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My 750F2 project.
Cb750r:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 02, 2024, 10:31:18 AM ---The problem with repainting shocks is that not matter how careful you are it's never strong enough to withstand the adjusting process, the paint on the top of the lugs gets rubbed off as soon as you move the collars, then sometimes just the collar moving can rub the paint off underneath it, the springs can touch the body when they compress and that rubs paint off, they look great until you use them. Makes me mad as hell, all that work, all that time and they look worse than they did before within a few months, not to mention scratching the paint with the spring compressors, Jesus my blood pressure is going up just thinking about it.
Calming down now, they look really nice, and the collars are really well made. Well done.
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I appreciate that your standards for finish are a lot higher than mine.
I have spent several thousands of dollars on the things that matter to me on this project:
Race ported head, new valves new valve seats and HD springs
Custom cam, adjustable cam sprocket
Big bore high compression pistons, cylinder boring HD studs
Carillo rods,
“New†engine cases/better transmission, HD primary chains, cam chain, all new cam and primary tensioners, new engine bearings, new hardware etc….
Next expenses:
New RS34 carbs
New Stainless Hindle exhaust
I’m content and more importantly, ENJOYING the process of what I’m doing with the refurbishment of the aesthetic parts of my bike! So if you have something critical to say, how about you reserve it to your bikes, and I will do the same regarding your project(s)
Cheers
Grant.
Oddjob:
How you got critical from my post I have no idea. It was meant to show how annoying it was to do all that work only to find it looking so bad within a short time.
I’ll refrain from trying to help in future.
Cb750r:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 02, 2024, 08:09:34 PM ---How you got critical from my post I have no idea. It was meant to show how annoying it was to do all that work only to find it looking so bad within a short time.
I’ll refrain from trying to help in future.
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Come on man, you crapped on my zinc plating and you wrote a paragraph explaining “how my work will look worse than it did before…â€
What good does writing a paragraph on shortfalls and pointlessness of someone’s completed project “help�
If I’m posting information or work that is unsafe or saying that this is how things should be done, I’m all ears to constructive criticism or feedback. But telling someone whose spend time and effort (and money, but not in this case) that their work is pointless is pretty poor form and does little to create a sense of community.
I didn’t seek advice on how to do something I was sharing the result of my efforts. You have no bloody idea how the springs had already started to corrode or how the paint was scuffed or the shock collars were stripped and broken. Or the fact that this was a stop gap measure and an exercise in learning some processes on my mill and lathe. Or that sometimes enjoyment is in the process more than the outcome.
Oddjob:
Crapped all over? I commented that it looked like it maybe hadn’t taken, you hadn’t explained you were using a home brew kit and the results were very different to the results we get in the Uk with better kits. You’d prefer not knowing? Fine.
As for the damper post, it was a comment on my experience on a using rattle can finish on damper bodies, more of a rant on how frustrating it is to see so much work turn out to be so disappointing. Maybe that helps someone helps to avoid the same mistake. But hey if you’re so sensitive that any comments not amounting to a pat in the back is unwelcome then that’s fine. I’ve said I won’t post anymore, even if at some point in the future you really do need some help or advise.
Cb750r:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 02, 2024, 09:30:56 PM ---Crapped all over? I commented that it looked like it maybe hadn’t taken, you hadn’t explained you were using a home brew kit and the results were very different to the results we get in the Uk with better kits. You’d prefer not knowing? Fine.
As for the damper post, it was a comment on my experience on a using rattle can finish on damper bodies, more of a rant on how frustrating it is to see so much work turn out to be so disappointing. Maybe that helps someone helps to avoid the same mistake. But hey if you’re so sensitive that any comments not amounting to a pat in the back is unwelcome then that’s fine. I’ve said I won’t post anymore, even if at some point in the future you really do need some help or advise.
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Well it doesn’t sound like I’m getting my point across so I will wish you well on your projects. I hope it comes out to your satisfaction.
I hope for the well being of others or myself if there’s anything I or any one else shares that’s unsafe or dangerous practice that regardless of our opinions it’s commented on.
Best of luck,
Grant.
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