Polishing the Turd

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motojohn
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Re: subframe fettling

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sirch345 wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 10:19 pm
motojohn wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 9:31 am 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 :thumbup:

Chris.
you could be right about the angle of the subframe i should have waited until i have the wheels on but its not very hard to to put it right later
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Re: subframe fettling

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motojohn wrote: Wed May 30, 2018 5:14 pm
sirch345 wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 10:19 pm
motojohn wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 9:31 am 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 :thumbup:

Chris.
you could be right about the angle of the subframe i should have waited until i have the wheels on but its not very hard to to put it right later
The test is to sit on it I guess, but as you say you really need the wheels on to do that. You'll make any necessary adjustments I'm sure,

Chris.
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Re: Polishing the turds pipes

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spent a hour in the sun sweating my balls off today
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they dont look to bad
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Re:dropping the motor or lifting the frame

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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
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amazing what you can do with 3 ratchet straps
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Re: what the Hell is that

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took the carbs off before removing the frame and saw something odd in the rear cylinder inlet
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buy the looks of its been in there for a wile the way its worn down
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Re: Polishing the Turd

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Nice work there with the exhaust system :clap:

A good job you pulled the carbs off 8O

You could have had a competition on guess the part :lol:

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Re: Polishing the Turd

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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
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Re: Polishing the Turd

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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 :D but I will have a better look inside later and see if everything is ok
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Re: Polishing the Turd

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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 though you do have buffing wheels. I see you have down the fork lowers too and around the wheels. you need to do the brackets on the header now, they stand out like a sore thumb. You didn't wnat a quite exhaust then :lol:
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Re: Polishing the Turd

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VTRDark wrote: Sun Jun 03, 2018 3:47 pm 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 though you do have buffing wheels. I see you have down the fork lowers too and around the wheels. you need to do the brackets on the header now, they stand out like a sore thumb. You didn't wnat a quite exhaust then :lol:
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Re: Striping the frame

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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
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it looks nasty but it works
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you know its working when it goes black
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Re: and now the sanding

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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 so you only remove the thickness of a piece of A4 paper before you can start polishing
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the sanding took a day to do although to look at it it does not look that different but it will when i start polishing as it will give a much better finish
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Re: Polishing the Turd

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Great work fella


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Re: Polishing the Turd

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You have been a busy boy :clap:
You're certainly getting on with it,

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Re: Polishing the Turd

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sirch345 wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:59 pm You have been a busy boy :clap:
You're certainly getting on with it,

Chris.
wait till you see it polished :beer:
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