From One Extreme to Another.

[PyRo]

Hi Guys,
More of an intro really, so here goes.
When I brought the SP2 home and took her clothes off, that’s what I was faced with a daunting task to get her back to her former glory where she rightly belongs. The bike was minging.
So over the winter really I have been gradually chipping away at the task in hand.
First job clean, clean and more cleaning using liberal amount of paraffin and every product under the sun.
Then I stripped everything that I could and either replaced or upgraded as I went along, including chain, sprockets, stainless steel fasteners including the chain adjusters, new exhaust gaskets, hell or goodridge all round new levers etc.
So here are a few before and after pics.

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Well you get the picture,
After 4 months, although on and off, I finally got the plastics back and assembled the old girl today. I like the end result, it’s a little bit different and no doubt not to everyone’s taste, but like the saying goes one man’s meat is another man’s poison.

I won’t be riding it too much this week though as I am running this in: 0

PyRo

 

[HoebSTer]

Nice looking ride!!! And the Honda too!!!!

 

[Paulvt1]

SP2 - lush!

 

[bvail]

::004::

While reading your post I was wondering what the heck an SP2 was, but now I know. Sweet looking bike. I must admit that your 'before' photos would probably be my 'after' photos

 

[hANNAbONE]

...very very nice work.! you must be a patient fellow.

 

[PyRo]

Guys,
Thanks for the comments really appreciated. I guess I am old fashioned having started off in 1978 on and RD 250 B, where you had to lean to do things yourself. TBH I love laying a quality spanner (wrench) on a bike almost as much as riding one.

My father was a huge help and influence and an engineering background gave me the confidence and underpinning knowledge to give it a go. You need patience to a degree otherwise you will be continuously frustrated by others namely in my case spray painters. The most important thing for me is to be methodical and plan what you want to get done on any given day.

It is all too easy to get distracted and jump from one end of the bike to another and doo lots of little half jobs, which are not finished and can if you ley them get you down.

It is much better to finish say the front brake lines and callipers and stand back and there is a job done, goal achieved, your chest is out and a renewed vigour to carry on.

PyRo