Vintage Road Racing Association

John, it was great meeting you!!!

Thanks for the compliments for the bike, but I still need to work on those numbers !!! I agree, they do look like sh!t...

See you soon...

Fred

fred it is a beutiful bike to see live, and when it roars into life.
man what a beutiful sounding machine))).
glad i was there with john to see and hear it.
truly a fantastic job.
graham.

fredybender wrote:
Thanks for the compliments for the bike, but I still need to work on those numbers !!! I agree, they do look like sh!t...

See you soon...

Fred

Well Hey we had to find something wrong with it....I have a spare set of #248 we could put on it

nice try john you would probably have to strangle fred to get that beast away from him, but no harm in trying=)))

Finaly:

Some pictures of almost finished product; still have to make another seat foam...

Compare original, with final product... not bad, stil a few details to be taken care of, but project, especially when it comes to the mechanics (parts are the worst... ) the project is to my liking!

Fred

PS: Outside pictures to follow soon...

Original 85:


My rendering:
(The white number plate on the side fairing, will be as the original, but I screwed up when making the paint...)
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hi fred.
glad to see you got rid of the masking tape #s.
much better like that?.
fantastic job. graham.

Project is finally finished:
Time for final pictures, and enjoy the work (sitting back and enjoying a beer or two, while looking at the bike...)

Nice work Fred........looks great !!!

hi fred.
looks as quick as it is, i guess you will now be known as fast freddy bender. ya gotta love those old machines, well done.
graham.

Started again; the weather has gotten cold, so time to be in the shop
RS is almost naked.
I will be dissassembling the motor. I will keep one set of jugs to keep the original HRC pistons (for authenticity), and will make the CR125 Wiseco conversion on the other set of cylinders & heads that I have.

I have also located a zinc plater for all the fasteners ...Just like Ko & Rene

I have received another original footrest (these things are REALLY hard to find these days...)
I have almost everything, its just a question of cleaning & refinishing of all the parts... Everything, this time around, will get the upmost attention to detail...


Fred

it looks absolutely beautiful. I know Paul's brother and I'll see if I can get some pics of the bike as it was raced next time I see him. Keep up the good work ! I look forward to seeing the bike in person next season.

That would be great of you could get some period pictures! And even try to get Paul to see the rebuild...

Had some nasty surprizes, when I opened the cases (good thing I did)
Saved by a "unobtanium" crate that came with the bike...

Fred