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277 souls
6mo
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Gemini
5Mannequin makeover
My latest project: painstakingly scrubbing the chunky abstract paint off this fine lad, who I managed to find for $5 on marketplace. (I'm about ten hours in.) He'll get a fresh coat of paint when that's through. (edited)
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1Good evening
Progress is being made, this engine and bike, there has been a lot of surprises. It's a front blower single cylinder so the cam chain goes around next to the top of the cylinder head. There should be a roller on a pin. We'll that would have just been bouncing round. Seems the peeps who worked on... read more
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7mo
INTP
Pisces
1Latest restoration
After just finishing a workmate for a neibour I inherited a stomp 160 cc pit bike. So let's get to restoring and adding some life into this thing
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Pisces
1Frame
Well the frame is resprayed and re welded, all put together other than 1 bolt that's snapped off inside the lower top yolk. Will be fun getting that out -.-. Hope everyone is having a good day
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INTP
Pisces
1Wolf quartermaster HQ
So I just restored a wolf quartermaster drill. These were produced by an English company called wolf that was baught out in the 1980s and started in the 1900s I believe. It was running when my neibour brought it over however it wasn't smooth. Originally painted a light green the quartermaster was... (edited) read more
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INTP
Pisces
1Seized resto
So my friend told me his ktm Sx85 had seized. It hadn't what had happened was his ht lead came loose when riding which made it feel like a seize. Piston moves freely and has some compression. He is missing gaskets, hoses and nuts and bolts so I'll have to make him a list but it has compression and... read more
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