chrisQ
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Ok so I've had this AR50 Kawasaki since I was 14 in 2001. Basically I found it lying at the back of a house near where I grew up ready to be threw into a skip so the guy gave me it when I asked for it
Bike as I got it in 2001.
The bike was then stripped down and frame, wheels, swingarm and bodywork etc all painted. Also purchased an AR80 at the time damaged and used the engine from it with a 93cc big bore kit in the 50, wee thing could fairly go for the size off it lol
Bike all finished and ready for the road and me hitting 16.
Bike was then used over the next year as my daily transport and for fun until I bought a damaged RS125 Aprilia and got my driving test too
The Ar with my restored RS and my first big bike, a R6.
The AR was never sold on when I stopped using it as it needed fork legs and a few repairs for MOT so it lay in my garage from 2004 until lockdown 2020 when I uncovered it from the back of my unit and to say it had deteriorated is an understatement. I got the bike running again during lockdown but time had taken its toll on her she was stripped to the frame for a restoration.
Few pictures before and during strip down
Frame and various brackets then powder coated.
Also got whatever brackets, nuts and bolts etc replaced in zinc.
Forks rebuilt with newly chromed legs and new seals etc obviously.
The build as it sits now. Have an AR80 engine with 6 speed box to be rebuilt and go in as i sold my 93cc stuff years ago
then bodywork painted etc I think back to original Kawasaki colours of white and red. Progress is slower than I'd like but will update the thread as I go along.
The bike was then stripped down and frame, wheels, swingarm and bodywork etc all painted. Also purchased an AR80 at the time damaged and used the engine from it with a 93cc big bore kit in the 50, wee thing could fairly go for the size off it lol
Bike all finished and ready for the road and me hitting 16.
Bike was then used over the next year as my daily transport and for fun until I bought a damaged RS125 Aprilia and got my driving test too
The Ar with my restored RS and my first big bike, a R6.
The AR was never sold on when I stopped using it as it needed fork legs and a few repairs for MOT so it lay in my garage from 2004 until lockdown 2020 when I uncovered it from the back of my unit and to say it had deteriorated is an understatement. I got the bike running again during lockdown but time had taken its toll on her she was stripped to the frame for a restoration.
Few pictures before and during strip down
Frame and various brackets then powder coated.
Also got whatever brackets, nuts and bolts etc replaced in zinc.
Forks rebuilt with newly chromed legs and new seals etc obviously.
The build as it sits now. Have an AR80 engine with 6 speed box to be rebuilt and go in as i sold my 93cc stuff years ago
then bodywork painted etc I think back to original Kawasaki colours of white and red. Progress is slower than I'd like but will update the thread as I go along.Attachments
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