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  1. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Seems strange. I've thrown Durepox onto greasy, shiny, and rusty old bits when emptying/cleaning gun out, and it has stuck fast every time...
  2. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Sweet. Got one in the shed waiting for work, great looking bikes and go ok too. Look forward to seeing what direction you take...
  3. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Sanded rear guard and looked at fixing cracks. Main one was about 5mm wide and would spring open if held closed... So hit it with hot air gun and held it in position till it cooled... Then bodge-welded from the back with a soldering iron... And roughed up underside surface, degreased, applied fibre tape and 4:1 epoxy resin... Front guard had cracked mounting point... Did similar, held in position with some plastic 'welding', cut sticky fibre tape to shape and applied... Covered holes with duct tape and poured in some resin. Will drill holes when set, hopefully the poxy sticks to the plastic? Did some QA50 guards yrs ago and they held up ok ...
  4. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah saw a youtube vid on that. Gentle pressure with a dry buffer on a drill, brings up like factory finish. Will give it a crack...
  5. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Sunny again so cleaned plastics up. I'd water blasted them earlier and they were pretty yellow and scuffed so didn't have high hopes. Just a bucket of hot water and a scotchbrite sponge with some Jif cleaned them up pretty well... Bbefore and after side panels (top and botom)... And hosed off they look surprisingly ok... Rear guard was the worst one - stained with rust and exhaust fumes, so left it in a hot water and bleach solution, will see if we have a tide mark after work... Tank to go, plus some repair work on the cracked plastics, will try epoxy resin and glass tape probably... [Edit] No miracle bleach solution, but at least it didn't melt into a puddle. Looks like sanding the only option on this piece...
  6. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Gotta watch you don't use ethanol fuel with some glass linings. I've done a few in the past but apparently the alcohol can send gummy bits of epoxy resin thru the system? Unsure really, but have heard of such incidents. I've also used a POR 15 bike tank kit before, came with everything you need...
  7. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Cold out, cbf going to get paint, so polish it is. Plus it's a toasty 5 deg in the garage so paint would struggle to go off. Began with a 180 grit cross hatch sand to remove worst scratches, it's a dirt bike so has lots of dings and I'm not after a show finish... Then went over with 400 grit, again varying the pattern to show up areas that need attention... Then the buffer wheel, so satisfying... Told you it was cold, got diesel heater going though so cosy indoors.. And a before and after... Leg # 2 just before polishing, few more tabs on this one so a bit trickier. Worst bit was getting old sticker residue off... And done, came out bloody well, glad I didn't faff about with paint now... And just a close-up to finish, Waxy polish should last ok, easy enough to re-apply if it gets a bit scody... Never tried this before, was a good job to get out of the way, been putting it off but can rebuild forks now...
  8. Lord Gruntfuttock
    If I was tracing that silhouette for you I'd max out the nose & lips and reduce chin for the "Fuck is that what I look like?" LOLs...
  9. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Loving this project. Following with interest...
  10. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Oooh paint it like my old one. Had lime green front fading to yellow then white flames, as was the fashion in the time...
  11. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Looking awesome. Mate had one and got it going ok, but cos he was a 130kg unit he still had to pedal with the motor going, so arrived a sweaty mess everywhere...
  12. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Built a 1/24th messerschmitt when I was at school. Would look good next to a kubelwagen...
  13. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Didn't know you had this. A genuinely interesting car...
  14. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Was waiting on my Ali impact hex bits to arrive before I tackled the allen bolt in the fork bottoms, as they weren't moving with normal keys. First one whizzed out perfectly with the battery impact driver, then second one rounded off to a very neat circle. At least I know the Ali bits are hard metal... So no option but to drill out... And worked well. The copper washer was a good indicator how deep and true the drill bits were... Can move on now, good clean up and new seals, not sure if I'll paint or just rough polish the lower fork legs...
  15. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Wish I'd done tech. Did Japanese instead cos the teacher was spunky and wore white see through blouses. So many horny guys in that class... (Spam sorry)
  16. Lord Gruntfuttock
    I've got an 11 yr old vespa PX with 700kms on it. Will have it broken in any year now...
  17. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Forks feel ok, drained some very muddy looking oil out, will clean properly and put new seals in when they arrive... Noticed one of the air valves in the fork caps was squished... Thought no bother, will only be a couple of bucks. Fraid not, they're a M8 fine thread valve that are rare as fuck now, only used on certain bikes in the 80's. You can get them, but expensive, plus stupid cost postage... I looked on Ali and can get 1/8 NPT schrader valves for $3.50, could use a metric to NPT adapter but that will be bulky, and a suitable tap on Ali is only $2.39, so will look at drilling and tapping fork cap to suit if I can't bend the valve back into shape. Annoying how little things can cost so much...
  18. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Mate bought a TT225 the other day so thought I'd do a bit more on this, finished trueing up the front wheel, then tidied bench... Engine was a greasy mess so I dragged it out in the sun and spray degreased/water blasted the crud off... Need to re-wrap the wires and will clean up cases and throw some paint on when it's warm enough...
  19. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Pull it apart to 'improve' it...
  20. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Shit yes...
  21. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So clean...
  22. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Pewter arrived the day after I ordered it. Will update after I've had a go...
  23. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Tremendous, always wanted to see a cuttlefish mold job... Intrigued by the craft pewter, I've got one of these little blokes missing an arm (not a racist, honest) Thinking of making a plaster/wax arm and casting one in sand or silicon? Doesn't look too challenging a shape (pics are from Ebay)... Was looking at making a coffee can furnace and melting aluminium cans, but this pewter stuff looks the business, just ordered some...
  24. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Massive touring range predicted...
  25. Lord Gruntfuttock
    *any FB post...
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