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Ed Case
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PostPosted: 20:05 - 03 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
'Stone-age' biking..........I started on things like that many years ago......best of luck you'll never be stuck for something to do !.
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deeds
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PostPosted: 17:01 - 04 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, I see it as a challenge, if I can get a Suzuki GS500e with 80,000 miles on the clock running like it was new the B40 should be a piece of piss. Wink

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PostPosted: 17:03 - 04 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not sure were these pieces go.

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Triton Thrasher
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 05 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's a lot to have left over.
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Triton Thrasher
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PostPosted: 20:36 - 05 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
deeds wrote:
Thanks, I see it as a challenge, if I can get a Suzuki GS500e with 80,000 miles on the clock running like it was new the B40 should be a piece of piss.


Except Suzuki parts actually fit together.
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Bertie basset
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 05 May 2015    Post subject: well done Reply with quote
Great work so far. Will look forward to the finished result. When do you think that will be?
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PostPosted: 16:21 - 08 May 2015    Post subject: Re: well done Reply with quote
Bertie basset wrote:
Great work so far. Will look forward to the finished result. When do you think that will be?


My Dads going through some bad stuff at the moment so I will have to wait for one or two bits He wanted to do but next couple of months should see it back together.

I have had fun with the swing arm shaft I presume these would have been pressed in at the factory, unfortunately something I don't possess so decided to swap it for 22mm copper tube!

https://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w464/deeds18/B40/DSCF1339_zpschtwnzma.jpg

The only way the shaft was going in was with a big hammer so turned a drift to save from knackering the end of the shaft.

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Job jobbed.

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Bertie basset
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PostPosted: 21:04 - 08 May 2015    Post subject: polishing Reply with quote
Can I ask how you got your engine ie barrels and castings so pristine? I want to do something similar with my engine


Ta. Bertie
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 09 May 2015    Post subject: Re: polishing Reply with quote
Bertie basset wrote:
Can I ask how you got your engine ie barrels and castings so pristine? I want to do something similar with my engine


Ta. Bertie



My philosophy in life is"Why stand up when you can sit down, why sit down when you can lay down." So chemicals.

https://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w464/deeds18/B40/DSCF1266_zpsjuhsipm2.jpg

Doesn't work like it used to, turns paint soft so you can wipe it off rather than lifting it.
So i use wire brush attached to a drill or bench grinder with wire wheel on the barrel , head and rocker which were then painted with high temp paint.
The crankcases were wire wool for ten minutes then spayed with silver paint . I hated it so was wire wooled again.The cases only took half an hour.

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PostPosted: 18:12 - 17 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Forks assembled.

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Cleaning,priming,gloss and lacquer they do look a lot better irl.

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Crank cases on.

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Ed Case
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 17 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Doin' a tidy job there.............respect.
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 18 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Many thanks.
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Bru
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PostPosted: 20:42 - 18 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very interesting. One question - earlier you wrote that you did not have an original swingarm shaft, so you are using a 22mm section of copper tube instead. Is that right - just a copper tube to join the swingarm to the frame?
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Codge
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 18 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
fantastic thread Very Happy
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Matt B
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PostPosted: 09:15 - 19 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bru wrote:
Very interesting. One question - earlier you wrote that you did not have an original swingarm shaft, so you are using a 22mm section of copper tube instead. Is that right - just a copper tube to join the swingarm to the frame?


The shaft is in there, driven in with a specially made drift. I would guess the copper was just to hold it in place.

22mm copper tube would last until you sat on it Shocked
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PostPosted: 19:44 - 24 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bru wrote:
Very interesting. One question - earlier you wrote that you did not have an original swingarm shaft, so you are using a 22mm section of copper tube instead. Is that right - just a copper tube to join the swingarm to the frame?


Yep MattB's right, I was just using it to hold the swingarm and the shims (you can just make out in the pics) in place.
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Shreeve
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PostPosted: 21:27 - 24 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I want my engine that shiny but the amount of time it takes... urgh.

Very nice job so far, looking forward to the finished beast!
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PostPosted: 18:42 - 25 May 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shreeve wrote:
I want my engine that shiny but the amount of time it takes... urgh.

Very nice job so far, looking forward to the finished beast!


If you have the right tools like bench grinder and polishing mops and don't mind getting filthy it takes/ took me about three hours to do the whole engine.
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PostPosted: 13:54 - 07 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Death stopped play for awhile.

So did things like head bearings taking a month to sort out and buying the wrong rims and getting sent the wrong spokes ect.

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Pulling forks through yoke

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paddlesat16
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 25 Jul 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent project Very Happy
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PostPosted: 15:08 - 10 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
paddlesat16 wrote:
Excellent project Very Happy


Many thanks, a little update of progress.

I've been putting off the painting of tank and panels because I do so little spraying with compressor I'm never sure of the outcome.

Had to get on with it as autumn is here so cant rely on the weather, here's the outcome.

https://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w464/deeds18/B40/PICT0122_zpseuw70cb3.jpg

and a bit more progress with the chassis.

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