Anglia4’s small bikes

[anglia4]

Yours has authenticity though

[anglia4]

I finally managed to find make time to lay down some primer.

Now its sanding time I suppose 

The eagle eyed viewer may notice that painting it with the center stand installed is a bit of an odd thing to do. This is because the mounting shaft is bent, so the installation is permanent. I guess that also means it will be colour matched to the frame, also an odd thing to do...

[anglia4]

There was a rust hole in one of the rims around the stem hole, so I welded it up.

I was really quite chuffed with myself for A) Not blowing the hole through into the stem hole. b) Not welding the spoke nipple to the rim.

Paint is progressing, but no photos yet.

Not flash, but it will do.

[anglia4]

I might have to get a "Not flash, but it will do" sticker made up for the bike, it seems to be a theme 

[anglia4]

Also, the courier brought my birthday present today:

And I just got home from an extended lunch break cos the weather is mint today...

I'm fucking fizzing. Can't wait to start putting it back together!

[Nominal]

3 hours ago, anglia4 said:

I might have to get a "Not flash, but it will do" sticker made up for the bike, it seems to be a theme 

I have a strokers shirt somewhere with the logo 'not just good, but good enough'

[anglia4]

New tires, tubes and rim tape.

The wheels were sand blasted to take the chrome off and etch primed, then zinc-it, then black zinc. Annoyingly one of them stuck to the saw horses and left a weird spot on the lip, so I'll have to try and tidy that up later.

[anglia4]

Got some work done last night. It’s hard to get a decent photo of it since my shed is such a mess at the moment.

i need to come up with a seat solution. I’ve got 2 x V50 seats that are varying levels of fucked. 
I think I could make another seat pan but that would take time…

I do have a generic china cafe seat that might adapt without too much effort to get me going. In a wee hurry as I want to be riding this next week.

im loving all the black and yellow. I’ll get a leg shield for it and I think I’m going to need to paint that black too!

[tortron]

What colour code is the paint?

[anglia4]

GA49

[Vintage Grumble]

Does it have a name? The killer Bee, The Bad Banana, Caution tape, The one man school bus, Smokachu, Yellow bellied road snake?

[HighLUX]

The yellow peril 

[anglia4]

Ha! Nah, no name at this stage.

The yellow peril is taken by my mates 100cc swapped DIO.

[alfalfa]

Yellow fever

[anglia4]

Well since our caravan is named George, and this is painted to match, perhaps I should name him Andrew Ridgeley.

 

[anglia4]

Slower than I’d like progress last night.

I cleaned all the gunge off the engine and got that installed. But then went to fit the foot pegs, I have 3 sets… the one which was originally on it, which is broken and has had multiple dodgey repairs. 
The next I brought off trademe is twisted and bent in multiple planes.

The third I brought off trademe turned out to be a home made replica, which I was planning on using but it must have been made around a different engine as it doesn’t fit…

[alfalfa]

Shit man I can't believe you're 0/3 for foot pegs!

That paint job is awesome A+

[anglia4]

so it was bent twisted, and bent all over the place.

ive managed to get it fairly straight, and got the front end in primer. 

[anglia4]

I re-assembled the handlebars and dash last night.

I was quite excited to open my Genuine Yamaha Parts bags only to find that the brake lever doesn't fit 

I will have a hunt through the shed this afternoon and see what other levers I can find that might fit or can be modified to get me going. Gutted!

 

 

 

[anglia4]

I gave the new lever an absolute hiding with a file. Took if from ~10mm thick to <6mm. I also machined up a bush from an old bolt. It looks like it will fit now, but not properly tested.

I've also:

• straightened and painted the rear rack
• Waterblasted the cover and put a seat back together for the time being
• Painted the front end and started to re-assemble that
• Changed the oil
• Installed the chain and cover
• Re-registered it

Hoping to finish assembly and fire it up tonight!