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When we had a nice bout of sun the other day I sat in the garden, and started the lovely job of polishing the lower triple clamp.
Pictures don’t really show the finish very good looks far better in person
I started with 200 wet and dry and worked my way up to 1000 and finished with a hand polish of some mothers and mag.
The top of the clamp is black powder coated
Once the engines dropped in I can get the clamps in because the weight of them will probably drag the frame over now.
My next task will be probably getting all the handle bars in the and switch gear. I’m going with some pro taper gear for the handle bars.
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This gets the rattle can treatment it’s only for holding a pipe
Bit sloppy tbh compared to other things but going to go with a silver paint, may get one later down the Line powder coated, just want to get that engine in the frame asap
It definitely warrants better treatment!
Poor things always seem to corrode under the pipe, before the clamp...
But yeah! Bung it on!!...
PS. You gonna lacquer the bottom yoke?...
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It definitely warrants better treatment!
Poor things always seem to corrode under the pipe, before the clamp...
But yeah! Bung it on!!...
PS. You gonna lacquer the bottom yoke?...
@SpookDog now I’m thinking make one on the cnc machine would look pretty bad ass
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It definitely warrants better treatment!
Poor things always seem to corrode under the pipe, before the clamp...
But yeah! Bung it on!!...
PS. You gonna lacquer the bottom yoke?...
@SpookDog lacquer… hmm never give it a thought to protect the shine ?
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Bottom yokes have come up nicely! It should hold its shine for a wee while but it's always the way with those things.
The pro taper handlebars are nice to be fair.
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@Calum bike will be kept inside and probably only ride on the nicer weather days so hopefully this will help it last longer
@mhbikesnbits still won't take long to lose the shine. Lacquer would work well. It looks really good polished and I really don't want to come across like I'm picking but would it not look better with the top and bottom yokes the same colour? IE both black with the chrome forks? Personal preference I know but I'm trying to picture it in my head.
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@mhbikesnbits still won't take long to lose the shine. Lacquer would work well. It looks really good polished and I really don't want to come across like I'm picking but would it not look better with the top and bottom yokes the same colour? IE both black with the chrome forks? Personal preference I know but I'm trying to picture it in my head.
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@mhbikesnbits still won't take long to lose the shine. Lacquer would work well. It looks really good polished and I really don't want to come across like I'm picking but would it not look better with the top and bottom yokes the same colour? IE both black with the chrome forks? Personal preference I know but I'm trying to picture it in my head.
@markus-w maybe this will give you abit more of idea what it would look like,
I have a little think about the lacquering and my only issue is paint doesn’t like smooth surfaces so would it end up getting lacquer peel ?
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@markus-w hmm maybe could try the lacquer, I’m going with the black top polished bottom as that was the style it was on the 80s yzs
@mhbikesnbits fair enough it is the yz look you are going for. Does look good.
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@markus-w maybe this will give you abit more of idea what it would look like,
I have a little think about the lacquering and my only issue is paint doesn’t like smooth surfaces so would it end up getting lacquer peel ?
@mhbikesnbits yes I know what you're saying about peeling because that would look awful. I polished my brake calipers and opted against lacquer for that reason. But I realised after that they use lacquer on alloy wheels on cars, not sure which lacquer but that doesn't peel.
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@markus-w maybe this will give you abit more of idea what it would look like,
I have a little think about the lacquering and my only issue is paint doesn’t like smooth surfaces so would it end up getting lacquer peel ?
@mhbikesnbits Yes! That looks so good polished!
I am looking forward to seeing this progress!
Keep up the updates.
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@mhbikesnbits Yes! That looks so good polished!
I am looking forward to seeing this progress!
Keep up the updates.
@Calum cheers buddy will keep it updated as much as I can, getting to the point were more moneys going need spending and quite abit of it tho
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Not sure about the silver, I have seen them on the standard silver engines but in black and they look good so I thought I would inverse that.
Think I will get one done in black powder coat
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Not sure about the silver, I have seen them on the standard silver engines but in black and they look good so I thought I would inverse that.
Think I will get one done in black powder coat
I would bud. I mean that lump looks sooo good powder coated black that I’m sure I’m gonna do the same on my next visit to the paint fairy. I’m thinking of black camouflage. Either black on black (satin on matt) with near~gloss accents if the two tones ain’t enough, or urban camouflage black white and grey. With the frame an off white, maybe cream/antique colour...
I’ve already got all the black plastic and another tank and seat. So it wouldn’t mean the death of the blue and yellow
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I would bud. I mean that lump looks sooo good powder coated black that I’m sure I’m gonna do the same on my next visit to the paint fairy. I’m thinking of black camouflage. Either black on black (satin on matt) with near~gloss accents if the two tones ain’t enough, or urban camouflage black white and grey. With the frame an off white, maybe cream/antique colour...
I’ve already got all the black plastic and another tank and seat. So it wouldn’t mean the death of the blue and yellow
...@SpookDog yes I think I am going to go with the powder coat next time I take some bits, I do agree the lump does look good with the powder coat however I hope it hold up on the road
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Spent the day tidying my workshop and doing some work on it and managed to pick this little beauty up for £20 which will help with the maintenance work and other stuff.
Hopefully I’ll manage to drop the engine on the frame over the Easter weekend
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Spent the day tidying my workshop and doing some work on it and managed to pick this little beauty up for £20 which will help with the maintenance work and other stuff.
Hopefully I’ll manage to drop the engine on the frame over the Easter weekend
Recycled degreasant solvents? Top kit!...
I always end up using a washing up bowl and paraffin for when I split engines down, like a caveman
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oh no! Something happened!
Don’t know how I’m going to be able ride this when it’s all done it’s looking pretty dam good!
I love how the black looks against the red.
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Recycled degreasant solvents? Top kit!...
I always end up using a washing up bowl and paraffin for when I split engines down, like a caveman
@SpookDog well I wasn’t far off the same thing using a bowl lol thought would it come in handy, thinking of getting a heating element for it too as it’s just cold wash atm
