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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:57 pm
by VTRDark
does it stop them going brown if you coat them? sick of polishing mine every few weeks
Having a really smooth finish helps to prolong the rusting and also makes it easier to keep on top of them and give a quick polish over, but I shall be putting a high temp resistant lacquer over them.
Another day of wet n drying. They are not perfect but I have run out of elbow grease. Good enough for me.
Not bad for 2 days work. I might give them quick buff over with the drill and some metal polish before I spray them. It would be nice to get rid of the lasts bits of grime out of the welds.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:53 pm
by fabiostar
i now wish id kept those pipes
...if for whatever reason they dont work on your engine blah blah you know the score
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:03 pm
by podman
VTRDark wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:57 pm
does it stop them going brown if you coat them? sick of polishing mine every few weeks
Having a really smooth finish helps to prolong the rusting and also makes it easier to keep on top of them and give a quick polish over, but I shall be putting a high temp resistant lacquer over them.
Another day of wet n drying. They are not perfect but I have run out of elbow grease. Good enough for me.
Not bad for 2 days work. I might give them quick buff over with the drill and some metal polish before I spray them. It would be nice to get rid of the lasts bits of grime out of the welds.
Fair play to your determination and effort there mate!
For us lazier folk, a quicker but more expensive option might be vapour blasting but of course that doesnt leave them shiny but it leaves things much nicer to handle and start with if you do want to polish them.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:15 pm
by sirch345
VTRDark wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:57 pm
does it stop them going brown if you coat them? sick of polishing mine every few weeks
Having a really smooth finish helps to prolong the rusting and also makes it easier to keep on top of them and give a quick polish over, but I shall be putting a high temp resistant lacquer over them.
Another day of wet n drying. They are not perfect but I have run out of elbow grease. Good enough for me.
Not bad for 2 days work. I might give them quick buff over with the drill and some metal polish before I spray them. It would be nice to get rid of the lasts bits of grime out of the welds.
Nice work Carl, they've come up a treat
It brings back memories when I did my standard headers
a lot of work involved,
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:54 pm
by StormyRob
Excellent work!!!!!
Glad to see they are clearly going to be put to good use
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:53 pm
by alanfjones1411
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:48 pm
by MacV2
Rode Custard...Just for a bit to check things out shoulder wise...bit sore if held in the stretched out to the bars position for a while...
First ride in over 3 weeks...
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:29 pm
by BigVeeGrin
MacV2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:48 pm
Rode Custard...Just for a bit to check things out shoulder wise...bit sore if held in the stretched out to the bars position for a while...
First ride in over 3 weeks...
nice going Mac. My first ride in three years or so involved going last Sat to lubey Lloyds gaff (
) and doing regular service type stuff as well as carb balance, rear suspension linkages (got them just in time he (we!?) reckoned) and TPS setting - dead chuffed he (we!?) were. Rode home grinning like a good 'un
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:01 pm
by agentpineapple
MacV2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:48 pm
Rode Custard...Just for a bit to check things out shoulder wise...bit sore if held in the stretched out to the bars position for a while...
First ride in over 3 weeks...
glad to hear your on the mend el presidente, what time scale before being able to ride again did the qwacks give you?
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:42 pm
by tony.mon
He'll be alright for Wales......
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:03 am
by sirch345
MacV2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:48 pm
Rode Custard...Just for a bit to check things out shoulder wise...bit sore if held in the stretched out to the bars position for a while...
First ride in over 3 weeks...
Good to hear you're getting there Mac
As Alan said in your Spilt Custard thread, don't go trying to rush it,
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:22 pm
by Stephan
30% difference between these two. Hope it helps.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:06 pm
by AMCQ46
BigVeeGrin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:29 pm
MacV2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:48 pm
Rode Custard...Just for a bit to check things out shoulder wise...bit sore if held in the stretched out to the bars position for a while...
First ride in over 3 weeks...
nice going Mac. My first ride in three years or so involved going last Sat to lubey Lloyds gaff (
) and doing regular service type stuff as well as carb balance, rear suspension linkages (got them just in time he (we!?) reckoned) and TPS setting - dead chuffed he (we!?) were. Rode home grinning like a good 'un
nice work both of you
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:42 pm
by sirch345
Rode it today
as the weekend is not supposed to be so good weather-wise,
Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 2:25 pm
by MacV2
The Custard Crumble passed its yearly health check...
6966 miles done in the year 97% of which commuting to work...& as you all know I havent been at work much this past year...
So as an aside on the way back I rode it a bit harder that the test I did the other day...
Bit more pain in the shoulder so still a way to go with that...
