Todays progress KR1

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ooh . i like those cans, where did you get them,
and just to let you now ian, i posted the reciept for the fork chroming today.

i have been watching your thread from the begining, and your kr1 is worth
what you are asking for it, i bet you have spent a pretty packet on it.
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Thanks Martin, I am very pleased how its turning out, and Thankyou again for all your help, i will pop over for afew whiskys soon. :)
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Well ive now got the whisky out watching the sex pistols in concert 2007 and they get better with age, just like us blokes! so by the time im 90 i'll be quite a catch!!!! yep im talking bolloxs :)
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Never mind the bollox .. though eh Teerex
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T from 1976 - and more importantly it still fits me! ..(but only just... as long as I don't try to move or breathe I can get away with it) :roll:

I'm getting old.. time for another drink
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im getting old too, but fighting all the way TS.

Just poured another too :D
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Good for you Teerex ..

Im happy with my lady friend Southern Comfort tonight.
Spirits are great arent they? You get pizza'd quicker and without the calories.. 8-[ 8-[ 8-[

Oh and Ms S Comfort doesn't argue back :mrgreen:
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Aye, any whisky will do me, or anything i can run my car on! failing that i keep a cheeky bottle of hai-karate in the cupboard! :lol:
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teerex wrote:.. failing that i keep a cheeky bottle of hi-karate in the cupboard! :lol:
I keep allsorts in the garage with the bikes..
Including retro stuff like Hi-karate... wouldn't fancy drinking the stuff mind !

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Hey and guess what it says on the reverse?
"If you wear this in public, you must be prepared to protect yourself.. "
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My dad used to wear hai-karate i can remember putting some on after my first shave in 1990 by f--k did it sting. :lol:
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martin wrote:ooh . i like those cans, where did you get them,
and just to let you now ian, i posted the reciept for the fork chroming today.

i have been watching your thread from the begining, and your kr1 is worth
what you are asking for it, i bet you have spent a pretty packet on it.
Well i could do with selling it as i have to prioritise, it should be finished in about 4wks i just need the bodywork back from the painter's, tyre's and a chain.

So if anyone is interested drop me a pm and we will have a chat. :)
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I am sitting howlin, not only is this a great rebuild thread, but the craic is mint too.........TS keeping those aftershave bottles was a stroke of genius :D
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Cool T Shirt TS 8)

Seeing as how many gigs went ahead i bet that is a real collectors item
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Today i have been to MK Engineering to make one good radiator out of two complete pile's of shite!

Here is the result, and a bloody good one at that. :)

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Wow that rad looks like new... In fact it looks even better than new!
Was it expensive to get it refurbished?
Liking that =D> :D
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It cost me a pint, as he is a mate, there was quite abit of alli welding, they guy is a genius.

I then sprayed the rad, and had the cover powder coated afew weeks ago, with new nuts and bolts.
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