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The Motorbike Show - ITV4 Last Night

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AshimotoK0:
As you say anything on bikes on TV is a blessing.

Didn't like the way that restorer used sandblaster for the crankcases though - how the hell do you remove all traces of grit afterwards.

What did you think of the frame after blasting. I have a 250 frame I was going to junk as it had a corroded through hole but they just welded it up. Perhaps I am being too fussy. I missed the beginning of the programme. Did he buy the bike or was it one he originally had and stored away?

cheers

AshD

MIKE550/4:
when i got mine sandblasted the guys actually went over most of the joints again and rewelded it anyway

think there were 2 little holes which they filled as a matter of course before powercoat

i only saw last half hour of tonights show... nice to see some of the older bikes on tv

Bryanj:
if you missed the monday one

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=245308

But be advised you can't get out of watching the adverts even if you use the arrow to go over them!!

matthewmosse:
The 550 looked very like one a mate of mine sold on ebay last year, and the chequebook resto I saw started  (was on in the background whilst I read a bike mag) was the epitamy of the side of classics that I'm not all that keen on, just chopping the splokes out of the wheels (I've rebuilt and reused wheels with worse bits only having to rebuild to reline the rear hub) and farming all the work out - it would be cheaper to just buy a better example in the first place. Presenter wasn't great but a few interesting features. could do with a bit of fun or humour as watching celebs having a laugh gets dull rather quick.

Yoshi823:
Who is Henry Cole?  What a knob... "This...is a spanner.I'm not sure what it does...but I think that it might be useful." Yeah...really technical.

And what about the way that he loaded that CB550K3 onto that trailer...

I didn't bother to watch anymore.

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