Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 9:11 pm
the wheels are about a day each from start to finish and the seat only took about an hour but it will take a wile longer to fine tune it
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Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 9:19 pm
That's what people don't realise when repainting something, it's the preparation that takes the time, and makes all the difference to what the finish is like once it's been painted.
Keep up the good work
Chris.
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 10:06 pm
Tell me about it 
The polished wheel looks amazing. A day to get one wheel looking like that is good going. Obviousley lots of power tools as a helping hand. It's a shame you can't incorporate some kind of access panel on the rear of that fairing so you at least have some storage space. What was the problem with the hump. Have you now got the hump instead 
Your making good progress with this project. I gave my Harris hugger a quick coat of laquer to tidy it up, rubbed it down with some 1200 grit and polished back up with some 3M polish. Iv'e not used that before and was well impressed and that was just doing it by hand in front of the tele. No DA or Rotory so the finish would be out of this world with the right tools. TBH I think it may even be better than the Menzerna polish Iv'e used in the past.
The polished wheel looks amazing. A day to get one wheel looking like that is good going. Obviousley lots of power tools as a helping hand. It's a shame you can't incorporate some kind of access panel on the rear of that fairing so you at least have some storage space. What was the problem with the hump. Have you now got the hump instead Your making good progress with this project. I gave my Harris hugger a quick coat of laquer to tidy it up, rubbed it down with some 1200 grit and polished back up with some 3M polish. Iv'e not used that before and was well impressed and that was just doing it by hand in front of the tele. No DA or Rotory so the finish would be out of this world with the right tools. TBH I think it may even be better than the Menzerna polish Iv'e used in the past.Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 6:41 am
the hump was mad for this seatVTRDark wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 10:06 pm Tell me about it
not my race one ,my error so it was spend another £100 on a new seat and scrap this one and spend more time adapting the subframe or work on this seat . so being tight i decided to work on the race seat and if anything i prefer the smother lines of this seat to the more angular of the Ducati original
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 12:18 pm
That’s coming along nicely, gonna put mine to shame that’s for sure 
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Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 10:37 pm
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 11:06 pm
by different, you mean better...
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 8:27 pm
i have not seen Duffys bike any chance of seeing a picture of it
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 10:28 pm
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 10:26 am
That's very nice I hope mine looks as good as that when I'm done playingsirch345 wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 10:28 pmTake a look here:- viewtopic.php?f=30&t=30758&start=180#p459245
Chris.
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Re: subframe fettling
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 9:31 am
been busy in the last week so have not had time to work on the bike but had a play yesterday and started working on the sub frame
the sub frame looks a little high but thats only because the front of the bike is sitting low but if i have got it wrong it would not be hard to sort out
the sub frame looks a little high but thats only because the front of the bike is sitting low but if i have got it wrong it would not be hard to sort out
Re: subframe fettling
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 10:19 pm
That was my first thoughts, the angle looking a bit on the steep side, but the camera can be deceiving.
At least you're making more head-way
Chris.
Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 11:19 pm
That’s good progress
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Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 12:47 am
Matching clock too 
You know what i really like about all your photos's....all the stuff in the background Flask of tea and plastic bottles.
You know what i really like about all your photos's....all the stuff in the background Flask of tea and plastic bottles.Re: Polishing the Turd
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:11 pm