Almost there

Photos and progress of your restorations, even bikes you had but no longer own.

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Richm
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Almost there

Post by Richm »

Hi
My name is Richard I have been viewing this forum for sometime now
I posted way back when I first bought my T500 with the intention of a rebuild / restoration.
Well I'm almost there so thought I would post some photos of before and after
The original bike was a 1975 M but I have used a 1972j frame and hope to register it as such.
I appreciate the paint in not an exact match but I like it and I thought the original 72 model Candy Vedoro Green was a bit dull and hard to match. So rivet counters look away!

Thanks for looking
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Warehouse1001

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Very nice... like that color a lot.
Richm
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Thanks for the comment Warehouse1001

The original bike came from Michigan!
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Nice work, Rich. A fine looking machine :up:
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Re: Almost there

Post by Jimroid »

Gorgeous!! That green is very good! The hell with the rivet counters, do what makes you happy.
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Post by jabcb »

Congrats on a job well done. :up:

The rivet counters would hate my T500 even more. Its a 1975 with 1974 paint & decals.
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Looks good to me! Nice work.



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Richm
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Thanks for the comments guys

Next project is underway 1975 T500M

This ones going to be the original Maui Blue (maybe)!!
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Absolute peach !
Keeping old 2 strokes alive !
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Congrats, a beauty.
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Re: Almost there

Post by Alan H »

Nice 500, but then, anything done in Yorkshire should be good!
Think of how stupid the average person is, then realise that half of them are more stupid than that.
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