Polishing the Turd

[motojohn]

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

[sirch345]

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.

[motojohn]

spent a hour in the sun sweating my balls off today

they dont look to bad

[motojohn]

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

[motojohn]

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

[sirch345]

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.

[mags@port]

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

[motojohn]

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

[VTRDark]

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

[motojohn]

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

[motojohn]

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

[motojohn]

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

[Duffy1964]

Great work fella


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[sirch345]

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

Chris.

[motojohn]

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

Chris.

wait till you see it polished