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1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:23 pm
by davla
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:30 am
by Mel K
Nice find , you may be able to strip the snazzy paint job off and you’ll probably find the original paint underneath , good luck . There’s probably how to vids on YouTube for stripping paint.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:51 am
by davla
Nice if I could but he seems to have got quite a good finish on the paint job so I’m guessing he may have rubbed it down pretty well, it’s worth a try though.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:23 pm
by shane BBoys
Lovely find.
Love the rack too. How much?
Shane
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:43 pm
by Scooterslag
Nice find, quite like the yellow and black
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:21 am
by davla
shane BBoys wrote:Lovely find.
Love the rack too. How much?
Shane
Sorry sold
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:16 pm
by pacemaker
Is that a series 3 kickstart pedal? Looks wrong to me. Nice find though 1960 Surrey registered.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 12:29 pm
by Topgearskin
When something like this comes up I think it would be best to sell it on to someone who would like the paint as it is, rather than consign another bit of history to the photo album. You could make a profit as well, I'd imagine. Although not original paint, it's still got historic value in its current condition.
Just my ten bob.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:23 pm
by davla
pacemaker wrote:Is that a series 3 kickstart pedal? Looks wrong to me. Nice find though 1960 Surrey registered.
I’m not sure, haven’t investigated yet, agree if doesn’t look right though
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:11 pm
by bike grim
I quite like that as it is. Great find
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:11 pm
by Toddy
Agree great find
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:49 pm
by Donnie
sticker the crap out of it I'd say.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:06 pm
by northernpete
Topgearskin wrote:When something like this comes up I think it would be best to sell it on to someone who would like the paint as it is, rather than consign another bit of history to the photo album. You could make a profit as well, I'd imagine. Although not original paint, it's still got historic value in its current condition.
Just my ten bob.
+1
Seems a shame (to me anyway) to get rid of all that history....
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
Posted:
Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:39 pm
by davla
Well I've done a bit of work on this and got it running this morning, you'd never believe it's not been started in 30 years, it sounds great. I also fitted a nice pair of original paint rims and front hub which look much better than the silver ones that were fitted. It's just going to get a clean up and made roadworthy for the time being and then I'll decide what to do about the paint.
I need another stand and a S2 rear hub cone if anyone can help?
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Sun Sep 15, 2019 1:19 pm
by asjll1973
Love it, nice early one too.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:06 am
by xenia1
Looks pretty much rust free.
An ideal back to original paint restoration.
Behind the horncasting is always a good place to look for the original paint colour.
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:50 am
by Topgearskin
xenia1 wrote:Looks pretty much rust free.
An ideal back to original paint restoration.
Behind the horncasting is always a good place to look for the original paint colour.
I repeat my earlier post. This paint is more historically valuable than the "original" paint.
Leave it or sell it on. The future will thank you'
Re: 1 owner from new Li150 S2
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Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:43 pm
by MickYork
Topgearskin wrote:xenia1 wrote:Looks pretty much rust free.
An ideal back to original paint restoration.
Behind the horncasting is always a good place to look for the original paint colour.
I repeat my earlier post. This paint is more historically valuable than the "original" paint.
Leave it or sell it on. The future will thank you'
+1 ^