aprilia sr 50 - new project bike

the bike got sold and now i have bought this one

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yes its a fucking shit tip, but cheap and has T+T till 5-09

plans at the moment, salvage what panels i can and the coat it with some sexy matt black paint :rofl:

get the carb fixed then done untill after crimbo when funds are better

My mum chucked out 2 sets of panels from the shed but lucky enuff there was still SOME bits left.

Ragged the back end off

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Few swappy panels

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Tyres are rarther new?

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The exhaust

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How it sits till i can be bothered to go into the cold again!

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sanded the panels abit, had to go through three layers of paint, body filler and stickers ( the lad fillered over the stickers )

Swapped the front grills, middle panels and seats, also fitted the belly panel

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painted for now until i can find new panels
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done the wheels and front panel white

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back wheel to do, and need a new headlight then it will do for now

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UPDATE

Bought some filler primer and audi laser red paint.

still waiting on some parts to arive:

Carbon headlight
Carb
Air filter
Red bar ends

heres some pics of what ive been doing today

Filler primer didnt get rid of the deep scrapes so plastered loads of poundland primer on it, flatted it then filler primer again

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first coat of red paint

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test fitted to see if i liked the color

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Main panels are going red + tranny case
Pillion seat surround and front horn cover are going black
Wheels and belly panel white

it looks abit orange in the pics but its a realy nice red in person.

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update

after playing around with colors on panels ive decided its going like this

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now i can get on with the following,

take wheels off and flat them ready to be painted white
laquer panels
clean bits and bobs up
fit the carb + airbox
fit new fuel pipe
and rebuild the bike

im hoping it will be completed by wednesday so i can hurry up and get insured and go off for a nice long ride.

how it sites at the moment

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wheels painted, front panels built up and fitted

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mission complete

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aprilia sr50 - mission complete

my full engine gasket set still aint arrived so the engine cant be built and fitted still

while im waiting for parts to come ect ive been sorting panels out, just pulled all the stickers of and started sanding the main front panel ready to be primed, rear panel is going to be getting sanded next aswell just having a shit time with the poundland primer, seems to be making alot of mess no matter how much i shake the can and put light layersd on

hoping to have the engine fitted and panels painted and fitted by tuesday

you got a few scoots lying around with no engines there

heres my contribution.... imp:

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you could maybe try warming the poundland primer up by standing the can in hot water for 10 mins before spraying

that bikes looking clean wheres the engine though lol?

thanks for the hot water tip il go try now

Dave your a legend! unk:

warm water is the one for cans... makes the paint stickier and thinner.. less paint to cover and it goes on so much nicer

can even feel the difference in the paint, its so smooooooth :drool:

looking good that does mate, got a feeling this will lokgood.

You can still install the crank. Use some Hondabond or yamahabond to seal the case halves.

zumaman said:

You can still install the crank. Use some Hondabond or yamahabond to seal the case halves.

then its a waste of £12

i just hope to god the engine sits in, the 2003 sr i think it is? has the same piaggio engine in, and the brackets are in the same area

kind of annoyed now, got the "full" gasket set........usless!!

3 head gaskets
loads of rubber rings, for?
no crankcase gasket
no inlet gasket

:rtfm:

then i decided to just silicone the crankcase but had trouble fiiting it so wound a few bolts in to pull it on, its all lined and closed but the fucking crank is siezed for some reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well annoyed with it!

gonna finish off on some panels i think

Was thinking about doing my SR in this colour whe it's up adrunning, but maybe some blue panels, and some black or yellow.

project is off, lost my patience with it

:msn1: u have hardly started

thats what a short temper does to you :rofl:

patience just have had no problems you only spraying pans :w00t:

and building the engine

Does this mean no more crappy rizla paint job imp:

bike woulda cleaned up well tho

:beer:

get it done now :rtfm: :bird:

crank has siezed solid in the block..........