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after rinsing all the oven cleaner off before it does to much damage the sanding starts i use 60 grit working up to 600 on all the cast parts . the rear of the frame is a sand cast and is full of tiny pin holes so quite a lot of sanding to get it smooth but not so much as to make the frame to thin s...

to day was a messy day ,in order to polish the frame you have to remove all the anodising , so what i use is a caustic oven cleaner paint it on and wait https://i.imgur.com/NFNhz9N.jpg it looks nasty but it works https://i.imgur.com/zOlFS2K.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TvkJ4GF.jpg you know its working wh...

Whoh WTF is that doing in there. I'm glad you spotted that. It could be a top hat but it looks like a slight ring indentation around the circumfrance where an O ring would go. Bizzare..and it has me thinking. Pipes are looking great mate. I know how much hard work has gone into that polishing even ...

mags@port wrote: ↑Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:29 pm Looks like the insert washer from the two holding down bolts for the fuel tank?. How did it run with it in there. Nice work so far

to be honest I have only had it running in the garage and it sounded ok with no rattles but I will have a better look inside later and see if everything is ok

took the carbs off before removing the frame and saw something odd in the rear cylinder inlet https://i.imgur.com/ftjCHqB.jpg at first i thought it was a bolt but it moved ,so i got a magnet and got it out https://i.imgur.com/9c2SOW6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ihYwZ0b.jpg buy the looks of its been in t...

spent a little time today thinking about polishing ,after doing the pipes i started thinking about going all old school with the bike lots of polished alloy , so what the hell its a lot of work but i do enjoy a bit of shiny metal so im stripping the bike right down https://i.imgur.com/wsgQxjS.jpg am...

spent a hour in the sun sweating my balls off today

they dont look to bad

the sub frame looks a little high but thats only because the front of the bike is sitting low but if i have got it wrong it would not be hard to sort out That was my first thoughts, the angle looking a bit on the steep side, but the camera can be deceiving. At least you're making more head-way :thu...

VTRDark wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:47 am Matching clock too You know what i really like about all your photos's....all the stuff in the background Flask of tea and plastic bottles.

I know its all the crap i have im not a very tidy person

been busy in the last week so have not had time to work on the bike but had a play yesterday and started working on the sub frame https://i.imgur.com/rymx7Ox.jpg https://i.imgur.com/rebrzKA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/37OS9Tm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VJvE6ks.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sweqxs1.jpg the sub fr...

now thats skill i wishi could weld like that

sirch345 wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 10:28 pm

motojohn wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 8:27 pm i have not seen Duffys bike any chance of seeing a picture of it

Take a look here:- viewtopic.php?f=30&t=30758&start=180#p459245

Chris.

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That's very nice I hope mine looks as good as that when I'm done playing

only for cosmetic reasons i just like carbon

i have not seen Duffys bike any chance of seeing a picture of it

Tell me about it :lol: The polished wheel looks amazing. A day to get one wheel looking like that is good going. Obviousley lots of power tools as a helping hand. It's a shame you can't incorporate some kind of access panel on the rear of that fairing so you at least have some storage space. What w...