And finally, Wookie's 82 begins !

Did you make any progress on your days off, or did the daily driver eat up all your free time?

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Did you make any progress on your days off, or did the daily driver eat up all your free time?

Am working on the side panels currently, will update later 

It will get rear interesting real quick when they are done and the seat has a skin on it.

And so to the fruit of today's labours   I have finished re-shaping the left side panel so it now fits properly in it's new home and is pulled in a little tighter to narrow the old girl around the waist ( every little helps when you have short legs) I basically cut into three main parts and then added or removed material where necc so it still looks like a KZ panel just a little different (15mm longer at the front, 35mm longer at the back and 25mm shallower in the depth) I have included a before and after comparison with the right side. If you don't have one of these "hot rivet" guns you should get one, even before it was glued it was solid with just the rivets (with plastics getting harder to come by most would be repairable using this method)
I have then painted over all the joints from the back with "gloop" ( scraps of ABS plastic disolved in acetone to make a paste) the acetone eats into the surface of the plastic to make a permanent bond ( it's like adding another layer of plastic) just needs a light skim of bondo and some mounts now 

 

The definition of a Frankenstein bike.

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The definition of a Frankenstein bike.

Is that a good thing 

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The definition of a Frankenstein bike.

Is that a good thing 

 

Hell ya it is, creating something new from the old is the way to go.

Nice work, that's something I don't think I'll ever have a go at - too much patience required!

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The definition of a Frankenstein bike.

Is that a good thing 

 

Hell ya it is, creating something new from the old is the way to go.

I did say I wanted to use as many OE parts as possible, I never promised to leave them stock though 

Extremely nice work. We need pics of them of the bike!

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Extremely nice work. We need pics of them of the bike!



 

Thanks Doc, attached as requested. It's certainly on a journey and there isn't much "Ltd" left now 

 

They nearly have a Z1 look to them, nice one.