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#31 PostAuthor: paul doran » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:27 pm

Timothy Comerford wrote:Good luck with the project Mikey. Looking forward to looking in from time to time!...........no pressure :lol:
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#32 PostAuthor: mikey » Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:00 pm

Picked these little babies up the other day from forum member maralyn,
nice little addition to the ltd project cheers paul
just ripe for a mirror polish
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#33 PostAuthor: irhobotolo » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:19 pm

Looking good Mikey. Is it going to have toast racks on it :shock:
Dont forget to find some time for other folks stuff :P
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#34 PostAuthor: mikey » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:32 pm

irhobotolo wrote:Looking good Mikey. Is it going to have toast racks on it :shock:
Dont forget to find some time for other folks stuff :P



Toast racks? NO NO NO NO gave mine away that were on my Zthou when i got it.

Its other folks stuff that are getting in the way :lol: but im taking a leaf out of uk kevs book, " an hour a day every day "

Got your job steve from GB its in the que mate.
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#35 PostAuthor: mikey » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:14 am

Got me frame and a few other bits back from powder coaters today cracking job post some pics tomorrow.
But like most j type motor frames after it was blasted it showed up a lot of corrosion and rot which had to be repaired which was carried at griff's motorcycle services first class job.
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#36 PostAuthor: andyb1962 » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:15 am

mikey wrote:Picked these little babies up the other day from forum member maralyn,
nice little addition to the ltd project cheers paul
just ripe for a mirror polish
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These will come up a treat!
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#37 PostAuthor: mikey » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:23 pm

Heres the frame and a few other bits and pieces back fom powder coating
not much progress its finding time for it, works mental at the mo
the yellow mark on the bracket must be the flash off the camera or summat
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#38 PostAuthor: PJ » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:16 pm

Looking great Mikey, keep the pics coming
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#39 PostAuthor: kev edwards » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:00 pm

mikey wrote:Made a start on stripping the chrome work today in between everybody elses work.
Felt a bit like doing foreigners when i used to work for plating firms except
now i dont have to keep looking over me shoulder :lol:
Heres the headlignt just going in the stripper
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And a short while later stripped and ready for polishing.
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Mikey where is your PPE at the least you should have marigolds on :lol: .
what acid are you using in your dechrome do you also use an additive ?.
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#40 PostAuthor: mikey » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:49 pm

Busted there kev caught red handed so to speak.
96% proof sulphuric acid/water and glycerol cant remember the exact make up off the top of me head got ot written down though
works very well though about 4 volts and 20 amps
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#41 PostAuthor: mikey » Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:14 am

These are the wheels im going to use bought them of forum member dark skies, plan is to powder coat hubs satin black and anodise the rims maybe gold and rebuild with stainless spokes.
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Think this is the reason for the head gasket leaking.
I know its just after 4am insomnias a terrible thing but good for getting stuff done in the garage.
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#42 PostAuthor: coldsummer » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:00 am

Lovely Wheels Mikey Mmmmmmmm :D
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#43 PostAuthor: Timothy Comerford » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:00 am

Getting there Mikey. Powder coating looks great!
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#44 PostAuthor: Andy M » Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:53 pm

Looking good Mikey, this could boost the values of the 1200 quid Ltd's if the tail piece transplant looks the part..... :wink:
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#45 PostAuthor: Crofty » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:35 pm

Out of interest, is a tailpiece transplant straightforward on the 900/1000 models when changing from LTD style. It meant welding brackets on my 650.
Anyway Mikey, good job, everything looking great. Crofty
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