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Post by rocket on Mar 16, 2010 20:50:42 GMT -5
I appreciate your input, this time I tried masking but things went sideways when I was taking the tape off just as the powder started to flow..... maybe 3rd time lucky... or is this the 4th... I've lost count. This was a real riot to do Look at the bottom of the tank looks like they put a chunk of metal over a mold then drove a train into it. I think a DouglasFir landed on your tank ;D
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Post by bake on Mar 16, 2010 22:56:30 GMT -5
I'd recognize that anywhere..... Speaking of obsessive compulsive the dog came out to rip bubble wrap apart for me.... fing nut bar... After about 6 tries I got the gas cap to almost acceptable Suspension should be here on Saturday and thats good cause I am running out of thins to powder coat and I got a real nice candy mountain dew that I think would look real nice on the dog.... don't worry I'd give her some racing stripes ;D
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Post by wheeliehappy on Mar 17, 2010 6:20:05 GMT -5
Bud, you do Amazing work, but step away from the dog. :-).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 9:31:07 GMT -5
Looking good Bake, just make sure you run the recommended oil in the tank. My little girl asked me years ago "Daddy, why does that shiney cap say 710 on it?" Kids are funny eh !!
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Post by bake on Mar 17, 2010 10:10:35 GMT -5
LOL, the cap is still giving me fits
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Post by Walms on Mar 17, 2010 11:53:10 GMT -5
Motul 710.... Good one! ;D Makes me wonder if those French guys have a sense of humour.
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Post by bake on Mar 18, 2010 19:51:11 GMT -5
Getting down to the nitty gritty Got word the first coating has been laid on the tins
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Post by bake on Mar 19, 2010 20:39:01 GMT -5
Missed a call from the suspension guy. Call him back and he's saying the powder coater has done damage to the front suspension when he sandblasted the chrome off... sounds like he blasted inside the tubes a bit and maybe some of the sliders... Says it's not worth assembling the new internals as they will just get torn apart. So now I am scrambling to find the 3rd front end for this bike after spending a small fortune on front suspension #2 The frustration gets a little extreme some days, tomorrow I am going to make the 100 kilometer pilgrimage to pick up the junk and see for myself.
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Post by tripletriplenut on Mar 20, 2010 7:11:50 GMT -5
your the powder coater who's the sand blaster?that sucks.
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Post by Walms on Mar 20, 2010 8:06:08 GMT -5
Man, that sucks big time!!! At the very least, I'd negotiate some sort of credit from the sandblaster for the damage he did.... I'm having a hard time visualizing the damage, any chance to hone the bore or chase the threads?
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Post by rocket on Mar 20, 2010 9:09:08 GMT -5
Bummer Bake . Good luck on finding a new front end . I know you will get -er dun !
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Post by brn2drl on Mar 21, 2010 0:46:02 GMT -5
leave the oil cap black. there I said it.
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Post by bake on Mar 21, 2010 23:21:42 GMT -5
I really never wanted to learn front suspension, thats why I took it to the pro's..... anyways I made the drive and got it home on the bench to have a look at the "irreparable damage" Hmmm didn't look near as bad as he was making it out to be so I made this device and ran it in the areas he was concerned about. Hard to get a good shot inside the tube but it seemed to do a pretty decent job in just a few passes so I doubt much material was removed. There were some other solvable issues with the powder coater not plugging off areas and putting it on to thick, solved with time and patience (should have PC'ed it myself) At first i was just going to throw this suspension together with the old bushings and seals but it came out way better that I had hoped so in went all the new stuff and I learned how to work on a modern suspension, I did loose 1 1/2 days of build.... so it goes. Should be able to finish assembly tomorrow and get working on a rolling chassis.
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Post by bake on Mar 22, 2010 22:24:33 GMT -5
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Post by rocket on Mar 23, 2010 19:30:46 GMT -5
Wish I had a milk carton like that to work on . And the table underneath ain't bad either !
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