Post by riddennothidden on Sept 28, 2012 17:17:41 GMT
last year my son was old enough to get a scooter so i got him a piaggio nrg just so he could get some road sense and this year i asked him what he wanted to do car lessons/motorbike or bigger scooter?. his reply was i want your t5 in the shed . it had been sitting there some time and i did want to get round to doing it but other scooters have always got in the way, but now with a purpose it was time to crack on. i had rebuilt the engine not long after buying it (for £400!) new cruciform bearings seals etc so that side was done. onto the paint i have 2 very good freinds who are sonic customs (mark and rory) and they were asked to do the paint. i asked my son (billy) what sort of paint did he want and his reply was i would like a DTC CUSTOMS paint job (well the boy has taste!).so mark and rory asked me to get the frame blasted and etch primed which i did and took it round to them. on inspection the frame was rotten (if it wasnt a mk1 t5 it would have been scrap!) but mark and rory perservered with it and even named it the swiss cheese racer . i got it back from them and started the rebuild (i forgot what a pain in the harris t5 headsets are!) anyway i have a couple of bits to do but its nearly there. so big thanks to mark and rory they did a fantastic job and my son is looking forward to riding
