DugDug my 2011 C5 Classic 500 has been ignored since I put it into to storage just before we moved from Narrabri over 2 years ago.
It has sat in my garage here in Armidale for nearly 18 months. Pushed to one side. Sad really hey. Well not anymore.
The recommissioning and makeover has started.
It needs new steering head bearing. Front brake fluid replaced. A makeover/restyling.
Firstly though will it start after sitting for this long? Some Start Ya Bastard and some fuel and bingo we have DugDug noises.
This is what DugDug looked like when I bought it about 4 years ago.
The makeover is going to keep the essence of what the previous owner has done. I will just add a bit of my madness to it.
Staring at the back and working forwards we have a very old small British mudguard now mounted. Don't mind my welding. It is done with my TIG welder. I had to fight the gal coating on the plate and I forgot to take the black paint off the curved railing. Lazy me. But I know I have good penetration on the welds. That's all that matters.
I used CAD (cardboard assisted design) to make the mounting bracket.
Notice the colour of the rear guard. Mermaid Green. Looks kinda 50s British to me. I googled what colours go with the original RE Teal and goggle told me greens do. The green will flow up the tank in a stripe as wide as the rear guard and front mudguard will be this colour too.
Yes that the Classic 350 Reborn Touring seat going on DugDug too, Mounting brackets to be made.
Not saying what style of bike this will be just yet. You will see as I make progress and post it here.
Bit more work done to Dug Dug. The front race plate with the light is a mock up at the moment. Kinda gives away the direction this is going in. ;) Colour of the rear guard up the middle of the tank.
Hitchcock's 20 degree exhaust pipe extension with the old Hitchcock's 500 muffler i had fitted a few years back. Had to do some modifications to the muffler because silly me cut the inlet end shorter awhile ago. Plus had to cut the pillion peg hanger off to get the muffler to fit. I could have bought the 10 degree pipe but wanted the end of the muffler higher.
Steering head bearings are in. The cup for the steering stem was sat on a hot plate and it dropped right in place on the stem. The other 3 cups spent the night in the freezer. They where drifted into place with ease after coming out of the freezer. The vintage MX bars I am planning on using.
Nothing like a good cuppa tea while you are working.
Bit of a change of direction. Not doing the yellow race plate over the headlight. Splurged a bit and bought a Trials Top Yoke. https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/18921?cont_page=Royal-Enfield-Classic-EFI-Accessories&category=sub1
It will have a headlight because it will have to be road legal.
New fork seals fitted. I believe the ones I took out are the originals from the factory. Same with the fork oil. I do not like the smell of old fork oil. Fork boots instead of the metal shrouds.
Decided on narrow rectangle style race plate. Shaped and cut some treadplate. This will be polished to try to remove the tread pattern. Have to make a mounting bracket for the speedo. Its just resting there in the photos. A stripe of the colour same as what I have applied to the middle of the tank may be applied to the middle of the plate. Then fake race number. 
It has sat in my garage here in Armidale for nearly 18 months. Pushed to one side. Sad really hey. Well not anymore.
The recommissioning and makeover has started.
It needs new steering head bearing. Front brake fluid replaced. A makeover/restyling.
Firstly though will it start after sitting for this long? Some Start Ya Bastard and some fuel and bingo we have DugDug noises.
If it did not start the makeover would be put on hold.
This is what DugDug looked like when I bought it about 4 years ago.
The makeover is going to keep the essence of what the previous owner has done. I will just add a bit of my madness to it.
Staring at the back and working forwards we have a very old small British mudguard now mounted. Don't mind my welding. It is done with my TIG welder. I had to fight the gal coating on the plate and I forgot to take the black paint off the curved railing. Lazy me. But I know I have good penetration on the welds. That's all that matters.
I used CAD (cardboard assisted design) to make the mounting bracket.
Notice the colour of the rear guard. Mermaid Green. Looks kinda 50s British to me. I googled what colours go with the original RE Teal and goggle told me greens do. The green will flow up the tank in a stripe as wide as the rear guard and front mudguard will be this colour too.
Yes that the Classic 350 Reborn Touring seat going on DugDug too, Mounting brackets to be made.
Not saying what style of bike this will be just yet. You will see as I make progress and post it here.
Bit more work done to Dug Dug. The front race plate with the light is a mock up at the moment. Kinda gives away the direction this is going in. ;) Colour of the rear guard up the middle of the tank.
Hitchcock's 20 degree exhaust pipe extension with the old Hitchcock's 500 muffler i had fitted a few years back. Had to do some modifications to the muffler because silly me cut the inlet end shorter awhile ago. Plus had to cut the pillion peg hanger off to get the muffler to fit. I could have bought the 10 degree pipe but wanted the end of the muffler higher.
Steering head bearings are in. The cup for the steering stem was sat on a hot plate and it dropped right in place on the stem. The other 3 cups spent the night in the freezer. They where drifted into place with ease after coming out of the freezer. The vintage MX bars I am planning on using.
Nothing like a good cuppa tea while you are working.
Bit of a change of direction. Not doing the yellow race plate over the headlight. Splurged a bit and bought a Trials Top Yoke. https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/18921?cont_page=Royal-Enfield-Classic-EFI-Accessories&category=sub1
It will have a headlight because it will have to be road legal.
New fork seals fitted. I believe the ones I took out are the originals from the factory. Same with the fork oil. I do not like the smell of old fork oil. Fork boots instead of the metal shrouds.
Front end may look like this???
Mock up time. Bit of cardboard painted silver. Bit of graphic design to put a number on it. 79 is for the year I started riding on the road. 1979. Made a bracket for the headlight and mounted that.
Might do a rectangle plate mock up and see what that looks like too. At the moment I do like the oval shaped one.
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