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From: crn on 11 Jun 2010 07:46 In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > > The biggest problem with all "this" is that kenny boi/krustycunt/whoever > seems to be confusing a restoration project with keeping an old bike looking > good and working well, or returning said article to a useable condition as > opposed to making it a garage/showroom ornament. Precisely. Most bikes are simply not worth a total restoration project. I am currently working on the blue 400 Four. With Superdream Comstar wheels and forks it is never going to be "right" without spending far more than it can justify. It needed some carb work, one downpipe, a chain and sprockets and some new cables to fix the mechanicals. The engine sounds sweet and runs nicely so it is getting a fibreglass pattern rear mudguard to replace the unobtainable chrome original. There is some rust on the frame and swingarm but this is cosmetic rather than structural so the rust will be taken back to clean metal and touched in. Other assorted tinwork will be stripped and repainted black and then finally the tank and sidepanels will be repainted and new decals applied. All fairly simple stuff, as a pensioner my time is cheap and the result will be a good rideable bike that looks tidy and will give many more years of use. But it will never be a show queen. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 78 Honda 400/4 in black 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Beav on 12 Jun 2010 06:16 "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:ca771b15-eded-4333-a867-ebf58a0624e1(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > On 11 June, 10:51, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > >> He's what's known as a "5 minute expert" > > > I've always preferred this definition of an expert: > > An ex is a has-been and a spurt is a drip under pressure. Yeah, a good description if ever there was. "Expert" is a word I really don't like to hear, either from someone who professes to be one, or from someone who says someone else is one. -- Beav
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 12 Jun 2010 06:56 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Beav" <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> saying something like: >With MIG brazing now being the most common method. It's also used on day to >day repairs on cars such as new Fords, and VW's. Nothing else is allowed, as >normal welding (gas, arc, MIG or TIG) causes changes in the high boron >content steel used in these cars now, so although any good weld will *look* >good and actually *be* good, the problem is just "north and south" of the >weld which has now been seriously weakened by the welding process. Mig >brazing is the only way to retain the same levels of safety (think of the >children) that were present at manufacture and produce a good joint. Now that's interesting. Thanks for that info.
From: The Older Gentleman on 12 Jun 2010 07:19 Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > "Expert" is a word I really > don't like to hear, either from someone who professes to be one, or from > someone who says someone else is one. The latter gets me, at least half the times I've contemplated buying a used bike privately. "Who's serviced the bike?" "My Dad. He's an expert. Knows all about bikes...." "Oh yeah? What does he ride?" "Well, he used to have a BSA...." -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: The Older Gentleman on 12 Jun 2010 07:19
Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > but as soon as prices go north of 1000 > quid I can understand people who are on a budget, but I can never uderstand why people think everything should be cheap. "But that's more than I paid for the bike!" is the usual response to a quote like the above. And the answer is: "Yes. You bought a cheap old bike. What did you expect?" -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |