wheeliemaster1993's (wobbly_trials') area51 progress

After 2 years of neglect i decided it was time to hand the area51 over to someone who can use it so i set to to build it back up along side a friend (wheeliemaster1993) who will be using it for the next 12 months +

anyway, 2 years of being sat in my garden took its toll on the bodywork and chassis so it was time to start from scratch.

I also decided to get rid of that gay front suspension set-up as it's over complicated, heavy and weak.

First job on the list is to convert to aerox forks:

The aerox forks line up nicely with the original gay area51 set-up the only problem being the diameter difference in the bottom of the forks.


the resolution is the 2 bottom race cones welded together:
(please no comments on the birdshit welding, the wire was being a twat to feed)


and cleaned up:




Whilst doing this scott (wheeliemaster1993) started on the bodywork, as a few of you know it has always been a bit scruffy, the panels were rubbed down, primed, sprayed and laquered in satin black and the aerox wheels we are using were sprayed lime green.

(pics to follow)

 

sounds and looks good so far but isnt this technically a project page :whistle: :grin:

 

well it will be i suppose, if it turns into a full blown project i'll move it there.

 

Been wonderin what happened to this! lookin good so far mate :good:

 

Ooo looking good so far, hammer and chisel in first pic, can't of been good haha :mod:

 

just for minor frame modifications jefro and those wheels look fresh hock: been painted/powder coated recently or sumin

 

bait read :beg:

 

:blush:

 

hammer and chisel may seem a bit drastic but it's the only way to get the bottom ball race off the steering stem.

 

Bit more progress:

The bike complete with 90% of plastics, polini pipe and all electrics connected.





TO dO:

MOT
70 kit
21mm carb
vinyls
decent photos
ride!

not bad for a week's turnaround from a rotten wreck in the garden.

 

i love the no rear shock thing these got going on looks good wat graphics goin on? monster?

 

noooo, not putting tha on, its been done before, too common.

going with the alien theme, area-51 etc... hence the green. so it'll have alein heads and the area-51 game font for the sides and aprilia in green on the belly pan. (pics to follow in a few days)

 

original theme and bike.... me likes :grin:

 

due to other things happening i've only just managed to get pictures of the nearly finished item on. again, apologies about the phone camera quality.

here she is:

 

i think lost the cheesy aliens and its perfect, nice work