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<blockquote data-quote="KennyNUT" data-source="post: 61652" data-attributes="member: 3057"><p>Many thanks for your kind words and empathy. I definitely love mine! I did hate it when I totted up the invoices in a spread sheet 3 weeks ago - but hey that was my decision to do what I did, after all, the bike was running, anyway, just puffing out some smoke, occasionally, along the way. To be fair a few members warned me of what would happen to my wallet! Anyway, I really love how the Comet has turned out. It looks fantastic and it taught me a number of things during this journey.</p><p></p><p>I have written some text and compiled some more photos of refurbed bits to finish this story of my Comet, though I have not posted this yet as I hope to take some final photographs of the bike and post those, too.</p><p></p><p>In the briefest summary, the wheels are rebuilt, the carb has been re-sleeved, the rear suspension all cleaned up an put back together, the tank (full story to follow) has been fully repainted, most other bits re-painted, new fuel taps added, new brakes, and everything put back together. The full story to follow.</p><p></p><p>I was feeling pretty bad at not having written anything for a while but work had been manic, I bought a new Italian Ducati bevel 1974 at the beginning of the year and as I had to import that (as very few of this model come up for sale in the UK), so there has been lots of supportive discussion with the DOC (GB) and the DVLA and today I took that on its first road run, mot's taxed and with a UK registration plate - amazing! As you can see lots of distraction, never mind kids and family stuff.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back to the smoking Comet! - I promise to finish what I started and then run the bike in over the summer and hope to report back that it is not smoking! If it continues, then I will just live with it. Its a real beauty now and I am quite proud of having embarked on this journey. I have enjoyed it immensely.</p><p></p><p>Look out for the remainder of the write up within the week!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KennyNUT, post: 61652, member: 3057"] Many thanks for your kind words and empathy. I definitely love mine! I did hate it when I totted up the invoices in a spread sheet 3 weeks ago - but hey that was my decision to do what I did, after all, the bike was running, anyway, just puffing out some smoke, occasionally, along the way. To be fair a few members warned me of what would happen to my wallet! Anyway, I really love how the Comet has turned out. It looks fantastic and it taught me a number of things during this journey. I have written some text and compiled some more photos of refurbed bits to finish this story of my Comet, though I have not posted this yet as I hope to take some final photographs of the bike and post those, too. In the briefest summary, the wheels are rebuilt, the carb has been re-sleeved, the rear suspension all cleaned up an put back together, the tank (full story to follow) has been fully repainted, most other bits re-painted, new fuel taps added, new brakes, and everything put back together. The full story to follow. I was feeling pretty bad at not having written anything for a while but work had been manic, I bought a new Italian Ducati bevel 1974 at the beginning of the year and as I had to import that (as very few of this model come up for sale in the UK), so there has been lots of supportive discussion with the DOC (GB) and the DVLA and today I took that on its first road run, mot's taxed and with a UK registration plate - amazing! As you can see lots of distraction, never mind kids and family stuff. Anyway, back to the smoking Comet! - I promise to finish what I started and then run the bike in over the summer and hope to report back that it is not smoking! If it continues, then I will just live with it. Its a real beauty now and I am quite proud of having embarked on this journey. I have enjoyed it immensely. Look out for the remainder of the write up within the week!:D [/QUOTE]
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