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« Reply #1485 on: August 09, 2016, 07:56:20 AM » |
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it's shinier & smoother than the coating -now I'll have to do the rest of the frame too!
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« Reply #1486 on: August 09, 2016, 08:00:40 AM » |
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I think he's scared to finish it..  |
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« Reply #1487 on: August 09, 2016, 08:25:32 AM » |
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No, he'll definitely be glad to get it done & useable -preferably before we run out of Summer.
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« Reply #1488 on: August 09, 2016, 07:05:32 PM » |
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Hello, Speedy Cables? I've just opened the speedo cable you sent me. I supplied a new motorcycle cable & asked you to cut it down to 110mm long. Let me just check the order sheet -yes, that's right, we cut it down by 110 ....ah. I'll post it back to you.  |
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« Reply #1489 on: August 09, 2016, 08:05:11 PM » |
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I think it's time to start using someone else Andy - they aren't Speedy and you don't get your Cables!
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« Reply #1490 on: August 09, 2016, 08:58:24 PM » |
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I stopped using them once they went to Wales ..kept hearing horror stories..try Venhills next time mate?
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« Reply #1491 on: August 09, 2016, 09:13:07 PM » |
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It took them 5 months and 3 attempts to NOT fix my fuel gauge for £120. Last time I used Speedograph I had them make me a c3 auto kickdown cable. They quoted me 7-10 days , was here in 4.
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« Reply #1492 on: August 14, 2016, 07:16:57 PM » |
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Still waiting for the 2nd cable.
Dropped some parts in the garage this evening, glanced at the bike frame -bugger. The little bracket that holds the exhausts away from the frame, that I painted the other day, is at the powder coaters at the moment. So I'd wedged a folded bit of cardboard between the pipes & the frame to stop the paint getting scratched. Seems it wasn't quite hardened cos when I pulled it out, it's pulled the surface off the paint.
*sigh* Rub it down & do it again.
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« Reply #1493 on: August 14, 2016, 07:39:41 PM » |
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I'm so glad iv used brush on black gloss paint..  |
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« Reply #1494 on: August 14, 2016, 07:42:53 PM » |
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« Reply #1495 on: August 16, 2016, 08:28:49 PM » |
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Couple of parts back from the powder coaters. Chainguard with modified rear mount to attach to the same bolt as the exhausts, plus the little tab that holds the exhausts to it. Re-sprayed frame doesn't look too bad now & the few marks left by the cardboard being pressed into the soft paint won't show when the pipes are on.
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« Reply #1496 on: August 16, 2016, 08:36:35 PM » |
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Tank's got a few bits of grit in the paint -one of the joys of Mr Loon working in an old farm building. His new unit's purpose built & will have a dedicated spray booth. Hopefully they'll polish out, but if not, he says he can re-spray it on the bike. New breather pipe fitted underneath it, as well as a pipe added to the breather at the back of the cylinder head.
Various other odds & ends tidied up. The exhausts are off again while I get a local engineer to turn down the finned collar on the left one. For some reason it doesn't bolt up tight to the head, although the pipe is located properly. Maybe the exhaust studs are shorter on that side or something, but I can only get a couple of threads on the nuts, whereas the other side has plenty. A minor problem.
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« Reply #1497 on: August 16, 2016, 08:43:56 PM » |
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Side stand re-fitted so I can move the bike outside again. There was some weld spatter on the foot of it, underneath the coating, which really annoyed me. Sorted now. I've fitted the new stainless steel return spring, which I bought about a year ago. Because it's stronger than the old one, it was a real bugger to fit. With the bike sat on a block of wood & a couple of zip ties looped through the spring & a spanner to pull on, I spent an hour laying under the bike, trying to stretch it into position, with the bike threatening to fall off the wood & topple over on top of me. I very rarely swear, but certainly vented a bit at that. Thankfully done without incident. So I've just got to wait for the engineer to fix the exhaust clamp, re-fit the pipes & it's ready to go back to Mr Dslam for carb fitting & tuning. Back to where I was 6 months ago.  |
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« Reply #1498 on: August 16, 2016, 09:02:45 PM » |
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Just get on that bike and ride it down here for a cupa..sod painting the tank..it needs some road rash on it now dude  |
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« Reply #1499 on: August 16, 2016, 09:40:29 PM » |
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Definitely a road bike, not a show bike. It'll get it's fair share of knocks & scrapes I'm sure. |
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