Ok, after much hijacking of my original post, I have finally managed to get a few photos up in the bucket of my Darmah. She was in a pretty bad state when I picked her up and unfortunately hasnt had too much done, (that is viewable anyway) to date.
What has been done so far is :- Exhaust - Scrapped
Rear shocks - scrapped
Panels & tank - off for new paint (secured a good example original steel tank and have that being done at the same time)
Brake calipers (all of them) - off the bike, fully restored with new parts, stripped and repainted
New headlight shell/reflector/glass purchased
Instrument panel - stripped, repainted (including the carrier)
Switch blocks - both replaced with new
Instruments - new shiney NOS binnacles for both tacho and speedo (may even replace the guages as well since I have a source)
New front mudguard
Resurrected the rear mudgard, both look good but not concorse
Engine - delivered to the Bevel Guru for a full checkup and replacement of whatever needs replacing. Valve seats hardened to start with.....and anything else he thinks needs doing. (I havent a budget for the motor so anything goes at this stage).
Carbs - original 32mms need rebuilding, sourced a set or 40's which are on their way to my house.
Indicator stems and lights - replaced all lights, stripped and repainted the stems, new chrome bits
Idiot light carrier - stripped to bare metal, repainted
Some other bits and pieces......everything was rusted, so just soaking in WD40 and freeing up threads has been a major problem so far.
Anyway, photos are pre-anything being done so dont be too harsh.
Right mirror refused to leave the thread so managed to slap that and almost ruin the brake master cylinder -
more $$$'s.
Guages and brackets in bad shape, but NOS parts are plentiful if you know the right people.
The rest I will leave up to your imagination.
You can see the condition of the exhaust in this photo...the Conti's are shot and the headers and crossovers are not much better.
Chrome is no longer.
Dont know how much I have spent so far, but I know it will be worth in when she is back on the road with a new, full Conti system barking in the mountain roads around Canberra.
Cheers guys.