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From: Terh on 9 Jun 2010 10:30 On Jun 9, 1:15 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > "Roper" <ke...(a)live.co.uk> wrote in message news:b92049de-ad77-4e3e-b1d4->> > >> I dunno, but I wouldn't be surprised. > > >> > or make an alloy tank for a MotoGP > >> > bike, > > >> That's not restoration, idiot. > > >> > and in my mind those who suggest "restoration" is likely to > >> > involve copious amounts of body filler, and bodging up fuel tanks with > >> > silly DIY snake oil, are much mistaken > > >> I think this is where Beav ought to post links to all the photos he > >> took of the restoration of my TS250ER bodywork, which detailed the > >> work start to finish, and of which some appeared in a motorcycle > >> magazine, whose staff were sufficiently impressed to run them. > > >> In short, he does it, and you, Kenny boi, have made a fool of yourself > >> here before. So much so that you made it into the ukrmc FAQs. > > > Anyone can pug up a dented tank with body filler.............. > > Someone once said that a trained monkey could paint too, but I haven't seen > any of your work, so I can't really comment on the veracity of that > statement. > > >but I > > guess if he is "restoring" low end type bikes without much value, > > there is no need for the type of skill required to make a new MotoGP > > tank, > > And when did making a MotoGP tank become part of any restoration work? > > > which to al intents and purposes are the same as those required > > to properly restore a badly damaged original part! > > Oh riiight! I get you now. > > -- > Beav If you are able to make a complete tank from scratch to a very high standard, then its pretty obvious that making anything else much is well within the realms of possibility. Filling dents with P38 and then painting the bodged part, is a world away from proper resto work on vehicles which may have a final value of over £1M...............
From: CT on 9 Jun 2010 11:30 SIRPip wrote: > darsy wrote: > > > it's an atrocity. > > It's a mystery. Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! -- Chris
From: TOG on 9 Jun 2010 11:47 On 9 June, 16:30, "CT" <m...(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > SIRPip wrote: > > darsy wrote: > > > > it's an atrocity. > > > It's a mystery. > > Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! > 7 December 1941!
From: TOG on 9 Jun 2010 11:47 On 9 June, 15:25, Terh <ke...(a)live.co.uk> wrote: > > The "Tankshop" in Scotland is generally very busy with making alloy > tanks, joining thinner materials is a little more difficult but doesnt > stray far away from basic metalwork skills. To effect a good repair in > very thin sections if an appropriate joint is possible, then its well > worth looking at silver solder, which means very little distortion, > and other than the solder and flux can be carried out at home with a > basic propane or butane torch. Otherwise TIG brazing or pulsed TIG > welding will work very well, with final finishing being carried out > with lead loading. Coo, Kenny's morphed already. Calls himself Brian White now.
From: CT on 9 Jun 2010 11:57
TOG(a)Toil wrote: > On 9 June, 16:30, "CT" <m...(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > > SIRPip wrote: > > > darsy wrote: > > > > > > it's an atrocity. > > > > > It's a mystery. > > > > Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! > > > > 7 December 1941! #Oh, what a night -- Chris |