Today is officially the start of the rebuild :)

So the engine's all stripped and ready to go off for vapour blasting next time I'm passing.

The workshop is all cleared and ready to start work and the parts are ready and waiting. Time to get going!

• Front forks rebuilt and refilled with oil - tick
• Top Tip - heat the fork legs up by standing in boiled water for 10 minutes before putting the oil seals in - the metal will expand and make it easier to fit the seals.
• Top Tip - I used an old plastic measuring jug to refill the legs with fork oil and marked a line on it with permanent marker so that both legs would have as near as possible the same amount of oil in them.
• F & R wheel bearings and oil seals fitted - tick
• Top Tip - conversely, stick the bearings in the freezer for a couple of days first to shrink them down and make them easier to fit.
• Top Tip - label the bearings beforehand so you know which ones go where!
• Top Tip - the old bearings are useful to use as drifts to drive the oil seals in.
• Speedo drive fitted - tick
• Sprocket and cush drive fitted - tick
• New brake shoes and rear brake fitted - tick

Tomorrow should see the tyres fitted and wheels finished.

This is feeling good :)