit so they just slid it over the end of the pipe with no sealant. A 2 stroke relies on back pressure, all of it was lost with what they did.
So the first thing I did was take off the fairing, and even that was from the wrong bike, it was from a different model and made to fit with various home made brackets.
And I put on the correct exhaust system I had in my workshop (I have 4 of these pipes) and now it runs as it was meant to run, and pulls just like it should, with their exhaust that they thought made it look like a big bike, it would not rev beyond 6000 rpm, now it revs to 11000.
I ordered a complete correct to bike plastic panel set today so as soon as it arrives I will fit it and show it you again, later this week I hope, fingers crossed.
Very hot night, still 28 degrees c so I am off for a much needed shower.
See you soon.