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Nice one, it looks in half decent nik for its age. That has do be the weirdest place ive ever seen a DT parked :), what did your neighbours think when they saw you trying to get a DT up 6 floors?? :)

Looking forward to progress posts, also mate that does like look a DEP front pipe.

FFS You don't mess about, are you rebuilding the engine and sending the frame away to get powder coated? Lookin good so far, some nice fresh plastics on it and it will look mint.

Luvly :), I should strip ma bike down and give it a good clean the winters haven't been kind.

NP man although I didn't think I had put pics up here of me stripping the bike? No matter man its always worth investing in a Haines manual. If you need any pics taken just post a message up.

Stripping the bike was easy, it was the putting it back together for the road that was a bit trickier.

-- Edited by AAAthreat at 22:57, 2008-12-01

Right day 3

Not sure how much time I'll have today as I've got lots to do , and work . Hopefully get the engine out and chain off ( when I figure out how lol )

Day 3 before pics , IMO rust never looked better lol













-- Edited by Mugen Seiki at 08:53, 2008-12-02

you did well gettin that engine out with no siezed bolts mine where a bitch

my brake lever bolt was rounded too so i tapped it anticlockwise with a hammer and screwdriver and it was sorted

what u usin to clean bottles up with i used soapy water on mine but urs look cleaner lol

Right day 5 , manily finished stripping bits and cleaned them all up ready for coaters . Couple bolts that broke off and the brake thingy will get taken off at Yamaha tomorrow . Cant be asked fighting with rounded off bolts anymore .

pics







Damn brake thing wont come off




























These can stay to one side for now while i concentrate on the frame . I'll carry it tomorrow for the quote though . Also i need the garage to get the disc off the front wheel .





These bits I cleaned up a bit and will be coated soon . And wheels frame etc ..

Day 6 and I've just got back from Yamaha :D ... haven't had a chance to go powdercoaters yet , hopefully later today .


This is where the project slows down a bit because it's money spending time


Pics from today so far ...


Up early and cleaned the frame up a bit , wanted to see how bad the paint was .










Off to Yamaha ( using the lift this time :D ) . Carried all the other parts for the coaters quote but as i said i didn't make it there









Rust isn't that bad for 15 years old :up:







Back and fully stripped finally after 6 days :oops:









Cnut :evil:







And here's everything that's going to the coaters













Depending on price I'm bringing along these bits to get done as well










Soooo .. just waiting for the damn boiler man to come do his checks then i can bugger off to the shop to get my quotes :D














Oh yeah there was a last annoying problem to sort , random bit of string on the frame . Not sure what I'm going to do but toolbox will be back out tonight . If anything a visit to Halfrauds for cutters :up:

i got a quote a while back for powdercoating of a frame and it was a silly price and as already said i was told all parts must be free from paint,rust and grease before they would even look at it needless to say i didnt go ahead with it

i have a compresssor and a spray gun at home but dont have the setup to use 2k or equivelent paints safely so i used hammerite thinned down to the propper requirements and shot that from my spray gun the result was a nice smooth shiny finish which was also hardwearing at a fraction of the cost

id say unless youve got the time and patience to strip clean every last part id consider other options m8

Ok so got my quote from the powedercoaters today .. £150 for most of my bits . Broke the bearing on the bottom yoke so them , wheels , rear shock ab , forks and engine will be done the second time around .


Mostly spent today prepping the bits ready to go for tomorrow . Put bolts in all the holes and removed all bearings , washers etc .

Wasn't easy but they're out :up:




Bolts in frame ready to go




Swingarm stripped



Bottom knuckle thing stripped





Fecked Yoke



Was freezing out










These bits ready to go for coating

Thanks mate , soon as it's done pics will be up ;)

really ? ahh swwet nice one mate


Ok so frame and other bits went off to coaters yesterday ..












Fed up of cleaning bits so took a break today to think of some ideas . A few bits I'd like to add that'll make it a bit more personal :D




First things first i wanted to see what a mint frame and bits looked like after coating , got a few secrets i haven't let out yet ...






















Nice , hopefully will be me soon .





So anyways been toying around with tail tidy ideas .

Like the direction this guy's taken , means i can add something a little more custom




















Or something a little more subtle











Seen one on eBay for an R1 i think , looks sweet :mrgreen:





Also thinking about changing the footpegs for something else









Then the seat , don't really want the Yamaha black cover and want the seat trimmed down . Will be using this stuff ...












Was thinking about repainting the rad another colour but still not sure . Looking at this i might experiment









And a few more pics of that DT

Thanks mate , simple is best , actually got some more pics from another forum . One sec , this one I'm going to post is probably my fave . It's nice clean and pretty simple

Oh yeah here are the pics of that black bike finished , i dont know the handle bars mate but can point you in the direction of his bike build ( it'l mean joining a German forum though )