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DT175 1976 restoration

ShugTech — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:26:57 +0000

I recently picked up this Yamaha DT175c 1976 from a bloke in Perth, he had stripped it down to fix it up sometime in the early 80′s and had been lying in his loft since!

I have had the frame and cycle parts powdercoated, by P & J Powdercoaters at thornliebank, Glasgow, and as usual they did a superb job, I have rebuilt the front wheel with a NOS front rim and NOS spokes,

I’m currently waiting on spokes to rebuild the back wheel, forks have been rebuilt, along with the engine, rebore and new piston, bearings, seals gaskets etc, and done quite a bit of polishing,

I will update the gallery with some newer pics soon, as I am quite far on into the rebuild just now and almost have a rolling chassis!

all the best.

shug

UPDATE! check out part 2

Rebuild Part 1

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CB900f 1981 restoration

ShugTech — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:34:20 +0000

just a quick update with some pictures of my CB900F 1981 which I have just restored.

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Polphail Gallery Portavadie Trip April 16th 2011

Marty — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:52:19 +0000

Few of the guys headed over past Dunoon to Portavadie, Polphail, the Ghost town on the west of Scotland..

few guys on bikes, the Honda Dominator taking out for its first main run, Marty on his YFZ450 and Des on the TRX400, Me & all the guys on bikes, headed to the Ghost town, meanwhile Maty an Des decided to hit the hills.

Marty’s YFZ was only bought last week, this was it’s first run out after a little farting about, but on the run we found there was a botch job done on the underside of the front sprocket on the sidecasing where the gear peg shaft sticks out, turns out it was bust and badly chemical metal’d so oil was pissing out everywhere, so in one picture you’ll see that we packed it full of moss and mud trying to put a little leverage on it,

The TRX has just been fully rebuilt from the ground up, with new powder coated frame, loads of time went into this quad,

this quad should be up for “Quad o the Month” or something, its just a great piece of work (Art) on des’s part :)

the YFZ will wait till after the summer for its make over.. )

anyway enjoy the pics.. also a few Graffiti artists took to the walls in Polphail to spray some amazing paintings….
these guys are amazing, there called “The Agents of Change”

1975 Suzuki GT250m

ShugTech — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:11:59 +0000

Another new project….

This time I’ve managed to get my hands on a 1975 Suzuki GT250m with RAM AIR System, twin cylinder, 2 stroke

Just a few pictures from when I got the bike, when i got the bike, the shed was under a small transformation moving things around, making better working areas..
(get a bigger picture in the gallery bellow)

Over the coming weeks I’ll be updating this page as i go along, including pictutres and hopefully video, with out further adieu…

Stage 1: Analysis

Aug – Sept 2010

I bought the bike at the end of Aug 2010, in the purchase I got a lot of spare parts, some that would be fix-able or usable and some that wouldn’t, When I got the bike to the shed I had a right good look over it, when I removed the head and barrels it all looked well, it had been re-sleeved and rebored at some point, and new pistons had been fitted, although one of the pistons the rings were stuck, I had the engine running before stripping it and it was quite smokey, so I opted to split the cases and check the crank seals, the outer bearing on the clutch side had collapsed!!, I managed to source a good 2nd hand bottom end and rebuilt the engine using good parts from both engines, but still retaining the original case with the all important engine number…

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Stage 2: Strip Down

Aug – Sept 2010

The entire bike is currently stripped, going to get power coated, all other items have been catalogued and recorded, I’ve managed to source lots of spare parts for the bike from the likes of ebay and scrapyards,

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So until things get back from the Power coaters, ill leave you with the gallery below….
hope you like it, as always feel free to leave your comments…

Stage 3: Powder Coating

Update – 12/09/2010

Got my bits back from the powder coaters, I think they turned out great…

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Stage 4: First start up video!

I have finished the engine, mounted it in the frame, set the timing, balanced the carbs, primed the 2 stroke system, and fired her up, sounds sweeeeet.

As Always ill keep posting updated pictures of the build process.. so keep checking back or subscribe to my feed

Stage 5: Rebuild time!

Ive been busy lately, I bought another bike for spares, not sure of the model, but loads of useful spares, I have used the rear mudguard, front mudguard, front wheel rim, and there will e other bits and bobs I can use. The front wheel has been rebuilt using new spokes and the rim from the donor bike, I have cleaned the forks and fitted new seals, I have loads of wee jobs still to do. here’s some more pics taken tonight. Cheers

Stage 6: Just about finished!

Thats it nearly finnished, all thats left to do now is fit brake pads to the front, bleed the brake and buy and fit reflectors and a few decals.

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1989 Kawasaki KX 250

Marty — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:54:28 +0000

This kx250 was fully rebuilt from the ground up, not your usual slap
dash effort! The bike starts first kick and runs sweet as a nut,,
it will still need run in, its like a brand new engine now.

New parts include:
Full crank rebuild including new condrod with new big end bearing and small end bearing (Fitted By PJ Motorcycle engineers)

Main bearings
Gearbox bearings
Piston kit
Gaskets, o-rings and oil seals
Swingarm bearing kit fitted
Gold heavy duty o-ring chain
Clutch cable
Levers
Wheel bearings
Fuel pipes and overflow pipes
Decals
Chain guide fitted to the swingarm
Footpeg springs
Exhaust gaskets, selals and springs.
Good brakes, Discs etc, Great Suspension & Great frame.

A very tidy & rapid bike for being 21 years old! because the bikes a 1989, it can be used for evo class racing.
I have a box full of recipts for all the work I’ve done and parts bought. I’ve spent a fortune on this bike as I was planning to keep it but the missus is now taking lessons and we need a new car!

Shugtech Weekend Quading Trip At Loch Eck

Marty — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:59:22 +0000

Loaded up with the Apache RLX 250 ax Road Legal, Des with his road Legal 250 & Marty with his Yamaha Blaster on the trailer,

We headed off to Gourock to catch our ferry across to Hunters Key in Dunoon, were we started our hunt for a good camp site for the night, without this there was no place to dump our trailer and get the BBQ on the go…

We headed North along the coast of Loch Eck trying to take in the amazing scenery all around us while trying to keep our attention on the road,

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It wasnt long before we took our turn off for Ardentinny then not long after that we started to venture off road, onto the vast amount of dirt tracks roads across the top of the hills,

We setup our base camp, Des decided to made a few tweaks to his twist throttle & Change it to a thumb attachment, after a bit of messing about it wasnt to be so back on went the twist throttle,
once everyhthing was fine we left our basecamp and headed off to venture around the array of tracks, The scenery around this area of Scotland is some of the best you’ll get!

The First days ride seen us accend to around 776ft above see level, which i though was amazing, then the ride back to base camp was even more fun only because you knew were the tracks were heading and there wasnt much need to drop of the throttle around those little sticky corners, were the other side is a drop to certain death! Our camp fire that night was the best anyone could have asked for while camping, the slice rolls and coffee was on our tents and sleeping gear was all sorted, ready to move in the morning with little ease…

The morning after shug went to the shop which was only a 30 mile round trip, but the milk and fresh rolls were a god send, while the breakfast was cooking i took the blaster a little run through a field to get it warmed up a little for the day ahead, BUT 3/4 of a mile away were the hill dropped off to a water crossing my engine decided to make a rattling noise just as i reached the top of the crossing it cut out..Much pushing later and crawling along the track I got the blaster back to the base camp were i explained to Shug and Des the sound it made, but a quick fire up and it was obvious that my piston was fried! Gutted!

We packed up and decided to move camp to another location were we could get a better look inside the head, the car and trailer was loaded up and the guys set off with me at the back, when i reached the end of the dirt track, shug was standing there with his hands in his head with a look of disapointment on it, thats when i rolled up and he told me that his clutch was gone… the sound it made as the clutch tried to engage was all we needed to hear and we knew our weekend trip was over.

In the End Shug had to be tow’d at the back of the trailer all the way to the boat and home were the engine was stripped down and fixed in about 55minutes… job done, Shug and Des was rolling again, The engine in the blaster was taken out and the head pulled off in seconds to reveal what we all knew, a large section of the piston had broken off into lots of little pieces this ment a whole engine strip down to get rid of any metal shards which could be still loose inside the engine block! a short trip on ebay got me a wisco piston for about 70bux, In the meantime this is a good situation to get things fixed and ready to go for the next ShugTech adventure………

1999 Honda Hornet 600cc Rebuild

ShugTech — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:06:02 +0000

I bought a “basket case” 1999 Honda Hornet 600 model, The engine was blown according to the last owner.

I stripped the head off and found 6 of the inlet valves were seized open, I found a 2nd hand cylinder hear on eBay for £50!! so I’m just waiting on the head gasket, that was another £50! The cylinder head just arrived tonight so im going to strip it to make sure it is ok.

hopefully rebuild it possibly using some of the shims from the old head to set the clearances, I have already cleaned the pistons and they look to be in pretty good shape, anyway, here are some pics, I hope to keep you updated as i go along, im planning to powder coat the wheels ans possibly the frame etc, I was thinking of gold wheels and blue tank etc, but im wouldn’t mind some suggestions for colour choices!

Update 2

that’s the wheels, footpeg brackets all the odds & sods away for powder coating,

I have refitted the engine to try it, and it sounds good, i have painted a few bits and tidied up others, its getting there, heres some pics of the bike now.

Update 3

I just received a load of parts from the powder coater toady, they look the biz, check it out, the colour is titanium metallic, with a clear coat of lacquer with sparkle through it….

Update 4

got a bit done today,,, should be ready to fire up tomorrow…

Update 5

Well, I tried what you were saying and used some 800 then some 1200 wet and dry to clean up the pipes then polished with some auto sol, its just about finished, just a few wee snagging jobs left, like fitting a new speedo cable, I had a quick shot today and it felt superb,,, going like the clappers….. only problem is though that the oil light is coming on when the engine is idling!!!! im going to have to have a look at the oil pump i think?
anyway here are some more pics….

Update 6 – Finished

This thing looks amazing, love it when its done…

Check out the Finished BIke in the Gallery

Hope you like it… feel free to leave your thoughts?

1998 Kawasaki KX 250

Marty — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:40:19 +0000

Another Bike hits the shed with shug going all out to build this monster from the ground up,

including new power coated frame, take a look through the pictures below, as always feel free to leave your feedback.

1997 Honda CR80 Re-Build Part 2

Marty — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:12:06 +0000

Well after a few weeks of intense labor and great team work (well done shug) the CR80 is (nearly)re-born..

A few weeks ago when a box of bits which resembled a cr80 (part1) was dropped of to the shed, in what I thought was going to be a struggle to get it looking, the way it should be after seeing the crap that was in some of the boxes, but shug worked his magic once more and has re-built this bike and restored it back to it former glory, well except this small list of bits which are still in need of attention

Seat cover(didn’t have the staple gun for this post),

front caliper

exhaust can mount (paddy did a great job of the other front section brackets)

Once these parts are looked at and finished the bike will be ready for sale…also a better look at it in more detail in a future post…

Have a look at some of the pictures below…
feel free to leave your comments…

Shugtech go to Clydebank with the Quads

Marty — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:47:07 +0000

We had a trailer, in fact we ended up with 2 trailers.. We had our ride, a few minor adjustments to each quad, make sure all was well; especially with my 150 import, Shug re-done the valves, carb strip down, new exhaust port drilled and fixed, it was the test day for me, this day would either make me burn it or keep it..

Sunday 23rd February 2009

We loaded up the trailer with Paddys KLF 300 in front with the rest of the quads and Shug’s pit bike on at the end and well secured using a massive pulley clamp we were sorted.

We headed up to World of Golf in Clydebank, this is were we would meet Dougall riding one of Shugs
resent projects the Ram 100 quad in the car park at the rear of the driving range(just next to the five-a-side)

Once we had the bike/quads of the trailer we got kitted up and ready to roll, the paths around the back of the driving range offer the chance to get the quad opened up but not much, with hundreds of twists and turns along various paths through tree runs down gravel paths and up steep hills, once you get to the top of the hills just by the large radio tower thingy theres a small gravel football pitch, this is great if you want to race the corners or try some various wheelie action,

if you follow the paths away down to the bottom keeping to the driving range fence line you’ll come to a small burn crossing, well paddy thought it was small charging the KLF 300 through the muddy pit, but”!” the 300 dosnt have 4×4 so it ended up with us getting the toe rope out and dragging the beast from the muddy depths..

Once across & continue up and over the small incline keeping to the fence still, this is were you can get the quads head kicked in, booting it up this very long grassy/muddy path gets the dirt flying and tests out the suspension, I know cause i was thrown about like a used scud-mag, right up to the point were the main road is in view and you start to slow down for the tight muddy right turn at the bottom taking you right up onto another track, follow this all the way up and you’ll find a small 1/2 shape hut or (drinking den) that looks back down over the small valley and what a view it was on Sunday, with the sun just above the horizon making it a brilliant day for quadding…

My only wish was to get more pictures, but everyone was having such a magic time we just couldn’t be arsed.

oh and also for young Marty W to get something that lasts and dosnt brake with excessive force or use!

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