What did you do to your bike today? (part 4)

[Stu]

@Stu

I have just spent far too long looking at the strange tool circled. Thinking it was some kind of 1 handled piston extractor but not quite sure how it would work. Then I realised what I was looking at........I'm going back to bed

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How much did you drink last night

[Stu]

Spent £190 on brake parts

Can't put a price on safety

Or boredom

[Troy]

Another wee update

I'm getting there

Considering that I'm using a 24lt 2.5hp compressor that I got from Screwfix for under £100 and a air gun that cost £10 new I would say that is not a bad job

Adding to it, the last spraying job I did with this kind of paint was back in 1984 when I was asked to spray 5 tanks and 8 amphibious vehicles from the army

Tomorrow will be starting the clear coats.

 

May I ask what your setup is for spraying? Links to tools would be good if you can

[S-Westerly]

Cleaned and lubed the chain. So dull.

[Ian Frog]

Cleaned off the spiders webs and crap from my soft panniers and fitted my new (to me) Bagster small tankbag.

I have some weekend trips in mind later in the year.

Cheers

Ian

[fastbob]

Cleaned what appeared to be 16 years worth of embedded black filth from the sand-cast textured spokes of my front wheel . I used a can of foaming Wheel Cleaner and a brass wire brush to scrub all four sides of each of 13 spokes . It took most of the afternoon but I'm very pleased with the results . I couldn't help remembering though that my GSXR had six spokes on the entire bike !

[Guest]

Spent £190 on brake parts

 

 

In case you need to stop quickly in the garage?

[Stu]

Spent £190 on brake parts

 

 

In case you need to stop quickly in the garage?

 

something like that

[skyrider]

it should take it in its stride now though

[Mickly]

Opened the garage to plug the battery minder in on the mighty Speedtriple, only to discover that I’d already done it

[Guest Swagman]

Opened the garage to plug the battery minder in on the mighty Speedtriple, only to discover that I’d already done it

 

Now there’s a coincidence I opened the shed to connect the minder as I forgot to do it .

[gymwitch]

This....

Then this (which i sent to my bestie)

Then she replied with this

Then this....

[Ian Frog]

You are so in need of some kind of psychological help lol

Cheers Ian

[gymwitch]

[mention]Ian Frog[/mention] just having fun

[skyrider]

hope so that hedge cutter looks like a fearsome weapon,

Edited April 13, 2020 by skyrider

[Throttled]

Rode it to Halfords to pick up the new horn, fitted said horn and then washed it ready for some touch up paint.

[Ian Frog]

@Ian Frog just having fun

 

I had a feeling you were enjoying yourself.

Cameraman was quite brave IMHO lol.

Cheers

Ian

[skyrider]

well seeing as i have taken my steed off the road for a while after i finished work today i drained the fuel tank so that will now be used in the mowers

[sm0129]

Changed fork oil seals and fitted a new speedo cable on the MT

[husoi]

May I ask what your setup is for spraying? Links to tools would be good if you can

 

Hi,

the tools are:

Air compressor - Stanley 24lt by screwfix

https://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-8216035scr011-24ltr-electric-compressor-with-5-piece-accessory-kit-240v/48089

- Air gun, the one in the compressor kit for clear acrylic and the new (£10) one for the primer and red paint.

The guns are very similar the only difference are the air flow control which is pretty much useless

- measuring cups, should have got more than 2, at least 5 or more so you don't mix the paints

- A very useful tool, the tin opener used by the shops, this allows you also to mix the paint with hardener and tinners

- scrub pad

- plenty of microfiber cloths, ideally 4 of them

- latex gloves, I've used over 20 pairs. Fortunately I had a 100 pack in the garage

- breathing mask. This is an imperative.

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Materials used:

- Plastic primer 1 spray can

- Plastic filler 1 250gr tin

- Gray primer (this is combined with the final colour) 1 lt

- Red paint (I've used Mazda red because the Honda type is £50 more expensive and the difference is minimal) 1lt

- 5lt general purpose tinner for diluting primer and washing tools

- hardeners and special tinner for red paint

- masking tape (I got the wider one)

- plenty of newspaper for covering parts you don't want to paint.

For this type of job I would advise a larger compressor, 24lt is far too little for the amount of work to be done and you will have the compressor working all the time.

A mistake I've done is not having bought an air trap. You really need it, had a few drops falling on the paint. Even if you drain the compressor regularly you still need it.

Wee stanley 24lt compressor

gun on left used for clear coats, one on right for primer and red paint

Just buffing to be done in next few days

Same as topbox, need final polishing

Bbq break

[elwon20]

Treated the GSXR to a set of BST Carbon Fibre wheels. Should arrive by the end of this week. Found a good deal, and I always wanted a litre bike with a set of these on, so really quite excited!

[gymwitch]

Hmmmmm shiny

 

[Guest Swagman]

Started one of them up yesterday and that’s all.

[Ian Frog]

Hmmmmm shiny

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Well done #gymwitch that's come up very well.

Did you use the circular saw or the hedge trimmer lol.

Cheers

Ian

[dynax]

Gave Xena a good cleaning, only used some speed polish and a rag but went round everything, wheels and spokes all the chrome all the paint, took care of a couple of hours