Polishing the Turd

[motojohn]

The Buel wheels look amazing, and your seat unit is getting there. I know how much work and time is involved to do both jobs, well done

Chris.

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

[sirch345]

The Buel wheels look amazing, and your seat unit is getting there. I know how much work and time is involved to do both jobs, well done

Chris.

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

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.

[VTRDark]

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.

[motojohn]

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 hump was mad for this seat

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

[Duffy1964]

That’s coming along nicely, gonna put mine to shame that’s for sure


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[sirch345]

That’s coming along nicely, gonna put mine to shame that’s for sure


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It's not going to put yours to shame Duffy, as it'll be different to yours,

Chris.

[agentpineapple]

That’s coming along nicely, gonna put mine to shame that’s for sure


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It's not going to put yours to shame Duffy, as it'll be different to yours,

Chris.

by different, you mean better...

[motojohn]

i have not seen Duffys bike any chance of seeing a picture of it

[sirch345]

i have not seen Duffys bike any chance of seeing a picture of it

Take a look here:- viewtopic.php?f=30&t=30758&start=180#p459245

Chris.

PS. No Pineapple A

[motojohn]

i have not seen Duffys bike any chance of seeing a picture of it

Take a look here:- viewtopic.php?f=30&t=30758&start=180#p459245

Chris.

PS. No Pineapple A

That's very nice I hope mine looks as good as that when I'm done playing

[motojohn]

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

[sirch345]

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

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.

[Duffy1964]

That’s good progress


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[VTRDark]

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.

[motojohn]

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.

I know its all the crap i have im not a very tidy person