Project SMX [Pic Heavy]

[NINJA]

@finnerz89 I will only be using Shell V-Power in my baby. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

[finnerz89]

@NINJA good man! Same here

[NINJA]

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;

[Calum]

@NINJA Yes, it is the same on the Cagivas as well!

Looking clean. Small touches like that make a big difference

[NINJA]

@Calum Thanks bud, their not perfect but shiny and rust free will do for me!!!

[declan]

@NINJA it’s always harder to work with when it’s ribbed

[NINJA]

@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:

[declan]

@NINJA how very dare you!!

[NINJA]

@declan I dared, you got ribbed - I won!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

[Calum]

@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.

[declan]

@Calum I was definitely not talking about the bike parts lol you should probably clean up the thread

[NINJA]

@Calum Just boys being boys and having a bit of harmless fun. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Your call bud, but if it helps the website/server etc then clean away dude!!!

[Calum]

@NINJA I was messing bud.

[NINJA]

@Calum LOL no wucking forries!!! :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

[NINJA]

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;

[Calum]

Looking smart!

[NINJA]

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:

[Calum]

Nice, looking smart bud.

Handlebars look sweet, I wonder whether you can get the decals from somewhere...

[NINJA]

@Calum Thanks bud I'm looking for decals now, I may just give them a polish up and see how they look after that???

[NINJA]

I managed to snag an RX125 rear wheel, which uses the same hub as the MX125 for a rather cheap £40 delivered to my door. Not in the best condition but very usable with a bit of restoration work, I only needed the hub which are super rare so it was a cheap deal really;

I started removing those stubborn disc bolts very carefully;

AND WOOP WOOP - I managed to successfully get all 6 of those damn pesky disc bolts out this time, much to my delight and I gave the wheel a bit of a clean up with my trusty wire rotary wheel & drill;

This hub will replace the damaged hub, from my previous attempts to get the disc bolts out. I'll strip both wheels down and make one good wheel out of the two, which means that I now have all of the parts to get a working rear wheel. I already have one good set of wheels and this hub is going to be part of a second set of wheels, as I plan to have one set of wheels with summer tyres and another set with winter tyres. I'll send it all off to a wheel restorer, who will strip, sand blast, then anodise the rims and hubs before rebuilding the wheels back up. So it's a win, win in the end!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: