ok ,thank you
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ok ,thank you
never painted a motor before can you pass on your ti[ps for what you did chase as im looking to paint the bandit motor soon as i get it out of the frame ,Quote:
Originally Posted by Chase
thanks
What color you after Kev?? you up for a contro deal??
Seat for paint work??
Pm me if your interested.
Hey Kev, it's pretty simple - just gotta get the engine clean. All I did was;
- remove engine and leave whole plugging all inlets/outlets
- hit it with some degreaser (truck stuff) and let it sit for a bit then blasted it with the high pressure cleaner
- mixed up some more degreaser and grabbed a scotch brite scourer and went over the engine getting into all the small spots
- light sand over any parts that might be chipped or flaking
- remove/tape anything you're not painting
- let it dry off, then went over with some prepsol (wax and grease remover) and wipped dry with clean rags
- hit it with one coat of VHT primer to get a decent bite on the original paint
- 3 coats of paint with a 10-15minute flash time between coats
- chuck some heat lamps around it and you're done.
The heat lamps are important cause the VHT paint doesn't reach full hardness until it's been heated - easiest way is to have the engine run but not if it's not in the bike ;).
ok sweet azz chase thanks for parting with that info will have a crack at paining the bandit motor
As always mate give us a yell if you need some assist ;)
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Originally Posted by Chase
yeah im going to have a teardown part here at the workshop 1 weekend thow on a BBQ and some piss for the ASF guys
^Sounds good Kev!
Cleanliness is the key with the engine mate. Take ur time n u cant go wrong!
hmmm bright mate !!
im doing my donk in the same blue as the body work ,but doing it in 2k.
just made the engine stand so now the fun starts chase the race is on .
that should look great! .. dunno about the race though - I'm targetting NFR :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ALBI
I like the sound of a race :)
With VHT it may take a while to cure properly. I did about 200kms before I stopped smelling the paint every time I ran the bike. But it lasts good.
Slow progress, but at least it's progress :cool:
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Fckin A, that looks awesome Mate.. very eyecatching!!!
thats mint chase really impressed with the outcome cant wait to do my donk now
Damn Chase, good job mate
you've been hanging around old v8's judging from that colour :D
Thanks gents, and you can't beat the classics Fimp :p
Winning!
chase old boy u always seem to have the goods
that looks tops with that combo
Fuck me you've set the bar high ;)
looking good chase
Very nice mate that came up a treat.
The colours remind me of Speedy's Bandit.
Wow rain man.. nice work. I just searched for that bike and the thread was started in 2007! I struggle to remember stuff from last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cruisecontrol
I have obtained some more goodies that I am now waiting for delivery of..
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Fuck yeah!! off a monster?
Right you are Fimpy - S4R :cool:. Should fit with the tube frame a bit nicer.
i love those tube braced single siders. and right YOU are chase... it will suit the frame a shit tin better!
This is going to be such a cool bike!
Ffff aaaa rrrr kkkkk yyyyyy ooooo uuuuuuui hates you man so uncool
lol nice score
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ALBI
Mate this will be better than great when its done. Please finish it get sick of it/ need the cash, sell it to another ASF member who needs to sell it later then I'll have another fuckin cool ride....:p
Finally got the S4R swinger on the weekend.. woohoo!!
The ducati swinger is about 25mm wider than the stock TLS, so I'm of two minds;
1. Use the donor TLS pivot tube and weld onto the duc swinger moving the right ducati swingarm mount 25mm to the left
2. Get a new pivot tube machined up 25mm longer than the stock TLS to match the width of the duc swinger and machine 25mm of the right frame boss to fit
Any thoughts / suggestions welcome..
so u cant machine down the ends of the swingarm pivot?
i would mod the swinger before frame, tls frame can use all the material it can get!
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The duc swinger pivots in the engine, so the right arm would have to be removed and a new support added to mount the pivot tube off the TL. Both options can be done, just which one is best? You're right on trying to not remove any of the boss if I can but wondering how the swinger mod will affect the look?
if it were me id either make a new swingarm pivot and mount SSSA of new pivot or graft TLS piviot onto SSSA !!
That's pretty much my 2 options. :rolleyes: But trying to work out the pro's and cons of bothQuote:
Originally Posted by ALBI
welll if you use the original pivot there is no marking out or measuring just cut and tidy up.
the pic is small bit it looks like you could sacrifice 12.5mm a side there
if you were worried about strength get the gap between the two sides joined with a bit over oversized tube welded in (before machining). will keep it all sealed up for the bearings etc too
it'd be much easier to get a swinger machined than a frame, your going to need to get some welding done on it to get the shock mounts redone anyways yeah?
other thing with modding the swinger is if you ever need to put it back to stock (defect, selling etc) then you can pull the old setup out and bung it all back on
Your'e a man of wisdom Fimp, I think you're right with modifying the swinger and leaving the frame in tact. I will have to remove the existing mounts from the swinger, no big deal really, cause the total diameter of the mount is only 30mm and I want to use the original pivot bolt (25mm) so I don't have to muck around with collars or getting a custom bolt made up. I can make use of the original pivot tube from the TL swinger. Best get the grinder out :cool:
good to see a challenging build mate cant wait to see it finished