This is how the motor looks like now. I it really interesting and educational for me to see the inner workings of the motor.

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.

Today I delivered the tank, front fender, side covers and the rear cover to paint. This was too important to get right for me to do it myself.

I’ve finished the front rim today. Now it is cleaned, polished and cleaned again. I didn’t take a note of how long I used on this, but I would guess I used about 8 to 10 hours on it. Maybe because I was trying different methods in the beginning. The rear rim is actually looking [...]

I needed a temporary workbench so I built this one. I also moved some of my tools from my permanent workbench to this one.

Today I built a washing machine. Well, actually it’s just a tub acting as a sink and a bucket with a windshield washer motor circulating the washing fluid. There is also a filter made out of a rag to take the worst dirt out of the loop. My parts washer is very temporary, here is [...]

I keep the sand blasting cabinet at my brothers garage, he has a much bigger garage.

This is an overview of the whole front brake system.

Here you can see how bad the rims are. Polishing them will be a nightmare, so I’m thinking about getting them blasted with glass.

The first one is off, I’m looking forward to see how it is inside.