Classic Trials

Classic Trials

About Me

I have come into 2012 with a strong desire to be more healthy and reduce my weight to something more acceptable for a man of my age and height. On the 1st of Jan 2012 at the age of 45 and height of 6ft 2in, I weighed in at 18st 2lbs (that's 256 lbs or 116kg). I have a pretty large frame and have always been able to carry a bit of excess baggage but I think its time to do something about it for my health and energy levels more than anything else. The experts suggest that for a man of my height and age I should be about 13.5 st but I have set myself a target of 15 st (210lbs or 95kg) - thats a planned loss of around 3 st (46lbs or 20kg) This BLOG is a record of my attempt to achieve this goal and I have made it public to help keep me motivated and on track. If you have any comments, thoughts or ideas and suggestions please feel free to leave me a message..

Thursday, 3 January 2008

Fanticpost 7


At last I got my wheels back today for the Fantic from Terry at M and B wheels.


The problem was has been in lacing the rear wheel as the holes were drilled in the rim for a much narrower rear hub and even though an attempt was made to re-drill the holes, the nipples would not seat correctly so a new rim was ordered from Central wheel which has taken weeks to be produced.


In the mean time, I got to thinking about the fact that the original side panels did not match the colour of the tank so I decided to try a different approach. We have made a set of side panels in alluminium, turned the studs for the inside to push into the original rubber grommets and held them in place with small dome head screws. These will then be powder coated white to go with the frame and will be re-stickered as per the originals so the only red part of the bike will be the tank.


Pics are of the side panels that are off to the powder coaters tomorrow. I will update the BLOG with more pics when the wheels are in the bike.
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