Restoration Projects  (Updated 23-Oct-09)

A couple of our bikes have been bought by Richard 'Moby' Newland, editor of Fast Bikes magazine. He plans to restore them and fulfil a boyhood dream of owning some of these classic bikes.

Their website is here: www.fastbikesmag.com
 

Follow his progress on his GS550 blog:

#1 Moby's Strip Club
#2 Getting Properly Acquainted
#3 Starting to Strip
#4 The Big Strip
#5 Opening the Engine
#6 Buffing the Legs
#7 New Clothes
#8 Starting the Rebuild
#9 Engine Gaskets
#10 Spraying at Home
#11 Breather Plate
#12 Seals & Bearings
#13 Rubber
#14 Fork / Swingarm
#15 Getting it Together
#16 Electrical Spaghetti
#17 Body Parts
#18 Fluids
#19 Press the button, pussy
#20 Finishing Touches

Here's the "before":

And the "now":

 

... and his Dunstall CB750 blog:

#1 Moby Takes it Back to the Beginning
#2 Ignition Conversion
#3 Fuel Tap Tea
#4 Spit & Polish
#5 Getting It Together

Here's the "before":

And the "now":