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Firstly a big hello to everyone - new here and this is my first post. Thought I'd show you the KR I've just took on, maybe rather foolishly, but when I saw it I could have wept. It was crying out for me to restore it. It was originally owned by my neighbour who just brought it down from his previous address where it had been sat for over ten years, unloved. He was more than happy for me to take it off his hands. As you can see, there's not much which doesn't need attention and I'm busily buying parts for it as we speak. Thanks to Rockerted for the fairing kit already! In fact, he introduced me to the forum so he's to blame.

I had an S 16 years ago which I have bitter/sweet memories of. Sweet because of that exhaust note and that whole 2-stroke experience and bitter coz she was a slappy b***h who ended her life in the throes of one, and nearly mine with it. So I'm kinda looking forward to reliving my youth! With a steering damper...

So anyway, hope you like the pics and I'll post some up later of progress and the finished article.

wow someone else that saves things regardless , i thought it was only me Welcome aboard you have come to the right place if you need anything help and advice,parts or just somewhere to moan . keep us posted on your progress

oooooof! you are a braver man than I, welcome aboard
Cheers
AL

I would be tempted to find another and use that one for parts. I wish you luck with it, how did it get in that state i wonder?

nice to see people resucing KR's
i hope it doesnt turn into a money put

I was wondering the same thing, Cliff. I mean, who sits there watching their pride and joy disintegrate... so I asked him. Turns out the bike was stolen from his garden and returned a wreck - hence the lack of fairing, exhausts etc. He was so upset (he'd just had the barrels done!) that he threw it in his back garden before setting off to Oz as a diving instructor with his sister. He comes back a year later, bike deteriorating rapidly. He couldn't face fixing it up so left it - literally for years. Poor thing. I'm not kidding, there's not piece of plastic which isn't broken, anywhere. The whole thing was a spiders nest - I took the left switch cluster apart - about 100 of the little blighters dropped out onto me.

Bizarrely, my friend has a broken KR in his garage which he neglected to tell me about. "Ooh, you've got a KR Rich! I've got loads of bits you could have!". Heh heh. So that's donating a lot so far.

Frame is a away being polished. Swingarm is dead - seems the chain came off during it's joyride and has mangled it along with most of the plastics directly above it.

Most nuts and bolts are siezed. I had to cut the front disc (yes, just one!) off.

Still, keeps me busy in the quiet winter months....

Good luck mate, welcome aboard. Nice to see them getting restored, although as cliff says, that might be one gone to far but prove us all wrong. Good luck with the project . Hope to see pics soon.
Eventually found the caps lock key!

go for it ,it's worth it for the few hundred miles you'll do a year

there madder than any other road bike you can buy now or in the past


go on i dare someone to argue that point

good luck with the rebuild .I'm STILL building mine (my second ) go for a black frame or powder coat it silver to polish takes a........l........o........n........g t......i....m.......e

good to see another being put back on the road

if you've got the plastics thats half the battle - you should be able
to get the other bits with a bit of searching

Hi all

Well, it's only been 2.5 years in the making but the old girl is nearly finished...

Thought I'd throw out a couple of taster pics for you and when she's complete (probably by the end of the week), I'll post a barrage of pics!

I must say she's looking fantastic - fired up first time. Can't wait to test ride her... maybe tomorrow...

Wow, that's a shiny engine! =D> =D>

Who did the aquablasting?

Looking forward to seeing the finished bike.

cheers,
Charles

top job so far m8y............ =D> =D> ....looking forward to seeing the end result

All the aqua-blasting & polishing was done by a very nice chap called Steve who owns/runs Phoenix Metal Finishers in Poole, Dorset. Highly recommended and great rates...

Richard,

That engine would make a fantastic ornament. Gotta get one for my lounge

That is looking really good

Cheers

Andrew

thats a totally stunning restoration job you have done there - congratulations, well done =D>