thomp1983
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Evening all,
It was me who bought the mk3 250 single Steve Thackery had advertised the last couple of days. This is what I've got
As steve alluded to I've bought it as a project for a young girl I know who has started an nvq in engineering but has no experience of working on mechanical stuff, the aim is to try and build a useable bike but overall for her to learn the various skills required to work on and refurbish old equipment, and become comfortable working with hand tools.
I've built a few bikes from bits over the years mainly offroad stuff so this is something new to me with a big learning curve, below I've highlighted with numbers some of the parts laid out, could someone more knowledgeable than me either confirm that I've identified the parts correctly or identify them for me.
Blue 1 - Headlight with bezel & back plate
Blue 2 - No Idea
Blue 3 - No Idea
Blue 4 - No Idea
Yellow 1 - Speedo Unit, Tell tale lights, Aprilia Switch Of Some Sort, Fuse Box, Brake Light Switch?
Yellow 2 - No Idea
Yellow 3 - Frame end bungs?
Yellow 4 - No Idea
Green 1 - Think this is one of the engine covers but it has some sort of drive built into it
Green 2 - Top race of head bearings?
Green 3 - No Idea
Green 4 - No Idea
Green 5 - top nut for steering yoke
Green 6 - Engine Mounting bolts, No Idea about thing on the right
Purple 1 - Headlight Switch, I've the cover in another jar of bits
Purple 2 - CDI Unit
I've no idea what condition the engine is in as it's been open to the elements since being removed in the 70's one valve seems to have been removed and is in a jar of bits.
This is going to be a slow project, I need to finish some building work in the garage before work can start and I also need to source a shot blasting cabinet, I think I'll probably start by setting up a big electrolysis bath and using it to get rid of all the rust to see what condition things are in followed by stripping the engine down.
Chris
It was me who bought the mk3 250 single Steve Thackery had advertised the last couple of days. This is what I've got
As steve alluded to I've bought it as a project for a young girl I know who has started an nvq in engineering but has no experience of working on mechanical stuff, the aim is to try and build a useable bike but overall for her to learn the various skills required to work on and refurbish old equipment, and become comfortable working with hand tools.
I've built a few bikes from bits over the years mainly offroad stuff so this is something new to me with a big learning curve, below I've highlighted with numbers some of the parts laid out, could someone more knowledgeable than me either confirm that I've identified the parts correctly or identify them for me.
Blue 1 - Headlight with bezel & back plate
Blue 2 - No Idea
Blue 3 - No Idea
Blue 4 - No Idea
Yellow 1 - Speedo Unit, Tell tale lights, Aprilia Switch Of Some Sort, Fuse Box, Brake Light Switch?
Yellow 2 - No Idea
Yellow 3 - Frame end bungs?
Yellow 4 - No Idea
Green 1 - Think this is one of the engine covers but it has some sort of drive built into it
Green 2 - Top race of head bearings?
Green 3 - No Idea
Green 4 - No Idea
Green 5 - top nut for steering yoke
Green 6 - Engine Mounting bolts, No Idea about thing on the right
Purple 1 - Headlight Switch, I've the cover in another jar of bits
Purple 2 - CDI Unit
I've no idea what condition the engine is in as it's been open to the elements since being removed in the 70's one valve seems to have been removed and is in a jar of bits.
This is going to be a slow project, I need to finish some building work in the garage before work can start and I also need to source a shot blasting cabinet, I think I'll probably start by setting up a big electrolysis bath and using it to get rid of all the rust to see what condition things are in followed by stripping the engine down.
Chris
