So I bought myself an RX125 (http://www.600riders.com/forum/non-fz6-motorcycle-section/43269-yamaha-rx125.html) and have been tinkering with it a little and it was bought with intention of doing a lot of things to it... well that was the idea of buying the bike but it's in such good condition I don't have the heart to do much to it...
And after a moments consideration I went and bought the biggest rust bucket I could find... so it didn't matter what I did to it... it wouldn't be destroying something... but would be more akin to reanimating a corpse for a new lease of life in a way I want Hopefully this way I also learn more along the way... wont be afraid to break anything (it's already broken!) and I can just rip into :thumbup:
So without further ado... here's my new project (this one will take me a long time to complete haha!)
Those are about the only parts I have haha!
So first on the agenda is stripping everything down and seeing what is actually usable... lots of surface rust... was told to just get it sand blasted or some such but as I'm trying to do most of everything myself I REALLY want to give Molasses a shot, didn't even know it was an option till I saw this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCFcxf5IBw&feature=related]Remove Rust from Metal and Panels the Easy Way: Video 1 - YouTube[/ame]
Since we live near lots of sugar cane farms around here, that cannot cost much I'd imagine! Just need to find myself a cheap plastic drum :rockon:
The only thing I possibly wont be doing myself is the painting... I could rattle can the whole thing... but I'm not sure I'd be satisfied with the result
Anyway a LOT of work to do in the meantime before I even get to that stage... and between finishing off my FZ6 front end modifications and some minor RX things... it might not happen too soon anyway. Plenty of time to muse over things
And after a moments consideration I went and bought the biggest rust bucket I could find... so it didn't matter what I did to it... it wouldn't be destroying something... but would be more akin to reanimating a corpse for a new lease of life in a way I want Hopefully this way I also learn more along the way... wont be afraid to break anything (it's already broken!) and I can just rip into :thumbup:
So without further ado... here's my new project (this one will take me a long time to complete haha!)
Those are about the only parts I have haha!
So first on the agenda is stripping everything down and seeing what is actually usable... lots of surface rust... was told to just get it sand blasted or some such but as I'm trying to do most of everything myself I REALLY want to give Molasses a shot, didn't even know it was an option till I saw this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCFcxf5IBw&feature=related]Remove Rust from Metal and Panels the Easy Way: Video 1 - YouTube[/ame]
Since we live near lots of sugar cane farms around here, that cannot cost much I'd imagine! Just need to find myself a cheap plastic drum :rockon:
The only thing I possibly wont be doing myself is the painting... I could rattle can the whole thing... but I'm not sure I'd be satisfied with the result
Anyway a LOT of work to do in the meantime before I even get to that stage... and between finishing off my FZ6 front end modifications and some minor RX things... it might not happen too soon anyway. Plenty of time to muse over things