My Strada
Posted: 30 Apr 2013 20:10
Hi All,
Bought this Strada off eBay as a spares donor for my Sport 6 years ago.Didn't have the heart to break it in the end, (is just 24 bikes newer from frame number) but I didn't do anything else with it either until the end of 2011.
Much stripping, cleaning, new bits, plating, spraying later I'm nearly done. Just waiting for the correct kickstart back from the platers and to finish machining the indicator stems and I should be done. Engine runs with the new 'home made' ignition system. Only 'bah' was that the seat cover cracked when I sat on it! Yep, hadn't touched the seat as it was perfect apart from a small amount of surface rust on the base, so I was going to use it 'as it was' but obviously 35 year old Italian vinyl has a limit to how flexible it can be. Next stop Leightons in Birmingham...
Shameless Plugs for other excellent suppliers I have used:
AE Pople - Speedo glasses and bezels
Hockley Enterprises (Southend on Sea) - All Chroming
Action Electroplating (Basildon) - Zinc plating
Vulcan Powdercoat (Basildon) - All the black bits powdercoated
Auto Effects (Barton Le Clay, near Luton) - Silver paintwork
NLM - Having all the missing bits and required bits when I needed them
Disco Volante - Stainless fuel cap
Apart from work done by those listed above, I have done all the rest myself.
Usual caveat - No connections with any of the above suppliers other than as a satisfied customer.
Now I have a pair of bikes just like the 1978 advert!
George
Bought this Strada off eBay as a spares donor for my Sport 6 years ago.Didn't have the heart to break it in the end, (is just 24 bikes newer from frame number) but I didn't do anything else with it either until the end of 2011.
Much stripping, cleaning, new bits, plating, spraying later I'm nearly done. Just waiting for the correct kickstart back from the platers and to finish machining the indicator stems and I should be done. Engine runs with the new 'home made' ignition system. Only 'bah' was that the seat cover cracked when I sat on it! Yep, hadn't touched the seat as it was perfect apart from a small amount of surface rust on the base, so I was going to use it 'as it was' but obviously 35 year old Italian vinyl has a limit to how flexible it can be. Next stop Leightons in Birmingham...
Shameless Plugs for other excellent suppliers I have used:
AE Pople - Speedo glasses and bezels
Hockley Enterprises (Southend on Sea) - All Chroming
Action Electroplating (Basildon) - Zinc plating
Vulcan Powdercoat (Basildon) - All the black bits powdercoated
Auto Effects (Barton Le Clay, near Luton) - Silver paintwork
NLM - Having all the missing bits and required bits when I needed them
Disco Volante - Stainless fuel cap
Apart from work done by those listed above, I have done all the rest myself.
Usual caveat - No connections with any of the above suppliers other than as a satisfied customer.
Now I have a pair of bikes just like the 1978 advert!
George