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anglia4

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  1. Does anybody have an old steel framed road bike frame lying around? I'm after something roughly medium sized but really want something super light made from awesome steel. Something that would have been awesome in its day. I'm looking to replace the frame on my Healing Turbo cos it weighs several tonnes. Any condition is good. Christchurch would be awesome, New Plymouth would be another good location, but if the price is right (and its a sweet enough frame/bike) it can be anywhere in the country.
  2. Haha that would be way to easy! I always wanted to build one from steel just to see if I could and say I had. If this one doesn't work I'll try another approach but will keep working with steel and filler I'm thinking about giving up on trying to keep it rideable, maybe do a ride or two after I finish this seat and then strip it for a full frame re-spray etc. Might start taking this build a little more seriously and try and bring home a trophy in the cafe racer class at the bikes blues and hot cars show in new plymouth next feb.
  3. I wasn't going to post this up yet incase it turns out to be a total fuck-up but its going too well at the moment and I'm really excited about it. Mark II Day 1 Went and picked up some sheet metal, guy hands it to me and says "be careful, its really sharp" - Yeah yeah sweet as... ~30seconds later/nekminit big cut on my finger Luckily I kept the cardboard templates from Mark I, so I trimmed them up a bit. Have decided to grow some balls and chop off the old seat mounts and latch, this will allow me to run a much narrower seat. Then the lightening got out of my disposable warehouse jigsaw, you can see why in the pic... So off to the wh and got another. I think the new shape is alot better, I've tried to better follow the lines and shapes of the tank. I busted out the files and sand paper and put a radius on my plywood template to dress the edges over and try and get a nice corner. Pretty stoked with how that came out. Day 2 Cut a section out for the seat pan, I have done the same radius along the edge of that ply template too. Then got a block the right thickness and screwed it to the back. Dressed the edge over that as tightly as I could. Then trimmed it and dressed it over the rest of the way. Its come up with a really nice edge. About 769786987 times better than I was expecting for the first attempt. Its made it really rigid along its length as well which is good, if I do a good job of it all I won't even need the ply board underneath. That is all for now
  4. I spied the blue beastie atop a hoist in woolston a few weeks ago. Heard you had some troubles with a dodgey repair to your oil pickup?
  5. It has just been brought to my attention that the radio building is going to be rapidly dismantled on sunday the 5th... Pretty keen to not miss that haha
  6. So this is what happens when I have assignments due... In an effort to avoid any productivity in my studies, even my healing gets worked on... This bike is starting to get some pretty good gear on it considering the frame is so shit.
  7. haha I submitted 1 vote and now it says I have voted for four of them! My vote: SUN 5 Browse@pickapart floolowed by lunch at burgers n beer pretty keen on a good floolowing to be honest
  8. Vacuum hose on your mrs nipples? noise meter to measure the 'Oh' repeat for all carbs until they are the same??
  9. wtf is up with that poll!?
  10. How painful was the bill for the panels from the uk in the end? Have been thinking this might be the way to go for some bits for my anglia.
  11. Keen as per my vote in the other thread
  12. lol Just cos your boy is awesome pete! "give them the naughty finger" haha that photo must have been gold
  13. http://www.ebay.com/itm/K-S-TECH-HYDRAU ... 35be5209f8 would this go in place of the banjo bolt on the master cylinder?
  14. Yeah had been thinking of doing something more like lukes triumph for the seat. Just heaps more simple
  15. Seat came out pretty hory but I'm not too worried at this stage. Its not bad for mark 1 and it changes the style of the bike towards what i'm trying to achieve. Got into the shed for a bit of a bike session tonight Got some drag bars off chris to try I really like them, but they are a little narrow and I'm having trouble with that fucking huge master cylinder and switch blocks not fitting. Going to try and find some smaller gear to put on and try it again. In the mean time to try and make it fit I've had to make it a bit moto also made up a blank for the tacho drive hole in the head so I will be able to ride it to bike night again this week
  16. Ha! You win!!! very good. Great minds bro!
  17. I'm betting you are going to cut out the section of rack post where the key needs to go and replace it with a piece of pipe so you can put your key through the middle of the post. Also I think its mighty clever to say you have any idea and that we should guess and then wait while all the good ideas flow in for you to choose from
  18. Does it have a prop yet? Jokes... any progress?
  19. Bike parts in the kitchen sink Good man
  20. Picked up Ladaspeeds german MIFA last night. Couldn't help myself but get dressed up for a ride to the bike shop in town Its mildly terrifying to ride, mainly because the handlebars are so far behind the axle line and the brakes are nearly non existent. Was excellent fun though. I found one of the crank nuts had wound most of the way off when I got home though, will get some loctite to sort that bugger out. In other news I have bought these for my Turbo and am going to get a sealed cartridge bottom bracket for it as the old one sounds very dry and grindy. Managed to justify the new cranks to myself by saying that the old cranks can go on the tandem to replace the crazy 3 bolt one which has a bent chainring
  21. ^ I have that issue. Is a very good guide!
  22. The link thats not working for you is: Board index » Projects » User's Projects / Build Ups >> retep130's mk1 escort
  23. I didn't realise that either! Good to know though since we seem to be slowly getting a fleet of FXGT's
  24. Fuckit. Just wrote an update then hit the wrong button and deleted it Photos will do I think I might have to cut out more around this bit to make room for the wheel to go up into the guard. I cut up an old chair that had been living outside Got a bit more to do to finish it. Its far from perfect but I'm pretty happy with it considering the entire plan just kept evolving as I went. Itldo
  25. Yeah thats what I've changed. I've tried to make it follow a simmilar angle to the tank
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