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Scanning some old photo's, I'm guessing from the mid 80's of an XJ650 I had
The bottom of the fuel tank was starting to rot so I patched it with Petroseal to keep it going while I looked for a better solution. Scouring the Motorcycle News (pre interweb days) I found a shop in London doing a a full set of paintwork for a good price so posted a cheque off and waited, non of this "buy it now, delivered tomorrow" in those days
The new paintwork looked that nice I thought I'd smarten the rest of the bike up, so working out of a lock up garage I shared with a mate the strip down begins
Engine masked off for cleaning up
Frame back from powder coating and the rebuild begins
Note the gas lighting to work by no power tools apart from a battery drill
All finished and looking good, when I came to trade it in the salesman gave me £100 over book price due to the condition
The bottom of the fuel tank was starting to rot so I patched it with Petroseal to keep it going while I looked for a better solution. Scouring the Motorcycle News (pre interweb days) I found a shop in London doing a a full set of paintwork for a good price so posted a cheque off and waited, non of this "buy it now, delivered tomorrow" in those days
The new paintwork looked that nice I thought I'd smarten the rest of the bike up, so working out of a lock up garage I shared with a mate the strip down begins
Engine masked off for cleaning up
Frame back from powder coating and the rebuild begins
Note the gas lighting to work by no power tools apart from a battery drill
All finished and looking good, when I came to trade it in the salesman gave me £100 over book price due to the condition