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Things are coming together now :clap: :clap: You had a bit of luck with the new plater guy :thumbup: :thumbup: It's good to see the bike being built back up. I like your camera probe :D :D You certainly don't want any foreign bodies in the oil tank part of the frame :eh: Chris. PS. Your poor wife, a...

Update from my trip to Leicester to see Harry Barlow. It’s only 60 miles from mine so should have taken just over an hour, except for the 20 mins it took me to find his unit with google paps placing it in a building 50 yards up the road. I Got to a place with the right house number but no signs on ...

Pipe building is one of my favorites 😁 For example this is a RD500 set I did some 12 years ago https://i.postimg.cc/xNQt1FFS/P1090647.jpg If you want to give it a try, check out my how-to: https://www.rd350lc.de/downloads/MK-Dokumente/en/Auspuffbau_V2_englisch.pdf I had a read of all your hard work...

Happy birthday young man

I hope you are having a great day,

Chris.

I can’t help you with that, but I'm sure someone will be along shortly who can,

Chris.

Looking good Tony :thumbup: :thumbup: I didn't realise you could spray 2k products outdoors in the cooler months, I assumed it needed to be warmer, Chris. its definitely OK down to 5 degrees... and if you use rapid hardener the drying time is still OK. it was 10 degrees the day I did that and it wa...

Looking good Tony

I didn't realise you could spray 2k products outdoors in the cooler months, I assumed it needed to be warmer,

Chris.

They look good to me

Chris.

Well it looks like there will be another delay. :redface :redface The company I have used for many years for powder coating has messed me around for a month now, lots of broken promises, which resulted in me going over this morning and fetching it all back. Some of it is done, but not up to the usu...

Hey Mac, ever thought about going Freelance as Mr Exterminator Pest Controller, you have the required skills :?: Chris. Yes but no... Start up cost are huge.... A van for starters, public liability insurance...Then the stock, advertising... Even going back to a pest control company is more agg than...

Welcome aboard

Chris.

Honda VFR750 or VFR800 bars that fit 41mm fork will work, or turn you original bars upside down. Have a read of this link: https://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=45148 Another option is some bar riser as mentioned in the above link which are like these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18607020162...

Hey Mac, ever thought about going Freelance as Mr Exterminator Pest Controller, you have the required skills

Chris.

Good to see/hear what you have been doing towards this build.

Fingers crossed indeed you get the frame back ready to go,

Chris.

Welcome aboard Ratchetman from Canada
A nice introduction.

I used to follow the TV programme "Ice Road Truckers", certainly not for the faint hearted.

Chris.