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Posted: 22:10 - 30 Sep 2013 Post subject: |
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I've always loved small, light bikes. That or massive bikes with huge engines. I don't really do in between. The idea of building something simple, light and aesthetically pleasing makes me go all warm and fuzzy. Building something yourself also means that if you don't like it, you can chop/modify/fix it to look the way you want, rather than wishing the designer of your shiny new bike had the power of telepathy and had known what you wanted.
Anyway, enough waffle. More chopping, cleaning up the base of the frame:
https://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6508/675w.jpg
Messy, lots of stuff we don't need here. Mr. Angle grinder and his mate Mr. 'fuckloads of filing by hand' combine to fix it.
https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8739/dmnk.jpg
https://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5425/t6rv.jpg
Much better.
Have some poly wheels on the way for the grinder so I can take the frame and tank back to bare metal easily.
Done a bit more on the swingarm too, mainly filing and smoothing. Going to hit the frame with gloss black engine enamel so got to get everything smooth as possible. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 21:09 - 01 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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So why plastidip? Well plastidip peels off as a sheet when thick enough, when applied to spoked rims what you get is a weakspot at the bottom of the spoke where the spoke meets the rim. If you tug the plastidip strongly, it'll tear off leaving the spoke untouched and still covered in plastidip.
Do it on CG rims and what you get is:
https://img826.imageshack.us/img826/700/cnul.jpg
Black hubs, spokes and chrome rims. Boss. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 11:04 - 02 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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Plastidip is very durable, resistant to impacts, sound, heat, shock and damp proof. Only prep you need to do is wire wool or sand the surface smooth if you have bubbles of corrosion on the surface as they will still show through the rubber layer. No need for primer, but it can be sprayed over primer. Only thing I found is spraying directly on to chrome, it can be difficult to get the plastidip to stick as it's a shiny smooth surface. I reckon a layer of clear plastic primer would get it to stick though.
Best thing is, if you balls it up, you can just peel it off in a sheet in a second and retry.
Oh, forgot to say, when you mask holes/mating surfaces or anything else off, remove the mask BEFORE the plastidip dries or prepare to get very handy with a scalpel. Removing masking tape will pull the plastidip layer off the rim. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 19:21 - 02 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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It's a sprayable rubber coating that applies like paint and can be built up in layers but when dry forms one mass. There are many colours that can be built up on top of each other and you can get glossifier to make it look like gloss paint, pearlizer to make it look pearlescent...
Rims being plastidipped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR14nrlJxZc
Rims having plastidip removed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHbXu4R8Zls
It feels like soft touch rubber handled tools to touch. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 20:32 - 02 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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straight black dip, no primer. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 15:33 - 20 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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Have some progress. The frame is now mostly stripped, rather than sort of stripped. Cut a few more unecessary brackets and wire holders off it, filed back smooth by hand. The top and bottom yolks were stripped right back, painted with alloy engine enamel and then baked in the oven to cure along with the brake levers and cable retainer. I have the front end mostly sorted now, am waiting purely on the forks, which are being polished as we speak, some shocks, and the swingarm, which is being vapour blasted to clean any gunk left over off before painting. Once I have this stuff in my posession I can bolt this back together a little bit and get an idea of how the tank and sea unit are going to sit, and also where to mount the rearsets.
https://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1269/wslx.jpg
https://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9872/h99q.jpg
https://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3311/s4jy.jpg
https://img191.imageshack.us/img191/48/0iep.jpg
https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2182/leum.jpg
https://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2272/ozzr.jpg
https://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1501/spom.jpg
https://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9102/0k5e.jpg
And this is Scamp, my mate's dog. A full size Jack russell from a normal litter, but suffers from dwarfism. Full size head, tiny body. Many rainbows spewing from mouths when he gets him out the car.
https://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8106/fnpa.jpg
https://img29.imageshack.us/img29/438/2b71.jpg ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 08:43 - 21 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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How long are the shocks you need? I have some very tarty widely coiled chrome units that I believe are 330 or 340mm long. They're these ones...
https://oi43.tinypic.com/2qcgnqs.jpg
Used for under 500 miles. |
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Posted: 18:54 - 21 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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Hmm, think the standard shocks are 330mm and have a top/bottom mount of 12mm. How much would you want, they do look very nice.
https://img545.imageshack.us/img545/8711/a5hb.jpg
Tank stripped. Bit of a clean up and laquer as is I reckon. Looks so, so sweet. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 02:11 - 22 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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awesome, can't wait to see this finished
we're moving shortly, and hopefully i'll get a garage/man-hole, or we're not moving! i have an '86 h100sg sitting around idle. i'm going to strip it all down and coat frame etc and build it back up minty fresh just for the enjoyment. ____________________ CBT - 17/09/12 * Theory - 23/10/12 * Mod1 - 05/03/13 * Mod2 - 25/03/13 * BOSH!
Current - None but shed project H100 (first bike )
Past - ER5, '93 ZZR600, '92 CB400 SF, ZZR600 (again), yellow Monster 620, Blackbird - black Monster 620ie - '96 ZZR600 |
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Posted: 00:09 - 23 Oct 2013 Post subject: |
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looking like a cracking build thread
any chance of some closer pics of the wheels/spokes with that plasti dip on them? seriously considering it for my own... ____________________ Honda CG 125 W - Turkish - 1998 - 2015 RIP |
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Posted: 04:53 - 09 Nov 2013 Post subject: |
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this looks awesome-I'll be watching this...
I might be stealing your plasti-dip idea for my rims;
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1385174_508519225910440_317204500_n.jpg
Took me 13 hours to strip and clean these rims -they've been sat in crud and crap for the past 3 years and not cleaned once lol. I got the rims done to a high standard then couldn't be bothered to do the spokes (all done by hand ya see)
for a great build thread! |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 10 years, 191 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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