Gazza Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 And it's supposed to be the last one off the production line, just needs a lot of TLC and it'll be reet. plus it only has 9500 miles on it, should be running and MOT'ed by the end of the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzknut Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 tidy bike mate, looks nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenW Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Looks good! Any idea why it doesn't run? How long has it been stood for in a non-running state? RGs have some very specific problems. If you know them, fine. If not, you need to before firing it up - engine rebuilds cost a fortune. Can't wait to hear more about it! Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 It's not my bike but has been bought by a close friend though I will routinely update pics etc as the rebuild progresses,it was last run in '98 , all rubbers are a little...errr...hard ,the old guy who owned it was taken ill so it just sat in his garage, it's going to be completely stripped but absolutely everything is original and there doesn't seem to be anything butched on it, the engine does turn over but without stripping it it's not worth running the risk af trying to start it. He also had three BSA Gold Stars, seems the old boy had good taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B@W Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 It's not my bike but has been bought by a close friend though I will routinely update pics etc as the rebuild progresses,it was last run in '98 , all rubbers are a little...errr...hard ,the old guy who owned it was taken ill so it just sat in his garage, it's going to be completely stripped but absolutely everything is original and there doesn't seem to be anything butched on it, the engine does turn over but without stripping it it's not worth running the risk af trying to start it. He also had three BSA Gold Stars, seems the old boy had good taste. Very nice: only a little envious Can I be cheeky and ask what I should expect to pay for something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Very nice: only a little envious Can I be cheeky and ask what I should expect to pay for something like that Not 100% certain but I think it was about 7K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si.likes.guiness Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted August 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Engine now running as sweet as a sweet thing, he had the carbs rebuilt by an RG specialist and the engine fully checked, it's nearly ready for an MOT just the usual brake bleeding problems which we think will require a vacuum kit to solve easily, hopefully it will be ridden in anger this weekend but as ever with these things they don't always go to plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banoffee Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 sold a clean one about 5yrs ago for 3.5k. arse. nice bike mista! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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