good explanations of what and why..
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I'm still not sure about those bars though. I take my hat off to you sir you obviously have some skill a lot of us would like to have. Fantastic thread
Fantastic work! 
Awesome - a beautiful job .
And thanks for the step-by-step guide. I have three tanks to paint (Classic restorations) - I won't be publishing the results though as I am nowhere near as skilful as you
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'The Bar' is now at Olympic level
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Keep this stuff coming - its inspirational
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Bob.
.And thanks for the step-by-step guide. I have three tanks to paint (Classic restorations) - I won't be publishing the results though as I am nowhere near as skilful as you
.'The Bar' is now at Olympic level
.Keep this stuff coming - its inspirational
. Bob.
The big stumbling block now is the wheels. No work can continue on the rear fender and subframe until they're fitted, also I'll have to fabricate the seat base and make a mounting system for the rear number plate etc.
Supposedly there'll be finished on Tuesday afternoon ........ I guess only time will tell. It'll be nice to see it up and rolling again!
Supposedly there'll be finished on Tuesday afternoon ........ I guess only time will tell. It'll be nice to see it up and rolling again!
Just to clarify ..... Yes the bars are an integral part of the look that Paul wants, I will of course be painting them again. I'll no doubt be posting posting up a few pics as they need a little engineering.
I will say that categorically every single person that has either seen this bike, either in the flesh or in photographs has expressed their distain for them. Paul, however loves them, it's his bike, he's having it built for him and that makes them fine by me!
My previous comment. 'This thread is brilliant. Everything is 'right'.
I never even seen the bars. They are so bad, they were invisible to me.
Can I change my previous comment to 'With the exception of the bars, everything is 'right'.
I never even seen the bars. They are so bad, they were invisible to me.
Can I change my previous comment to 'With the exception of the bars, everything is 'right'.
As it was such a lovely day I decided to take a couple of hours off and take my VFR out for a spin to meet a mate with his new Triumph Tiger for a cuppa and a bacon roll.
I reach my destination to find a voicemail from Paul (something along the lines of) "Hi Chris, It's Paul, I've had a call from the wheel builders and they're ready to be collected"
Two hours later I pulled up back at my workshop to be greeted by a 6'4 44 year old man with the smile (and no doubt penis) of a 9 year old!
On with the new discs ....
And suddenly ......... all those bits become a motorcycle!
There's still a lot of work to do .......... next up, modify that horrible subframe!!
I reach my destination to find a voicemail from Paul (something along the lines of) "Hi Chris, It's Paul, I've had a call from the wheel builders and they're ready to be collected"
Two hours later I pulled up back at my workshop to be greeted by a 6'4 44 year old man with the smile (and no doubt penis) of a 9 year old!
On with the new discs ....
And suddenly ......... all those bits become a motorcycle!
There's still a lot of work to do .......... next up, modify that horrible subframe!!
Those handlebars make me 
Davy F
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What's with the blue and white sidewalks ?
Wow that tank's just beautiful. Great work.
Davy F
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Fixed.....
The blue colour is a protective wax over the white sidewall. It'll wipe off with a bit of solvent once the build has finished.
Davy F
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There's a moral in here somewhere, I'm damned if I know what is it though .......
So .....
Once the excitement of trial fitting the wheels had eased off it was time to get serious.
First job, wet build the forks.
When the bike arrived with me the forks were through the yokes by 52mm to create the right ride height, naturally that wasn't going to be an acceptable look. So I stripped the forks out and took the stanchions to my friendly engineering chums next door.
The fork internals have a spacer in the top which is essentially a 90mm long tube. I had the stanchions shortened by the 52mm and the spacers shortened by 40mm. This will give a stiffer front end to eliminate the fork sliders hitting the bottom yoke. The stiffness will be compensated by the large profile of the front tyre. If it needs softening up then it's an easy job to ease a bit more from the spacers. The proof will be in the riding.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494010053" title="IMG_6192 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/13494010053_fe3577312e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6192"></a>
While trial fitting the wheels we discovered that they were built incorrectly, the offset on the rear was out by 6mm, the front by 2mm. So out they came again and back off to the builders to put right.
The other issue was the powder coating on the hubs, the bearing seats had been masked off but the disk mounting surfaces hadn't
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13493892995" title="IMG_6200 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3746/13493892995_9229601d89_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6200"></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494005203" title="IMG_6197 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/13494005203_f461bbb3b1_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6197"></a>
Because the wheels were built and all dressed with lovely rubber machining the disk faces back wasn't an option so I conjured up another solution
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13493887735" title="IMG_6201 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/13493887735_e952f6b2ac_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6201"></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494242544" title="IMG_6204 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375/13494242544_ba298f5bf3_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6204"></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494236664" title="IMG_6206 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/13494236664_422b7cedee_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6206"></a>
Both front and rear discs are within 0.002" (Two Thou) now ..............
So .....
Once the excitement of trial fitting the wheels had eased off it was time to get serious.
First job, wet build the forks.
When the bike arrived with me the forks were through the yokes by 52mm to create the right ride height, naturally that wasn't going to be an acceptable look. So I stripped the forks out and took the stanchions to my friendly engineering chums next door.
The fork internals have a spacer in the top which is essentially a 90mm long tube. I had the stanchions shortened by the 52mm and the spacers shortened by 40mm. This will give a stiffer front end to eliminate the fork sliders hitting the bottom yoke. The stiffness will be compensated by the large profile of the front tyre. If it needs softening up then it's an easy job to ease a bit more from the spacers. The proof will be in the riding.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494010053" title="IMG_6192 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/13494010053_fe3577312e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6192"></a>
While trial fitting the wheels we discovered that they were built incorrectly, the offset on the rear was out by 6mm, the front by 2mm. So out they came again and back off to the builders to put right.
The other issue was the powder coating on the hubs, the bearing seats had been masked off but the disk mounting surfaces hadn't
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13493892995" title="IMG_6200 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3746/13493892995_9229601d89_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6200"></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494005203" title="IMG_6197 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/13494005203_f461bbb3b1_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6197"></a>
Because the wheels were built and all dressed with lovely rubber machining the disk faces back wasn't an option so I conjured up another solution
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13493887735" title="IMG_6201 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7213/13493887735_e952f6b2ac_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6201"></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494242544" title="IMG_6204 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375/13494242544_ba298f5bf3_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6204"></a>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29879887@N02/13494236664" title="IMG_6206 by tunneruk, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/13494236664_422b7cedee_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="IMG_6206"></a>
Both front and rear discs are within 0.002" (Two Thou) now ..............
Seen this bike in the flesh now, the quality of work on the tank and associated bits n bobs truly is inspirational. The pics don't do the tank in particular any justice at all
Even those bars are quite comfy in the hand - owners choice I guess
Even those bars are quite comfy in the hand - owners choice I guess
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well done,top job,
well done,top job,
It actually has a really cool riding position!
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