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Cheers for checking it out, should be ideal, I was gonna try and source a wheel in better condition but will hit you up if it falls through.

Weeds grow around it?

Was good meet!

Oh and as far as attendance tomorrow, will see you there

Good to know, I was more thinking the fabled LNI ride that is currently in the yarn stages. KK, what are the new engine deets?

Area rep means I just go around tagging bus stops, right?

BNS scute please

Or come on the strokinggentlemoon tour, wherever whenever it is ha

Yeah working but free on the weekend.

It's super easy Bucket, water, washing soda, battery charger, sacrificial mild steel. 1 cup of washing soda to 60l of water, postive lead on sacrificial steel negative lead on part to de-rust, profit. Can do it for you if you want. I pulled the tank out after 8 hours and it is looking good, all the rust on the outside is shiny once the black residue is wiped off, I think I'll biff some screws in and rattle it around then give it a final dip.

My tank was fairly rusty on the inside so thought I'd give this electro rust removal a jam. Bubbles Amps Science! Yucky I have pulled it out a couple times and given it a scrub and it's starting to look good.

Chur muchly!

If you want an easy bar conversion, I have seen these on TM https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/handlebars-handlebar-parts/listing-1728094599.htm?rsqid=55ff1bb4eb5a4be4a65a1a07fea2c6b1

Yeah, I chopped it at the line so the main part of the body is untouched, I'm glad I unstitched the plate/light mount, might be handy after all

A new battery and a swift kick should be all it needs. Jump it with 12v for extra oomph.

12mm, runs through some 6301 bearings. My post nightshift measuring abilities say it needs to be 59mm but would need to check again You got some tube in stock? Would be super handy, can still source them new from the looks at least.

Yeah, will need to do a mock assembly beforehand with new engine and controls etc. Then can clean it up. The tank was looking a bit iffy with some rust around the bottom but after a quick cleanup I think it will be ok. Will need to citric acid/electrolysis it though as it has surface rust on the inside.

I have stripped everything down now and there are a couple things that I need if anyone has any spares. I'm after the crush tube that goes between the bearings in the rear wheel and I also need a tyre to replace the knobbly currently on the back.

I have started ordering some parts, just some bars, a headlight and some grips. Also dug out this wee number that I'll put on.

I Beat down to the bakery this morning for some pastries and a fizzy pop. M E Gale, the original beater.

I'm not sure what I'm doing with the back end yet, I like the idea of keeping the guard as most do get cut off but they can look a bit daggy if not done well, I'll keep ya posted. Check out the knobbly. One thing I realised when filling out the form to re-register was that I hadn't thought about what colour I wanted it to be, I had to choose quickly as I was short on time but have since settled on one but you'll have to wait to find out.

I'm a fan of this saucy ride Not sure what I'll do just yet but it'll be skinny wheels, bars etc

There are so many sweet cub builds for inspiration. Some babe built this lush number And this makes me breathe a little heavy

I couldn't resist the cub life. Picked up this pile yesterday, haven't even looked through the parts it still has, all I was after was a rolling chassis. I tried to snag a couple other 50's the guy had sold recently but they got a bit pricey for what I wanted as they were more complete. This one had been stripped by someone then left for a couple years but is ideal for me. So before the important things like getting it running, it's now back in the system.