Archive for the 'Before' Category

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An old picture of my bike

Posted by me on April 22nd, 2008 filed in Before
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I was looking through my photo albums one day and found this photograph from the summer of 1996. The colors are a bit wrong but it is nice and shiny. This was back in the days I was still using the bike for trips and therefore has mountings for luggage mounted on it.

Carburettor top before

Posted by me on March 12th, 2008 filed in Before, Progress
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I haven’t done much polishing aluminum in my life, so here is the “before” picture of a test I’ve done.

The “before” picture

Posted by me on October 11th, 2007 filed in Before
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Then summer is over, it is cold rain outside, but I have something new this year! My very own garage (and a little bit my wife’s of course). This picture is the first actual picture in the disassembling part of this project. It is also the last of the complete bike. In the left of [...]

Summer is here

Posted by me on June 6th, 2007 filed in Before
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My pleasure of riding this fine machine is bigger than any other vehicle I’ve ever driven. But it is getting apparent that this machine has existed since 1984. There is rust in most chrome details and the aluminium covers are very dull. But it runs smoothly. The kid in the background is a little scared [...]

Spring cleaning

Posted by me on April 26th, 2007 filed in Before
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The spring cleaning has been done, consider this a “before” picture. This picture was taken before I decided to do a full restoration. The picture is taken in the basement at the place I worked at. The basement has a few small rooms that fit a motorcycle and me and a coworker had our bikes [...]