The front wheel is on and the bike is standing by itself.

The front forks has been put on, ready for the front wheel now.

The stand has been mounted.

The new steering lock has been mounted, the old one was totally destroyed.

Due to lack of special tools I had to let a local company press one of the bearings onto the steering column, they charged me more than both steering bearings cost, so I will probably go elsewhere next time I need a small job done. At least they greased the bearing for me, and more. [...]

The steering stem needs to have a bearing pressed on. I thought I was going to be smart and put the stem into the freezer and warmed the bearing itself on the stove. I’ve heard that this would make the bearing expand en the stem shrink enough so I could just slide the bearing onto [...]

Had to use a knife to remove some leaking of paint from the powder coating process. The masking wasn’t good enough to keep all the powder out, but luckily it was easier to remove than I feared. Finally mounted the swing arm bearings with a special tool that i borrowed from my brother. The disk [...]

I don’t have a tool to insert the wheel bearings into the rims, so I am using another method that works if you are careful. First take the inner ring and balls out of the old bearings. Then take an angle grinder and make a cut in the rings like on the picture. It doesn’t [...]

The airbox has been put together again. Parts has been cleaned, some polished and some has been painted. Three screws has been replaced with new ones, and the broken rubber air intake has been secured with two chassis screws.

The first major part of my project is being rebuilt, it is the rear wheel. In this post I will fit the driven joint hub with dampers, the brake disc and bearings will follow in part II. I use soap to lubricate the rubber dampers because they have a very tight fit. Using a paint [...]