Barn Find 748 SPS In need of a lot of love!

Discussion in 'Builds & Projects' started by JLC, Jul 20, 2013.

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  1. Of course it can, I bet you wear the trousers, the wife just tells you which ones to wear!!!
     
    #41 Carlos Fandango, Aug 27, 2013
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  2. #42 JLC, Sep 6, 2013
  3. I managed to spare a couple of hours today in between non stop painting to pull her apart today - didn't get so far but it is moving in the right direction now!

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    #43 JLC, Oct 8, 2013
  4. always good to see progress, keep us up to date.
     
    #44 Phill748, Oct 8, 2013
  5. Ha! Giveaway!
    So the house is coming first. I knew it. It was either that or divorce, let's face it.

    Plus ça change...
     
    #45 gliddofglood, Oct 8, 2013
  6. You were right! Although only one more room to decorate and then the evenings are mine!!! (Depending what mood she is in :tongue:)
     
    #46 JLC, Oct 8, 2013
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  7. Women are incredibly inventive when they think that the alternative to finding more jobs for their bloke to do is that he will happily spend time on his own projects.

    Well, that's always been my experience.
     
    #47 gliddofglood, Oct 8, 2013
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  8. Managed to sneak off for an hour again tonight and strip a bit more off!
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    A taste of things to come... :biggrin:
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    #48 JLC, Oct 12, 2013
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  9. Just had this land today...

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    Carbon fibre RS top fairing - sits a bit lower and has a wider screen (which I am going to need to track down :frown:) looks absolutely amazing and should sharpen up the front end!!

    (Excuse the mess in the background - still decorating!!)

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    #49 JLC, Oct 15, 2013
  10. if ti was me i would take it back to stock with some blingy bits...just me though :wink:
     
    #50 funkyrimpler, Oct 15, 2013
  11. This was my initial plan, and then it snowballed from there! :tongue:
     
    #51 JLC, Oct 15, 2013
  12. Mod and violate that biatch....:biggrin:
     
    #52 Nelson, Oct 15, 2013
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  13. Looking good but why not put it to stock ?
     
    #53 Dubs, Oct 16, 2013
  14. Will you need bigger air tubes, I had this problem once and found there was more to it than just swapping top fairings.
     
    #54 Red998, Oct 16, 2013
  15. This was my plan, but really this is going to be a keeper - I have always loved the look of them so hopefully with the more modern suspension it will be the best of both worlds.

    This picture inspired me too...

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    This is the look I am going for, just without headlights and with a front number board!

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    #55 JLC, Oct 16, 2013
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  16. That is yummy :upyeah:
     
    #56 Carlos Fandango, Oct 16, 2013
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  17. That is exceedingly nice. The owner has put together a very tight looking 998.
     
    #57 bootsam, Oct 16, 2013
  18. It's the lack of front number board and aftermarket stickers that makes it look so nice and clean
     
    #58 Carlos Fandango, Oct 17, 2013
  19. Who said anything about aftermarket stickers!
     
    #59 JLC, Oct 17, 2013
  20. Most 748,916,998 models I see are covered in all sort of junk, too much carbon crap, over polished ally and loads of race rep decals over the fairings, that one just looks they was it was intended to look.
     
    #60 Carlos Fandango, Oct 17, 2013
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