Shakotom

Probs been asked before How does one reuse a old plate? TDLR: have a 60s motorbike plate I want to put on a 60s bike ( it’s not from that bike) - plate doesn’t show in car jam but shows as unavaliable on kiwi plates. who do you email to release it to buy as a p plate? thank you

Do you need a stock chain guard / Headlight casing w speedo? Have got both listed on trade me but will cut deal for OSGC /an undercowl?

Rode to work Monday - ran a bit poorly on the way home, That evening chopped up the factory air filter housing elbow and modified to work with the Kehin ( probably a replica) carb it was running initially Tuesday, ran a bit better on the way to work, then carb started leaking fuel out the overflow and was a prick to start at the end of the day. Pulled plug and carb apart after work for a quick clean as found it full of grit, still leaked fuel but limped it home, swapped a carb off a CB100 motor onto it as a temp measure to keep it running as I had the WOF booked Thursday Wednesday carb did wees as soon as I arrived to work. I had ordered a Nibbi carb on Tuesday and that turned up at lunchtime so pulled that leaking carb off at lunch and in the process found that this carb was full of grit too - Realised afterwards that I’d been running it on reserve due to having only minimal fuel in the tank while I waited for the new one to be painted and there’s no mesh in the tap on R so it was probably all the grit from in the tank getting washed out ( even though I washed and blew it out prior to use) Borrowed a car from work and went and grabbed 2 fuel filters from the pitbike shop down the road. Fitted both inline with the new Nibbi carb and bugger me it’s like a new bike. Idles smoothly, and can chug around with out using the throttle. Put an air filter on it that night from the stash. - only downside is it doesn’t fit under the side covers and If i modify it so the filters tucked in the stock airbox hole I’ll still need to trim the freshly painted side cover to clear the carb. Can’t win them all. Rode it to WOF shop this morning, so wow it’s much nicer in traffic with this carb and the smooth throttle response. WOF guy must have liked it too Paid rego and we are good for 12 months! To do list: -Clutch / Clutch cable - Replace tyres as they’re a bit old

With the tank and side covers not expected to be back until next week some time, I got impaitent - slapped some JBweld ( sorry ) over the pinhole in the tank , found some old side covers in the stash and bolted it all together for a test ride did a couple laps of the paddock after putting fresh oil in the engine and forks. Will scoot it to work next week for a longer run, and call Monday to see if there’s a WOF booking avaliable ( and see how big the list is - suspect a rear tire at the least ) pretty chuffed with this backdate so far

That fuel tank leaks - so that’s 3 for 3. Got fed up with that so purchased a tank from AliExpress. Nice and small -42cm long in total. Good proportions and shape sort of looks like a scaled down version of CB360 Test fitted - sorted the rear mount with a rivnut and some rubber bushes. Will need to move the seat mounts on the pan to shift the seat pan ~25mm forward to close the gap Dropped tank and side covers to paint shop yesterday

4 years later The CB has been fighting me with getting back on the road. Just neglect keeps making the list of work it needs larger The CG got its last WOF in 2022. The tyres were cool but the front one rubbed on the fork as was too wide and made the bike slower. I got over the horrible sounding exhaust and life happened so it was tucked in the back of the shed. I had a bit of free time at the start of the year and having space now I dragged bikes home from storage. Over the years I’d hunted out a few bits and pieces for it - ended up with 3 CB100 tanks - 2 leak and the best one has a big dent in the side, some fenders, cb125 exhaust etc and have been spending an hour or so in the shed at at night over the last week tinkering and assembling it Before Swapping to CB100 spec Currently Still have a few more nights work to sort then will try a WOF and will be back to daily duties!

I do enjoy a good swift

This rules

Thanks for the advice @Crispy, I will mash car back to original next year and then start the process - it least it sounds promising, for now it can sit in the corner of the shed and I can imagine

Hi, probably been asked before but here we go Have a very very old car I’m looking to get back on the road - was maybe last on the road in 1967 in Auckland area have a couple of sets of plates off it - the last set from the 60s - which corresponds with Plates used in Auckland from 64-65 and the previous non permanent ones which correspond with it being regoed in Auckland in/from 1961 ive got old photos of the car with both the plates fitted to it but no papers or reg/wof stickers 64 plates of course don’t exist in car jam, ID plate is very poor condition, painted black with nothing visible except for the car brand Owners passed, His son can vouch for the car being the car it is Car doesn’t run and has some grandfathered mods done to it - have parts to return to OE spec from build year Where do I start?

Bought some cheap coil overs and put them in Then removed them again as K11 went to Nats and needed the suspension travel to load it up invisible caravan Had a great trip down with @GuyWithAviators riding shotgun - Front seats nice for a nap even with all the rattles and wind noise this car has. 11/10 weekend camping and touring

Two and a half years later…

Grandad passed away start of last year, one of the things I’ve inherited is the garden trailer he built in 1966. It’s just a trailer but cool points are OG black plate and sentimental reasons. I had tried to get a WOF on it a couple of times since it expired at the start of the year but it’s really a little too bubbly in some spots, the paints pretty thick from all the years of touch ups and it’s probably 10 months is getting a bit past it for running tip runs with no WOF, so biting the bullet and pulling it apart for a tidy up. Drilled rivets holding the metal floor in - which was covering a sheet of fairly rotten plywood. Plywood sat under the folded metal sides. Has rusted out the lower edge of the sides and the frames pretty flaky. Front edge of the floor was welded to the frame and the sides were welded to the uprights front and rear. Got to this point Sunday afternoon. Hoping to get the other side off this week and then drop it to the blasters and see how much of it comes back… I would really like to find another pair of latches the same as this to fit to the front gate and some similar looking LED taillights to these Lucas ones for ease of not having to deal with cleaning corroded bulb mounts every WOF. Any clues please let me know.

Long time no chat, Am starting this to document some of the things I’m tinkering with that aren’t worth a solo thread but I’d like to throw photos somewhere for records / motivation/ self accountability.

Very cool