550 F2 started!

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Good result Roo - it pays to persevere & keep your cool.

[Oddjob]

I'm not being smug or anything here Roo but honestly I wasn't that happy with them. There were still a couple of pinprick holes I spotted when doing the final polish and of course the area where I couldn't remove the casting fault. In fact they were such a disappointment that I bought a new pair of forks just for the sliders as I wasn't going to fit them on my bike, not saying you've got second best Roo, just that my pride wouldn't accept they weren't as good as I visualised them to be when starting off.

I was intending to either bin them for scrap or have them powder coated, only the fact that you were after a pair made me go back to them and finish them off. I've still got my second pair to polish, they are flatted and ready to do that and then I've got another pair that were originally chromed, those could be hard work if any of the nickel plate is still left on them after stripping.

Been looking at buying some spare camshaft end covers like I did for Simon, I may do a few pairs and sell them on but TBH they ain't cheap to buy, around £25 if average and some up to £40 if they are even half decent. I'm sure you could buy a couple of NOS ones for cheaper than that.

Glad to see they came in handy.

[Laverdaroo]

Well hopefully nobody will be looking at my bike with a microscope except you it seems Ken so I'm absolutely over the bloody moon with them.For me they are perfect and set the bar really high for the rest of the visible metal on the bike!
Thanks mate

[Oddjob]

Just spotted a NOS camshaft end cover on Ebay £96 bloody hell what's the world coming to, that's obscene.

Glad you're happy with them, now get them built up and matched with your new hard chromed stanchions etc and they should look even better, the black fork caps etc should make the sliders even brighter by comparison. Oh and don't forget the new adjustable fork caps, I'm going to polish mine 

[Laverdaroo]

I'm going to get everything out to have a look at with a view to starting on the forks. I have the lump to finish first but as soon as that's done its gonna be the forks I think. It's alright Ian getting all happy in Orkney about his new toy and being like a kid at christmas, it's been commented on that and I've been accused of humming!!! I must be pleased

£96!!! you could probably cast one for that couldnt you?  Bloody hell thats extortionate!

I've stopped looking for replaceent stuff unless its actually knackered. It's just too expensive and I figure my time in the shed is free so nanny them up rather than part with your hard earned cash for them. Yes, I'm tight but thats only cos we only have a small pot rather than a big pot to pee in here, I'm from 'Oop Norf' as they say down here and I think folk are just robbing others of their cash for parts that were as easy to find but cheaper last year. I know the restoration thing is big and that parts that are as rare as unicorn poo are worth the money, reference James's stunning Police bike but £96 is an utter joke. Some bugger will buy them though, you know it!

[Oddjob]

Worst of it was is that even at that price it was damaged, as you say though, someone will buy it.

I think that as soon as my current project is finished I'll sell all my NOS parts, should get me enough to get my driveway done, the prices they are quoting now are ridiculous, last quote was £12000. I know it's a big garden but I was getting quoted £3000 just a few years ago and I passed on the offer.

[Laverdaroo]

Bloody hell, thats dear, what do you want putting down, gold bricks?
I used to like doing block pavia's, I used to get right into those jobs. Not done one for a while, last one was 114 square meters. Looked the boss but took  a bit of doing on my own. Mashed it out in a week but I was dead for a few days after.


I've bobbed some dosh over tp you mate, should be in yer account as I badly type

[Oddjob]

I decided after much debate to go for impressed concrete as most of the other methods had more cons than pros except for resin and that was out of my price range.

I'll wait till next year in the hope prices will drop.

[Laverdaroo]

Top choice although depending on impression, can be really skippy. 12k is an awful lot. Especially as it’s basically a pour with a giant potatoe shape pushed into it. Ok I’m the moulds are dear but from 3 to 12 is quite a hike.
I think I’d hang on too. Anyway you never know, Putin might zap us all yer
See, saved you a load of cash already

With it all laid out, I think I’ve a busy couple of days ahead of me, and some plating and nannying on that tear bunny brake plate too!

Wheels came out nice though especially as they’re 44 year old Akron’s (is that how you spell it?) and we’re beaten to buggery. Quite chuffed how they came out


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[Laverdaroo]

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[Johnny4428]

Some great looking hardware there Roo, loved the post regarding second rate polishers, great they took onboard. Of course the bar was set high by Ken.😉

[Sesman]

Mutts nuts. . It starting to come together now.

Got your PM. I’m out and about today, but will try to do the business later today.

Admire your perseverance with the polisher…….

[Matt_Harrington]

Rim looks good, oh and the lump looks like it is just about there...
Matt

[Laverdaroo]

Just had some post from Max on here, a new set of stainless spacers. NICE!

Proper chuffed with those thanks heaps Max, great work mate.

Bestest still, they won’t need sodding polishing!


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[Oddjob]

You COULD polish them Roo, you know you want too