After the piston blew the bike was picked up by a recovery vehicle. As the bike was being loaded onto the truck fuel spilt onto the tank and subsequently reacted with the new paint and ruined it. The plan is to have the bottom end rebuilt when I redo the top end this time and I will be having the paint work professionally done. Here are the photos from today.
Damage from the petrol spill,
Example of the rusty bolts that I am trying to save where possible. If I need to I'll replace them with nice shiny new ones!
Some of the parts that have been removed. The expansion pipe will be sold as I intend to fit a standard silencer. I'm not keen on having a loud exhaust on a vehicle that can barely push 65mph.
New decals to have fitted. Sadly these are for a 1985 KH125 but that doesn't really matter.
Badges that need either repainting of replacing. The previous owner spay painted over the tank badges so the black is now a dark red.
Rear plastic cowl after removing, washing and a session with back to black.
Rusty bolts submerged in coke.
Workshop manual, although the bike is so simple I haven't actually looked at this yet.
My home made fuel drainage system, a pallet, fuel can and funnel.
Here is the extent of the damage to the fuel tank paint. This will soon be stripped with Nitromors.
Once all the fuel had drained I removed the fuel tap.
Here is how the bike now stands.
There is still plenty to do that'll keep me busy. Quite a bit of the work will involve taking parts off to clean or paint them and then refitting them. Certain parts will be replaced such as the rear shocks, steering head bearings, handle bars and grips but these parts are widely available and cheap.
Changing the fasteners and bolts for new ones will help brighten the appearance of the bike and give it a fresh look. The KH will be ideal for local journeys and VMCC runs, it'll be nice getting 75mpg again!
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