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Coppertop1234:
Sorry someones messing with my pictures - guess it was me  hopefully sorted it

Cheers

Keith Snr

Coppertop1234:
Front end now all sorted and looking good.

Started today on the tank,what looked like a few dings soon showed up all the minor dings as i started prep work.
I decided to strip the tank back to metal and get a clean start.

First i cleaned the inside to remove any rust, with paraffin and grit .Then when dried out and flushed with some fuel treated with a tank sealant.
Cleaned off the underside,treated and zinc primed before 2 coats of red lead were applied.

Then I started on removing paintwork and stripes using course paper to break through surface and scraping with a stanley blade to near the metal surface.
Tank half stripped and looking good.When its stripped i will add some pics as I start repaint job.

Sourced the right colour and it was surprising to me to get the Candy effect you apply silver base and top coat and flat back That will be interesting to try.

UK Pete:
Was that the exhaust that was on ebay recently, they are like rocking horse poo to find
pete

Coppertop1234:
Yes and it was local so the offer could not be missed.
Came in handy as we wanted another complete system for the sons project so he went half with purchase
2 bikes sorted at the cost of 1 original and like you say scarce to find

its in decent nick a couple of dings and a small rust hole near junction bracket under the brake pedal,should be an easy fix and won't be that noticeable

Cheers

keith

Coppertop1234:
Sourced a left hand switch unit its coming from Italy - Project 1 sorted with this problem if its as good as it looks, Could not seem to find one available in decent nick in UK

Again this will solve both bikes
Sons project 2  also has issues with left hand switch and some buttons missing so we should be able to build 1 out of the 2 faulty ones

I love this retirement lark plenty of time to mess tinker and do what you enjoy.
(Just hope I will be able to ride them when the time comes)

Keith Snr

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