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Renovation Time
Spitfire:
That's a real nasty surprise, stripping mine down was similar, I just thought I would need to touch up some rust patches on the frame, but in the end the rust patches joined up and the whole frame needed a paint job.
Cheers
Den
matthewmosse:
Could use the rotted swinger (reduce it to ends and bearing tube and re do from start?) to build a new box section swinger or something fancy? Bin nothing, you'll think of a use for it later or someone will and you could do some trading to recoup costs..........
z1100r:
I've just sat here at work worrying about what the rest of the frame is going to be like. I hope I haven't religiously collected all these new shiney parts over the years only to find that behind my back the main chassis has slowly returned to mother nature.
z1100r:
Ok haven't got time to worry..this bike is going to the IOM in June - must get on with it.!!
I have now laced, trued, and fitted new bearings and tyre to the front wheel. I've vapour blasted the brake discs and swinging caliper aluminium bits - and Ive repainted everything. Looks good..!!! ran out of silver so hub and brackets are gold...eeek.!!!
Tonight I will be vapour blasting/painting and rebuilding the calipers. I will then need brake lines for a twin disc setup. I noticed exactly what I want on here somewhere ages ago...I think it was on a 750F1. Hel brake line direct to caliper.
Would like to know what was involved in ordering the direct to caliper system as some seem to retain the steel pipe and others have an adaptor in the caliper for the braided pipe.
I want my twin disc bike to be as the Orange 750 I once saw on here or the US forum. Anyone know which bike that was.
Bryanj:
Its not difficult to make up your own braided lines as the ends are fitted with olives that crimp to the inner plastic.
There are several ways of fitting up
With steel original type
Banjo and shortened bolt
adaptor in caliper with an ngled hose end
Somewhere i have a word document with pictures as i used to make them up for our US cousins. PM me with your e-mail addy and i will try and find it for you---may even have some fittings and pipe left if i look hard
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