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550 F2 started!
Matt_Harrington:
Badges look really good - did you use the dropper technique?
Matt
Laverdaroo:
Yes Matt, I got a set of three needles and a syringe, did them four times before I was happy though, air bubbles, bits of crap in the paint. Yer know
Quite chuffed though.
I’ve got a tank Phil, just saw that last night whilst looking at rims………..eBay worm hole
Just thought it was quite good value with all the lock intact etc. my tanks at the body shop getting de dented
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Sesman:
Err, you do know that the 500,badges won’t fit that F1/F2 tank? I’m betting you do, but just saying. I’m guessing you have flat sided the tank and you are going to stick them on?
Laverdaroo:
Yup.
There are no tabs left on my tank so having it filled in and painted over. The badges are indeed getting stuck on, probably with gaffs tape and expanding foam more than likely
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Oddjob:
Presume you've already seen these Roo.
https://www.central-wheel.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/889/s/velocette-non-valanced-alloy-rim/
I'd advise a 2.15 rear rim size.
https://www.central-wheel.co.uk/polished-non-valanced-alloy-rim-honda-all-models.html
BTW, the sizes you stated in your first post on the subject were the tyre sizes not the rims sizes. AFAIR they are 1.85 as standard. The 750 got 1.85 front but a 2.15 rear. I fitted 2.15 front and rear and found that perfect for my style of riding, the larger section rim means you can use slightly bigger section tyres without suffering from the rim creep you get by retaining the standard rim sizes. As most of my riding was hanging off the side of the bike around corners the larger section tyres were ideal.
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