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[thespikeyone]

nice job with the tubbing, looks nice n tidy

 

 

cheers dude

[thespikeyone]

set about the passengers side today.



love the standard of work done by previous owner, who was a mechanic!!!!



Who says oversills are rust traps looks fine to me



repaired a bit of the floor at the back



and prepared the floor for new inner sill which i will fit the morn

[thespikeyone]

found and cut out another crappy repair, why put so much metal in if you are only going to weld an inch?



Welded in the new inner sill




My die grinder gave up the ghost so will have to make a trip to elgin tomorrow to get a new one 

[3ltrmini]

The build is going great it seems  BUT has anyone noticed how BIG his shed is ???????  you could get 100 minis in there no trouble.lucky guy !!

[thespikeyone]

it's less shed more Hardened Aircraft Shelter     I was in the RAF for 13 years and my wife is still serving so they let me use the motor club on camp.  has 2/4 post ramps, guillotine, sheet metal bender, press and even a small blasting cabinet.  And it is very cheap   

[thespikeyone]

put a new passengers side floor pan in today.



didn't realise it was different to the other side until i had already cut it.  Oh well, it'll be covered in carpet on the inside and if you see it at this angle when it's finished i think matching floor pans will be the least of my worries.



and my new die grinder I picked up this morning.  Universal air tools heavy duty beastie, yum. was a bit pricey but jebus how good is it!!!! sooooo much better than the crappy clarke kit i had before.

[thespikeyone]

bit of a demoralising day today, I decided to do a bit of cleaning up of the boot floor.





I think I am gonna have to replace the entire boot floor :-(

[thespikeyone]

Always good to have this on your ipod when your sanding paint and underseal back, just to keep you going when you find the ginger crusty!!

 

Edited by thespikeyone, 14 March 2014 - 10:10 PM.

[thespikeyone]

I'm waiting on a new boot floor and passengers side door frame so I decided to tackle the front bulkheed.



chopped out the old crusty



and made a shiny new one,



Will fit it the morn.

[thespikeyone]

A wee update,

welded in the panel i made



and ups delivered my passengers side door frame so fitted that



in the box was the x member end too so fired that in as well



I also welded up the fuel filler hole



The DHL man very kindly brought my new boot floor but then he took it back to Inverness as I wasn't in   Will pick it up tomorrow on my way to Extreme Tattoo in Fort William.

Hopefully I will get the boot chopped out on friday and the new one in mon/tues.

[panch1989]

Great progress, perks of serving I see. Wish I was able to sweet talk the qsm next to my house to store my mini

[bpirie1000]

Hoes mini getting on or to busy on the bike since it's been great weather for a bit of dirt bike...

[thespikeyone]

had my first day on it today since getting back from work!  been back 2 weeks already!!!! but I did spend all of last week riding the Scottish Six Days Trial.  boot floor has now been chopped oot.

Edited by thespikeyone, 15 May 2014 - 06:22 PM.

[danny1]

How did you do in the SSD

I followed the reports for the whole week, as both me and my dad ride
Dads got a 2013 sherco and I've got a 2005 gasgas both 300's

[thespikeyone]

How did you do in the SSD

I followed the reports for the whole week, as both me and my dad ride
Dads got a 2013 sherco and I've got a 2005 gasgas both 300's

finished 185th, not a very good result but I hadn't ridden a bike for nearly 2 months before it and it was only my 4th time riding a 4rt (takes a bit of getting used too after years on a 2 stroke!)

 

enjoyed it tho and it's always good to finish the event.