My friends (and anyone else who’s checking this out) feast your eyes- ask your questions- try not to be to envious of my fine machine shop (or photographic prowess)
Switchblade (pipe)Dream Build
- Thread starter PsychDoc
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First I cried- wire wheeling off the paint hurt my heart. But after taking the parts to my new best friends house, I felt better.
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Attaboy now she's lookin' the part & friends are great to have...just because. You've got to break some eggs in order to make a beautiful omelette. Frame paint comes last on every build that's not just a simple kit, but with great care and patience I think you'll manage to save most of it that's visible when completed.
The engine itself looks great fresh brushed way better than factory.
Rick C.
The engine itself looks great fresh brushed way better than factory.
Rick C.
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Thanks Rick! I think I will go with powder coat eventually. Unless cost is prohibitive or someone has information I need to consider.
My welder wouldn’t let me take the bike without cleaning the welds, a bit of a perfectionist.
And I don’t think I mentioned it here- I did buy a Motorsport 3D manual clutch.
My welder wouldn’t let me take the bike without cleaning the welds, a bit of a perfectionist.
And I don’t think I mentioned it here- I did buy a Motorsport 3D manual clutch.
That should be a god clutch, i have 2 in the box, yet. Bought of the market post, sell & trade.........Curt
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Removing the fins- use a hammer- smack them quite hard and “snap” off they come. Trying to cut them was a pain, the hammer works well.
Sanding- put the thing on an engine and run- this does not work well- tried the engine running and ‘sanding’ with an angel grinder- no good. Maybe a more aggressive disk would have been better. Tried a sanding block- too slow. It may have worked but it was slow going. So what I ended up doing was pulling the flywheel back off, again, and using the angle grinder to get close. Don’t stay in one place long. When I was close to flat I switched to a sanding block to avoid dips. Now that it’s almost there I put it back on the motor to get a ‘final’ surfacing. Pull it back off and’polish’ on the bench.
Sanding- put the thing on an engine and run- this does not work well- tried the engine running and ‘sanding’ with an angel grinder- no good. Maybe a more aggressive disk would have been better. Tried a sanding block- too slow. It may have worked but it was slow going. So what I ended up doing was pulling the flywheel back off, again, and using the angle grinder to get close. Don’t stay in one place long. When I was close to flat I switched to a sanding block to avoid dips. Now that it’s almost there I put it back on the motor to get a ‘final’ surfacing. Pull it back off and’polish’ on the bench.
I would touch my leg to it for a couple of seconds, haha. I'm working on a Honda clone and I may try sanding the rough cast. It had a plastic fan that I removed and cut with a hole saw to use as a spacer for the pull cord ring. Hope I can just rap the cord around it and start.
