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Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:34 pm
by gn2
Usually best afterwards, if before the project tends to get delayed or not started at all.
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:10 am
by Seph
WhiteNoise wrote:Kudo's Seph!!
4 hours goes fast when yer having fun and the beer afterwards certainly tastes better than under normal circumstances! You deserved "a cold one" or 2,3,4
??? Did you run into any snags or break any plastic tabs in the process? They Are a bugger! One goes this way, another one goes that away. Lift here, pull forward...no wait! Pull backwards. No!! Pull up! Arg!
Nothing like a quiet strip down
dress up scoot day
Fonda's looking her Fabulous self again. Camera shy? Nah, she ain't.
I'm certainly happy you shared with us. Nice thread!
Right at the end, I was putting the easiest part back on (the grip rail top) and the clip just pinged off.
Couldn't beileve it, literally the last tap. But two part apoxy solved that problem.
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:21 am
by Simon0867
Looks great, impressed with the work you put in
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:58 pm
by you you
gn2 wrote:Usually best afterwards, if before the project tends to get delayed or not started at all.
Is it a diploma or a degree you have in stating the bleeding obvious?
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:56 pm
by Valiant
A doctorate.
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 5:53 am
by Seph
Simon0867 wrote:Looks great, impressed with the work you put in
Cheers. It's rather fun to strip the scooter down and put it back together. I keep looking at it thinking of mods or upgrades to certain parts, If I do i'll keep you all informed.
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:45 am
by WhiteNoise
Haha...Kinda like putting one of these together
At least Revell supplied the glue.
Hmm...did they? or was the high, oops! I mean glue, bought separately? A dime extra? Talk about snapping bits off, yah it happened
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:32 pm
by Seph
WhiteNoise wrote:Haha...Kinda like putting one of these together
At least Revell supplied the glue.
Hmm...did they? or was the high, oops! I mean glue, bought separately? A dime extra? Talk about snapping bits off, yah it happened
Oh dear lord. Takes me back to my airfix days. I'd sit for hours trying to glue the tiny chairs into the cockpits... and when it went tits up i'd just jam the lot into a gluey ball of rage quit!
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:23 am
by Honda cub
You've done a fantastic repair job on your PCX. Hard to believe it ever suffered a crash. You must be delighted with the end result. Must be a great feeling having it back to former glory?
Well done
Stephen
Re: Finally, Fonda Da Honda is beautiful once again.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:29 am
by Seph
Honda cub wrote:You've done a fantastic repair job on your PCX. Hard to believe it ever suffered a crash. You must be delighted with the end result. Must be a great feeling having it back to former glory?
Well done
Stephen
I'm so happy to have it back. She wasn't even 48 hours old when it happened. I still had my smile on my face of owning it....didn't last long lol.
Got used to the Duct tape and even the banana shaped brake bar but so glad I decided to do the bodywork myself. My dealer wanted to charge me upwards of £500 for the parts and upwards of £300 for the fitting. I wouldn't of seen much change out of a grand! but I saw change out of £300 for the parts and accomplished the task.
I really hope no one ever has to experience a spill, but if they ever did; they should put their trust in their own ability and have a go at repairing their scooters themselves.
Help is on this forum for sure.
(Jerry's Final thought)