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« on: February 12, 2016, 07:57:15 PM »
Do you mean this ?
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« on: February 09, 2016, 06:59:20 PM »
Second picture down shows where mine were marked, or not marked in the case of one of them which turned out to be standard 
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« on: February 05, 2016, 01:05:47 PM »
I don't believe that. DK have pulled the Bonneville auction as well. Somebody should report them to eBay. The rules are that you can only pull an auction in exceptional circumstances. Not 2 a day because you had better offers. Bang out of order.
DK do it all the time, there is a disclaimer in all their bike listings on ebay saying it is for sale in the shop and the auction can be stopped at any time, I was bidding on a Suzuki GT750 J which was pulled with 12 minutes to go, 3 weeks later it was back up for sale, ebay don't care because DK are classed as a "power seller" and have over 65,000 items for sale so you know whose side they are going to be on.
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« on: February 05, 2016, 11:14:44 AM »
I painted mine, easier to touch up if you get a chip.
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« on: February 01, 2016, 09:44:49 AM »
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« on: January 29, 2016, 05:01:41 PM »
I put a smear of Hylomar blue on mine when I rebuilt them as a precaution and they haven't leaked yet.
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« on: December 04, 2015, 09:40:28 PM »
They are not meant to be shiny, hard chrome is a process of adding material then grinding to a tolerance so the best finish you will get is a fine grind surface, they only get a shine on them through age and use by rubbing on the seals. Phillpots did the stanchions for my RD restoration as they are a discontinued part but when I did my 400F I bought new ones from DS which cost about the same as Philpotts charged for doing the RD ones, to look at them the finish is identical.
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« on: November 28, 2015, 10:41:54 PM »
I made my own dial faces, on this page of my build log.
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« on: November 19, 2015, 05:50:23 PM »
Copper Washers should be annealed before use whatever because they age harden. As they don't have an age stamp who knows how old they are. We use hundreds at work and every single one gets annealed before use.
My mate bought a set of copper washers off eBay only to find they were copper plated steel. He chucked them in the bin and used the box for something else.
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They are copper and they are sound, I'm not new to this and wouldn't compromise the engine, who says DS's are the exact spec as they were in 1976 when my bike was built ?
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« on: November 19, 2015, 12:05:39 PM »
When I stripped it the bike had steel washers so re-annealing wasn't an option, the copper ones from ebay are exactly the same as the ones from DS, same size, same thickness and advertised as sealing washers, the bike is fine and the torque on the bolts is still perfect, £2.95 from ebay or £34.00 from DS, no brainer, sometimes I think people restoring bikes are over cautious and I bet if you test a DS washer to the ebay washer you wouldn't find any difference.
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« on: November 19, 2015, 11:11:45 AM »
DS should be wearing a mask and stripy tee-shirt, £2.70 for one copper washer + £2.95p+p when you can get a pack of 20 identical washers for £2.95 with free postage from ebay . [ Guests cannot view attachments ] The guy at 400 four bits has a couple of pairs of lower side panel rubbers in the miscellaneous section.
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« on: October 31, 2015, 11:44:49 PM »
They are all as bad as each other and the sad fact is our bikes would be worth more sold as parts rather than as a whole bike because of the rip off part prices, one supplier I used when I was restoring my RD advertised under the slogan of "Keeping classic bikes on the road", they tried to charge me £50 for a 3/8 master cylinder seal kit so I suggested they change their slogan to "Fleecing the people who keep classic bikes on the road" which didn't go down well and resulted in my account being deleted, I eventually got the correct seal for £1.90 from Girling.
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« on: October 31, 2015, 01:08:49 PM »
That's a top class looking bike Bodd. You got any more pictures?
Thanks Roy. Build thread link is in my forum signature, finished bike photos can be seen here.
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« on: October 31, 2015, 11:45:26 AM »
If my frame had holes like that I'd have them welded up. There may be stress points round by the holes which could lead to metal fatigue - as per de Havilland Comets
Maybe if you weigh 30 stones and jump off ramps 
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« on: October 31, 2015, 10:18:01 AM »
The holes look very similar to the ones I drilled for my cafe seat.
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