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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 8)
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 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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 ;D
£96!!! you could probably cast one for that couldnt you? ;D 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!
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