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I love the smell of NOS in the morning..........

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MrDavo:
Meh, I'd rather use the NOS stuff and sell on my existing cases, polished or not. The more original a finish I can get the better for me as I want the bike to ultimately be 'as new' as possible.

As far as photos of the finish go, I had a go, but its not clear. To describe it, the gearbox cover the brushed effect is all horizontal, they didn't bother at all underneath. On the alternator cover, the circular part with the 'Honda' on it has vertical brushing, other than that its all circular, but not at all underneath, or around where the screw lugs are.

royhall:
That's the finish you get with fine grade "Scotchbrite" wheels and a coat of clear lacquer. Just leave it with the rough cut without using the polishing mops. Comes out well, just like original. And takes no time at all. I know what you mean about the bright polish though James, not my thing either. Belongs on old Triumphs etc.

MCTID:
It looks great to me......

MrDavo:
To explain an earlier comment to James about the linished brushed effect on the alternator cover, the section within the circle on the side is brushed vertically when on the bike, the rest has been done radially, but only as far back as the start of the screw lugs. Between a line around the top of the screw lugs to the casting edge is just raw unpolished. If you look hard at a couple of my photos you can see this.

Roy, I appreciate that I could have got a similar result myself, but I dont have original parts to copy, and if I can sell my vapour blasted parts for similar money 'blasted ready to polish, paint or use as they are' then I have acheived a NOS finish for little outlay and no effort - suits me as I have enough to do already, including polishing the forks and rear brake plate.

More NOS came today, this time lots of little bags from David Silver....



As I've said before, every  part made of rubber has aged badly, last week I replaced the fuel cap seal, which practically fell apart. Amongst other bits in there is a battery strap, gaskets for the indicators and a front brake master cylinder service kit, as there's a rubber seal that could kill me if it failed.

Also a set of new tappet covers, and genuine bolts for a variety of places - when it was restored a lot of the lovely OEM, but probably tarnished, bolts have been replaced by generic plated metric bolts with all sots of mumbo jumbo on the heads. The new OEM ones are all polished or '8' bolts. Someone will say that it doesn't matter, but hey, it's my OCD. I'd prefer to have CDO - the same complaint but at least the letters are in alphabetical order.

Also in todays post was a proper clutch centre tool, which has to be better than a hammer and screwdriver.....  8)   

MrDavo:
Woo Hoo!

I was just popping back to the house from the garage (Ive fitted the valve caps so far, lots more to go) when I spotted the postie on our driveway. A quick check of the letterbox, as I have been doing every day, and theres a letter from the DVLA, this time not returning all my documents again, but containing a logbook!  ;  :D

Candy is now a 'J' reg, I'm now searching online for someone who will make her a nice black and silver numberplate. Oh, and swapping the insurance from my crocked Sportster.

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