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« on: May 23, 2021, 12:11:13 AM »
Beautiful bike, really nice colour
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« on: May 20, 2021, 12:03:18 AM »
Hi Everyone,
Happily ensconced here in Scotland and managed to find time to finish off my 550 project and had my first shake down ride today.
The roads around here are glorious and relatively quiet so had great conditions for a first ride. all went very well the bike rides and sounds fantastic, well chuffed. No leaks or any other problems at all.
I completely overhauled the front brake back in February with new slave and master seals but at the time try as I could it would not bleed so when the removals guys came to take her away she had no front brake at all. We had all sorts of delays and our stuff was in storage until mid April. When the container finally arrived I had to ride the bike down a ramp to unload and expected no front brake but was amazed to find a good firm lever! So if you are having problems bleeding a brake just put it in a container and leave it for a couple of months and it will sort itself out.
I am really happy with how my bike has turned out and looking forward to some good rides around some fantastic Dumfries and Galloway roads, thanks for all the help I was given during the rebuild everyone -
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« on: April 28, 2021, 11:55:02 PM »
You are a very lucky man to have had a wife so beautiful, cherish the memories you had of the times together. Dont do anything rash now and look to your family and friends for support, so sorry for your loss, best wishes, Ken
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« on: March 26, 2021, 05:42:06 PM »
That looks absolutely beautiful, the badges will really set it off
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« on: February 22, 2021, 12:16:18 AM »
Thanks Ted, I enjoy reading your posts hope everything works out for you.
I could not leave this alone so pulled some very late nights and worked between packing to get it done. Some minor imperfections but these will polish out when I get to the flatting stage. In the end I did not go the flake look as my wife said it 'looked too girly' and I trust her judgement!
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Happy with the results not sure how close to original it is but I like it
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« on: February 11, 2021, 11:45:40 PM »
Trying to make sense of the same process now but as my bike is only 38 years old it needs an MOT first. Is it even possible to get an MOT on a bike that isn't registered? and I am faced with having to get it transported too and from a test station 50 miles away.
Reading the .gov website is totally confusing going on about vehicle approval and every link spawns another link to another confusing page.
I think if the bike is over 40 years old it is relatively straight forward especially if you have an existing title - V55/5, V112, NOVA, Invoice, Driving licence. £55 and Bob's your long waiting uncle but less then 40 sounds like a different ball game.
Reading some interesting threads on the legality of getting insurance via the VIN number through specialist insurance brokers, booking an MOT and riding to the station without a registration plate. Cant say I have ever seen it happening and can you imagine the number of people shouting 'your number plates fallen off mate!'
I think I am going to wait another two years
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« on: February 10, 2021, 06:23:35 PM »
And the goggles, don't forget the goggles 
Yes good advice, I wear safety glasses by default and forgot to mention them. Ted, if the surface of the forks are pitted use some 400 grade wet and dry (used wet) then go to finer grades finishing with 800 before polishing. You can do it by hand with Autosol but a simple lambs wool mop in a drill together with Autosol will do the job very well.
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« on: February 10, 2021, 10:58:46 AM »
Have a go at polishing them they do seem to be one of the parts that polish easy. If you still have lacquer on the surface I recommend Frost strip Gel - https://www.frost.co.uk/frost-strip-gel-500ml/ it really is like Nitromors used to be, reassuringly nasty to use so make sure you wear thick rubber gloves!
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« on: February 05, 2021, 03:06:14 PM »
Thanks, dont forget what you are looking at is a matt finish base coat initially then an intercoat containing the flake. You will not see the true colour or how the flake looks until several coats of clear are applied which will lift the colour and change its appearance significantly.
It is incredibly difficult to match the Honda colour exactly as modern paints behave in a completely different way. After spraying on the Silver base coat each individual coat of orange will change its colour towards red. Ideally I think two coats would give the desired effect but its very difficult to get an even finish so I needed to apply three.
As far as I am concerned I am not shooting for originality with this build I have polished too many bits for that, rather I am hoping to achieve something I like.
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« on: February 04, 2021, 10:48:46 PM »
Thanks Oddjob, I think you have pointed out everything I have done wrong on this build so far it is just what I needed to spur me on, i will get there in the end, thanks again, ken
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« on: February 04, 2021, 11:36:32 AM »
The joys of painting....
Did the sensible thing and did a test panel early this morning using the flake carrier intercoat and left it for an hour to make sure everything was ok, looked lovely.
So pressed on to do the tank and panels, as I went back to the first piece I coated I could see it reacting, watched as all the panels went the same way -
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You do have t be very careful what you spray over these COB paints, in hindsight I should have sprayed a coat of 2K clear which generally isnt reactive.
Oh well start again, I wont have time now before I move house so It will be next year before I can get back to this probably.
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« on: February 03, 2021, 11:01:24 AM »
Before using any fibreglass resin try using some good quality Acetone - https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/pure-acetone. Hold one of the broken sections in position then with a small paint brush 'wick' the Acetone into the crack. The Acetone should initially melt the plastic slightly then solidify which will weld the parts together. If this works do the same for the rest of the pieces then use some 100g woven glass cloth https://www.easycomposites.co.uk/100g-22-twill-woven-glass-cloth on the back of the panel. Cut the cloth to shape then place it in position, pour some acetone in and work it into the cloth hard which will melt the plastic into the cloth. If you want to, finish off with a squirt of thin CA just to make sure. I go a stage further and cover the outside using the same principle with 25g cloth, this just makes sure the cracks dont show through your new paint. I have just repaired a CBX fairing using the same method and it works a treat - [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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« on: January 30, 2021, 05:46:08 PM »
Making progress with the paint really pleased with it so far, I have gone with a modified 750 K3 style -
Before stripping the tank I made a paper template to help me get the top line of the stripes similar to the original -
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Then masked out the initial black panel -
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Allowed this to dry overnight then did a 6mm wide white line -
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For the inner 8mm wide line I have gone with silver as opposed to gold. The original Honda gold must have been very 'reddy' all the golds I have just dont seem to go with the deep orange colour, I am happy with how it looks -
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Test fitting on the bike I could not be happier. The side panel badge gave me some trouble to start with but I found the best method was to spray on two heavy coats of white followed by a light coat of black. Once cured I could carefully sand the black away with some 800 grit wet and dry and a small flat block to reveal the white on the proud sections. I will do the tank badges in the same way but it will be silver and white to make the badge stand out more against the black panel -
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Next up is to use some flake carrying intercoat on the orange areas quickly followed by some 2K clear. Looking at the weather I dont think I am going to be able to do this for a while so I will carry on with other stuff.
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« on: January 25, 2021, 04:35:46 PM »
Yes they can eat money, I think I have touched lucky though as the engine itself seems in very good order.
On with my 550, despite the weather I have got part way through the painting process. I stripped the tank back to bare metal partly with a DA sander and the rusty underneath with a power file. For the more difficult areas I used a chemical stripper. After a good rub down with wet and dry I gave the whole tank a wipe over with phosphoric acid to kill off any remaining rust and prevent any surface rust developing in the damp conditions.
Next up was a coat of acid etch primer followed by a guide coat of 2K primer. There where a few little dings that needed to be taken care of with filler then a further coat of primer.
The colour I am going for is Flake Sunrise Orange which needs a silver base coat which was applied next and allowed to dry.
Then I applied 3 coats of the colour, I dont want it to go any darker so I have stopped here -
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Really pleased with the colour, once I have applied the flake and clear coats I think it will look great.
I will let this bake for a couple of days in my purpose made drying oven (otherwise known as my wife's airing cupboard) before moving on to the side panels which I am going to do based on the 750 K3
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« on: January 19, 2021, 05:34:22 PM »
But couldn't comment.
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