Thrown together to ride til winter

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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

06 Sep 2012 14:55
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The paint is easy a spare tank not so easy to find at a seasonable price. lol do it on a weekend when the weather changes make sure you got plenty of beer and smokes so you wont have to go anywhere.

It will be a while, I live a few hundred yards from Lake Erie and the hunidity is over 70% much of the summer and I have no place to go and paint in a better enviroment. So for now the best I can do is ride it out, may as well at least be riding if I can't paint. I've got quite a few coats of the duplicolor on it now and I have just been polishing it out the best I can for now. At least it won't rust while I am waiting. I may have to just wait until winter and have it done by someone that has the right tools and a better enviroment for painting. I'd really love to get it back to the original factory color but from what I've been reading even if I could get the paint code the paint would cost as much as having a good job done by someone that can paint better than I can. If I had it done by someone and couldn't do the factory color I'd go with a nice deep colbalt blue metalflake posssibly with some underlying black graphics.
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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

06 Sep 2012 17:09
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ramtough_63 wrote: so let me get this stright you guys are saying easyoof overn cleaner will remove annodizing from aluminum parts or did you mean the clear coat on the old forks?

LES I am seriously considering having them turned down a smidge lol
after I get my lastest paint project done I will get busy working on this conversion

The easy-off will take the anodizing off, heck it may take off the clear, never tried it.
As for the conversion deal, do like we did on getting the mock up and any issue can be addressed right then. We have the technology! :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

07 Sep 2012 17:11 - 07 Sep 2012 17:21
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tried to work in the shop for a while just too muggy today
so i decided to do a quick mockup of my front end with spare parts

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19" Stock wheel

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Rotor Spacers


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caliper mocked up

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definately gonna repaint the headlight mount black


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got allot of stuff to do or it would be on this weekend

brake lines
caliper bolts
turn rotors down
paint wheel
relace wheel
get new tire
paint forks
polish triples
neck bearings
and I am sure I am forgetting something
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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

07 Sep 2012 17:23
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ramtough_63 wrote: welcome Rocks get some pics up of that 440. I wanna build a little boober out of one if I ever get the chance

I have been in limbo since my last post

so let me get this stright you guys are saying easyoof overn cleaner will remove annodizing from aluminum parts or did you mean the clear coat on the old forks?

LES I am seriously considering having them turned down a smidge lol
after I get my lastest paint project done I will get busy working on this conversion

Don't use oven cleaner on aluminum.

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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

18 Sep 2012 19:54
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was doin some pushups getting ready for this weekends leg and pulled the front wheel noticed some
exhaust leakage arounds collars 3 of the nuts were loose i mean finger to remove loose. sometimes its a good idea to go over that kind of stuff lol
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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

19 Sep 2012 20:04
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new Tire Shinko 712 New Tube Mounted and Ballanced today repainting my header tonight
hope the girl isnt cooking dinner I need the oven LOL

plan on putting around 500 miles on her between now and the trip to the handoff
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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

20 Sep 2012 11:03
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Freshly Painted Header using VHT Header Paint. The VHT seems like my
new go to hi-temp paint I degreased the header scuffed up the old paint
which I believe was duplicolor ceramicoat (not sure you can still buy it
I found it in a little no name parts store with an inch of dust on it)
sprayed the header let it dry to touch then baked it in my oven on 250 for
30 minutes then 400 for 30 minutes installed it and let it run on the bike
upto temp let it cool then ran it again. I hav ent wiped it down yet gonna
let it get some more bake time before i wipe it down

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couple of shots of my old wheel with new tire need to replace the spokes
but dont have the funds or time before the relay

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now for about 500 miles and a cleanup and hopefully Sunday will be a walk in the park

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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

20 Sep 2012 12:06
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the bike looks sweet man.

hopefully you will have no issues.

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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

20 Sep 2012 12:24
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GO RAM GO !!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

20 Sep 2012 12:38
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Thanks guys I find that when I dont ride very much and I get her out of the shop in the sunlight I get all excited again.

CLeaning isnt my strong suit I intend on getting her spic-n-span this weekend I might even wax her (since i never have)
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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

21 Sep 2012 15:57
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Fork oil Changed new tire freshly painted header oil changed I cant help feel like
she is in the best shape Since I got her running.
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Re: Thrown together to ride til winter

21 Sep 2012 18:19
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have a great ride and an awesome weekend buddy.

we will be looking forward to some pics.

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