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Frost
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PostPosted: 23:50 - 03 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll have sold it by the time this project is done Wink
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PostPosted: 00:31 - 05 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I need to start stripping paint off stuff now (wheels etc.), but dichloromethane paint stripper is banned.

I've seen pure DCM on ebay here, is it worth buying? Been reading into it and heard horror stories of people dying. Is the pure stuff OK if used in a well ventilated area with gloves and a respirator?
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PostPosted: 23:27 - 13 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ended up using 'normal' paint stripper which worked after a fair few coats. Painted the exhaust in high temp paint and painted the rear wheel.

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Need to paint the front wheel next.
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PostPosted: 23:50 - 20 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any more?
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PostPosted: 12:40 - 21 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

No sorry. The front wheel still has the tyre on and I don't have any tyre irons or a bead breaker, reckon I could get it off with some large screwdrivers? Doesn't matter if it damages the paint because it's obviously getting painted.

The only thing holding me back with this at the moment is money, I need a new lid from the bike show, to pay my car insurance and chrimbo pressies so trying to be as frugal as possible until I get payed which means not spending anything on this annoyingly. I get paid in a week so should hopefully get things moving again then.

I want everything powder coated before the new year, so I need to strip the forks down to get the sliders done and add a tiny bit of weld to that yoke lock stop - I managed to knock it back 90% of the way with heat and a hammer but I can't move it that last 10% because it looks as though I've work hardened it Sad

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PostPosted: 13:12 - 21 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use a garden shovel to break the bead, then large screwdrivers with lots of gaffa tape wrapped around them to remove.
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PostPosted: 13:51 - 21 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm sure we've got some old tyre irons in the garage here that you could use.
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PostPosted: 22:46 - 29 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am such a bell end Laughing

I borrowed some tyre irons off my dad yesterday. This evening I've spent half an hour wrestling with the tyre trying to use a vice to pop the beads off. After eventually getting one bead to pop, I noticed that the rim didn't have a noticeable bit of paint missing which I thought it always had. Confused, I checked the tyre size: 130/70/16.

I was messing with the wrong fucking wheel rim! I wanted to be stripping the 17" rim. Evil or Very Mad

So I looked at the back of the garage where I thought the 16" rim was, and there was the 17" rim, with no tyre on Embarassed

The rim is sat with paint stipper on now. Should be painted this weekend Laughing Rolling Eyes What a nob. Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:56 - 29 Nov 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 18:53 - 02 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tip to get the bead off, jump on it with a spade.

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MarkJ
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PostPosted: 22:17 - 02 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nisp wrote:
Tip to get the bead off, jump on it with a spade.

true story..

Cheers, I did try a spade but didn't give it too much force, I'll jump on it next time!

Front wheel is done. There's some lighter areas in the last picture, not sure if I've missed a bit or if it's just the flash so might have to touch it up.

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Next stop, bottom yoke (again) and fork sliders.
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PostPosted: 20:07 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

MarkJ wrote:
Cheers, I did try a spade but didn't give it too much force, I'll jump on it next time!


maybe your not as fat as me, just so you can't sleep at night. Wink
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

D'ya want a renntec rack? I still have mine from my old hairnet.
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MarkJ
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PostPosted: 23:12 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Already got one, thanks for the offer though Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 00:40 - 09 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got quite a lot of progress done this last week - it doesn't look like much but I've got some jobs that were proving awkward done - mainly that bottom yoke lock stop.

Hopefully this isn't spam, but the it really was proving awkward getting that yoke lock stop welded up. I didn't really want to buy a new set of yokes just because a lock stop is a bit too far forward but the place that welded the frame said the yoke was difficult to weld, so just added more weld to the lock stop on the frame instead, but I wanted it done properly (mainly in case I ever changed the yokes in future).

Eventually I called in at a welding equipment place to see if they knew anyone that can do metal that's a bit difficult to weld, and was told to go to a place just down the road. I went in to this place to see if they could weld it up and got a "No problem, giz it 'ere" response Very Happy Two minutes later it had a nice thick blob of weld on the back of the lock stop.

The payment? "Nowt, Merry Christmas!" (they got a fiver anyway)

So, if anyone needs anything welding in Sheffield, Exotic Metal Fabricators get a massive thumbs up from me Thumbs Up

The lock stop now I've ground it into shape:
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In place:
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The forks don't clout the tank any more Very Happy

I then did a test fit of the frame on the engine to make sure the new thicker cross bar I had put in wouldn't get in the way of putting the exhaust on, which it won't.
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And finally, split one fork leg so the slider can be powder coated. Will split the other leg tomorrow.
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That's kind of it now for preparing the components, should be powder coating next Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 10:09 - 09 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome stuff. Looks to be going well. I'd quite like to paint my engine black.
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PostPosted: 23:51 - 10 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jesus Christ, literally the last thing I need to do before getting a price for powder coating is take the RHS fork leg apart and it's absolutely stuck fast. Spent 5 hours over the last two days trying to get it to split but looks like the bottom bush is going under the top one.

If anyone has any tips for getting it out I have a thread here about it Sad
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PostPosted: 15:46 - 20 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I got the fork leg apart - hooked the hole the spindle goes through over an old driveway gate bracket and gave it a few good pulls.

Everything went to the powdercoaters last Friday to be ready for tomorrow. I phoned them up today, and the sandblasters still have my frame so it won't be done till new year. Sad Not a massive issue as I was only going to put the head bearings and loom in over Christmas (can't make a rolling chassis yet because the fork bushes won't be here till new year), but still a bit of a set back.

I need to do maintenance on my other bikes and tidy the garage, so every cloud...
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PostPosted: 19:30 - 10 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Powder coaters deliver Thumbs Up New camera though, might have to mess with settings as pics don't look too good.

Also, parts from David silver turned up
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I need to un-mask the threads on everything. I've seen a few threads already that have been coated that I'll need to chase out, so there's probably a few more that have been missed. Looks like they didn't mask the spindle hole in the fork legs either so that might be a job for the dremel. I have a few taps, but might get a set of chasers - I'm sure I read somewhere chasers are better for powder coat.

It's finally looking less grotty Very Happy
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PostPosted: 20:20 - 10 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you decide to sell this, me want Cool
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PostPosted: 21:27 - 10 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

salty21 wrote:
if you decide to sell this, me want Cool


I bagsied this years ago Laughing
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PostPosted: 01:20 - 11 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

MattJ wrote:
salty21 wrote:
if you decide to sell this, me want Cool


I bagsied this years ago Laughing


well.....if he decides to sell and for some reason you dont want it anymore, then i'll have it Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:05 - 11 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salty, you know you could probably get a cheap Hornet project off ebay don't you? They don't seem to be worth that much nowadays.

Unlikely I'll sell now as I've done all the awkward stuff
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PostPosted: 17:28 - 11 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

wouldnt really be bothered about a project hornet at the minute, I know what i'm like and would end up getting far too carried away replacing bits, would cost a lot more than a complete one when i'm done Laughing .

with yours i can see exactly whats been done right down to the frame and can see your making a good job of it, which is something you never get to see when buying off random ads. I can understand why you wouldn't want to sell it though. Just thought i'd ask on the off chance

keep up the good work Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 17:37 - 11 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, fair enough Thumbs Up thanks Very Happy
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