Project SMX [Pic Heavy]
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A small update, I managed to get in a few hours this afty and cleaned the forks up, polished the stanchions as best I could and resprayed the dropouts. The stanchions have some marks on them, which would not come out sadly, plus they are ribbed so that made it even harder to get a decent finish on em. So their as good as they will get, but most of these marks are not really seen which is handy.
I then slid the yokes back on to test fit it all;
i didn't realise that the forks are Marzocchi units;
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA it’s always harder to work with when it’s ribbed
Are we talking bike parts or condoms here??? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :face_with_tears_of_joy:
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA how very dare you!!
Yes, this is getting a little off topic now...
@declan was quite clearly talking about the bike parts.
@NINJA Let me know if you want me to tidy up the thread.P.S. I was messing about the off topic. But do let me know if you want me to clean up the thread.
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I've been busy cleaning and spraying up various parts, I'll take some more pics when I've got more done, but here's one to keep y'all going;
I also started to clean the engine and took the crank cases and head off to inspect the engines internals. I have to say my engine looks very good inside, plus the barrel and piston both look pretty damn good too. The previous owner had the engine rebuilt, with a new Mitaka head and piston, which looks like it's not covered too many miles;
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Update; I've been able to get nearly all of the parts I wanted resprayed completed now, so here's the results of my handywork;
The gear shift lever is for a Kawasaki ZZR 1400, but it has the correct shape and fit's perfectly too. New Protaper Fat bars and some Progrips all ready to go on as well. I am disappointed with the finish on the Protaper fat bars, I was hoping that they would be more like the shiny silver of the anodised riser clamps and gear shifter. It's more of a dull textured finish, which may be a feature to provide some durability to them? I am contemplating respraying them with the same graphite grey paint I've used on the crank cases, but I suspect that the paint won't last very long? Due to the fitting of brake/clutch perches, hand guards etc. So I'm 50/50 on that, plus I'll loose the Protaper decals, so I'll ponder that one for a bit. :confused_face:
I've also resprayed the engine in some rather sexy shiny VHT aluminium colored paint too. The engine's internals look damn good too, so I'm gonna run the engine as_it_is for now and that will also give me the time to save for the upgrades I plan to purchase;
Whether permitting I plan to start the reassembling process this weekend!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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