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Offline ogri211

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Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« on: April 10, 2018, 10:35:03 PM »
Im hoping to get my bike finished, when I get home from offshore, if I can sort my main bearings Im about 5 and half Grand out so far, I have the frame and bits powder coated, the sump, oil filter and crankcases powder coated , I've respoked the wheels with stainless rims and spokes, rebuilt the clocks, lots of new bearings and internals in the engine, rechromed headers, and a nearly new looking 1980's Marshal deeptone pipe, the Bike is an F2 but I got it painted the ruby red the same as my original from 1981 ( my thumbnail of me at 17), so roll on home time.
« Last Edit: April 10, 2018, 10:41:27 PM by ogri211 »
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2018, 10:44:14 PM »
How exciting, looking good.
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2018, 10:48:06 PM »
The bars look tooo wide for a 400, what is the length ?

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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2018, 11:02:24 PM »
I dont know they were listed as 400 bars and have the holes for the cables Im sure they will look narrower when I fit the switches and brake. I got them of this chap    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-HONDA-CB400F-CB-400-4-HANDLEBARS-REPRODUCTION/300906214050?hash=item460f6872a2:g:8wAAAOSwax5YtgUv     
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2018, 11:03:38 PM »
I also done all my crankcase bolts with a home Zinc plating kit.
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2018, 09:02:30 AM »
Hi Ogri,
Did you put together your own zinc plating kit or did you buy as a kit?

John

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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2018, 09:27:44 AM »
Looking good Ogri. I bought the same repro bars and compared them to the ones on my original 400/4. They were exactly the same length although the ones I bought were not from Burtons but another e-bay shop, there's a few places selling these.
Good luck with the rebuild and keep posting progress photos.
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2018, 05:25:59 PM »
Hi Ogri,
Did you put together your own zinc plating kit or did you buy as a kit?

John
I bought one of these kits you get but I also bought a vairaible power supply the type an electronics person would use and I put in a fish tank heater to keep the electrolyte at the correct temperature and a fish tank pump to agitate the liquid It takes a bit of experimenting with the  current and voltage but one you get it set up you can start a production line.
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2018, 06:09:05 PM »
Thanks Ogri,
Haven't got enough bikes to justify setting that up, would be nice to have though. Cheers

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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2018, 09:03:03 PM »
To be honest it more hassle than its worth but Im one of these people that when I get a bee in my bonnet to try something I cant let it go, I have a garage full of equipment and tools that I have just used once to fix something that I could have easily replaced for a fraction of the price, its my naturally inquisitive engineering twisted mind.
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2018, 09:22:28 PM »
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Re: Looking forward to getting home to finish my bike
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2018, 11:34:25 PM »
Im sure Im not the only one here in fact there are probably only a few who aren't like that. :D
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