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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

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

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

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.

spent a hour in the sun sweating my balls off today

they dont look to bad

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

amazing what you can do with 3 ratchet straps

took the carbs off before removing the frame and saw something odd in the rear cylinder inlet
at first i thought it was a bolt but it moved ,so i got a magnet and got it out


buy the looks of its been in there for a wile the way its worn down

Nice work there with the exhaust system

A good job you pulled the carbs off

You could have had a competition on guess the part

Chris.

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

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

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

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

my brackets are made from mild steel , i need to find some alloy or stainless ones

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

it looks nasty but it works



you know its working when it goes black

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


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

Great work fella


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

Chris.

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

Chris.

wait till you see it polished