Tooled up
Ben6899
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It seems quite a few of us on here are pretty handy with the tools. So, aside from bikes, what have we all had in bits, dismantled, built, repaired over the years?
I'll make a start:
First thing I built when I was about 15 was a Honda CB50J motorbike. With my mate, we had the bike and scavenged the spare parts, rebuilt the carburettor and front forks and even upholstered the moth eaten seat. We rode it hard, crashed it and passed it on.
Loads of work to cars I've owned: reconditioned carburettors on my Midget, had the interior out of my MX5 and also fitted new radiator and fan motor (messy work).
Latest saw me dismantling my old PS3 to retrieve my PES10 disc after it blew up.
It might be just me, but there's something therapeutic about taking things apart and putting them back together...
I'll make a start:
First thing I built when I was about 15 was a Honda CB50J motorbike. With my mate, we had the bike and scavenged the spare parts, rebuilt the carburettor and front forks and even upholstered the moth eaten seat. We rode it hard, crashed it and passed it on.
Loads of work to cars I've owned: reconditioned carburettors on my Midget, had the interior out of my MX5 and also fitted new radiator and fan motor (messy work).
Latest saw me dismantling my old PS3 to retrieve my PES10 disc after it blew up.
It might be just me, but there's something therapeutic about taking things apart and putting them back together...
Ben
Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
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stripped fixed and rebuilt a hoover for my granmother when i was 12..Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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Escort Mk 3 1600 replaced carb with a webber and also swapped the camshaft. Used play with cars all the timeyears ago.
Do loads of DIY. Fitted kitchen and bathroom in my house and satrting on the en-suite now.0 -
Stripped and rebuilt
Yamaha RD350LC(many times
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Honda CB400/4
Yamaha RS100
Suzuki TS100
Vauxhall Nova 1.2
I don't seem to have much luck with engines, do I?Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?
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markos1963 wrote:Stripped and rebuilt
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Vauxhall Nova 1.2
My mate had a 1.6 GTE. It was quick and with the Yokohama tyres, stuck like sh1t to a blanket in the corners!Ben
Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
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Ben6899 wrote:markos1963 wrote:Stripped and rebuilt
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Vauxhall Nova 1.2
My mate had a 1.6 GTE. It was quick and with the Yokohama tyres, stuck like sh1t to a blanket in the corners!
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northernneil wrote:Ben6899 wrote:markos1963 wrote:Stripped and rebuilt
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Vauxhall Nova 1.2
My mate had a 1.6 GTE. It was quick and with the Yokohama tyres, stuck like sh1t to a blanket in the corners!
for about 800 miles then you needed new ones
Yep, very soft compund!Ben
Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
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Bought, tweeked and destroyed quite a few sportsbikes... Best being a GSXR 750 WW, strorming machine, but blew the top end & gearbox inside of 10000 miles :oops:
Dab hand at DIY & renovating.
Not done much with cars, but for some reason I just bought a 61 splitscreen VW camper :shock:
Massive restoration planned, keeping it original on the outside with a Scoobie EJ20 or 22 engine and up to date running gear...Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!0
