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Cleaned and reorganized my shed.Needed it badly.Enough room to work out there now
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Got my envelope from Mr.Barr today.On of the first thing on the agenda is to do a PineSol dip http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=165622 .Can you even get the favored Berryman's in Canada?As mine are mixing well now Berrymans is probably overkill.Did the boot O rings already,post#49.A thank you to Mr.Barr for doing this for GSR and all the other makes that use his Oring sets:clap:
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Started to take the 85 apart to get it all nice for the spring.Got home from work and removed the body work.Got the battery box out and the electrial panel on the left side
Pretty good for a couple of hours out there.Stay tuned for more
Pretty good for a couple of hours out there.Stay tuned for more
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Been waiting for this 
So what's the plan with the tear down? General neaten up? Repaint? Something else entirely?
Apologies if I've missed the answer but I thought I'd kept up with your thread...
So what's the plan with the tear down? General neaten up? Repaint? Something else entirely?
Apologies if I've missed the answer but I thought I'd kept up with your thread...
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Guess you would say a general neaten up with a complete repaint.Body work red with gold pinstripes i plan on doing the hard way http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=165697 .Nothing fancy,I like it the way it is except for all the PO neglect.
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Sounds like a good plan actually, that should go well especially with the red highlights on the motor and the red brake lines.
Had a peak at your other thread and there's no way my hand would be steady enough for that, so good luck! Looks like you're getting the hang of it in the last pic though.
Had a peak at your other thread and there's no way my hand would be steady enough for that, so good luck! Looks like you're getting the hang of it in the last pic though.
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A new brush and a bit of good advice made a big improvement.
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Had some car distractions this week but got some more done today.I did some last weekend to but not enough to post.
The rest of the body work is off,wiring is out and the carbs are out.Next big one is to get the engine out.Good times
Love having room to work in the shed,especially on a showery day like today!
The rest of the body work is off,wiring is out and the carbs are out.Next big one is to get the engine out.Good times
Love having room to work in the shed,especially on a showery day like today!
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You're definitely getting somewhere now!
I'm jealous of the room you have to work too.
To get in to mine, I have to back my wife's car out of the garage, then move the rolling frame so I can get into the work bench.
Very frustrating and restrictive, especially if I want to do something late at night without making any noise!
I'm jealous of the room you have to work too.
To get in to mine, I have to back my wife's car out of the garage, then move the rolling frame so I can get into the work bench.
Very frustrating and restrictive, especially if I want to do something late at night without making any noise!
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Did some more today .Exhaust is off,so's the oil cooler.Engine mounts are loose so it's ready to come out tomorrow.
Thanks Pete,the shed clean has made doing stuff on rainy days possible.It rains here a lot in the fall and winter.Been doing most of the work over the summer out in front of the shed.It was not going to work if I wanted to get anything done over the winter.
Thanks Pete,the shed clean has made doing stuff on rainy days possible.It rains here a lot in the fall and winter.Been doing most of the work over the summer out in front of the shed.It was not going to work if I wanted to get anything done over the winter.
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Good stuff, you'll have it stripped down in no time!
I wanna start working on mine at night, but I need to move my rolling chassis out of the way to do that, but nowhere to put it...
Here's the area I have, very disorganised because I barely get time to work on it let alone tidy up properly!
That's the front of my wife's car on the left and the top crankcase half is under the pink rag behind the bike... not so squeezy!!
I wanna start working on mine at night, but I need to move my rolling chassis out of the way to do that, but nowhere to put it...
Here's the area I have, very disorganised because I barely get time to work on it let alone tidy up properly!
That's the front of my wife's car on the left and the top crankcase half is under the pink rag behind the bike... not so squeezy!!
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Don't really have that much more room Pete.There is a bit more but not by as much as it looks.
So you think it will be done soon hee?
You may just be right
All the painting and polishing to keep me occupied this winter.
Done for now!
So you think it will be done soon hee?
You may just be right
All the painting and polishing to keep me occupied this winter.
Done for now!
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And you're done! Nice! Now it's time for the real fun of making it all nice and shiny and getting it back together
My main issue with my space is that I have nowhere to put the frame without taking the car out, which stops me being able to get into the work bench and crankcases.
Apparently we're getting a garden shed at some point, been waiting for that for months now. If we had that, then the mower, whipper snipper, and a bunch of other stuff can go out there which would give me an alternative place in the garage to store the rolling frame, then I'd be laughin'!
My main issue with my space is that I have nowhere to put the frame without taking the car out, which stops me being able to get into the work bench and crankcases.
Apparently we're getting a garden shed at some point, been waiting for that for months now. If we had that, then the mower, whipper snipper, and a bunch of other stuff can go out there which would give me an alternative place in the garage to store the rolling frame, then I'd be laughin'!
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Well what helps me with space is a workshop on the back of my place.All the parts bikes are back there,what's left of them.Plus a bunch of other stuff.The mower and snippier are in the shed to,they are hung up on the left,made the extra room in the shed possible.Have a small compressor on the left to,very handy
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Yeah I need that shed... that and some time to get a bit more organised would solve my problem I think, then I wouldn't have to move the frame every time I wanted to do something...
Must remember to nag the wife and the house mate about it tonight and find out what we're doing about it!
Must remember to nag the wife and the house mate about it tonight and find out what we're doing about it!
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1/2 a bottle of Simple green(full strength)and some time with the pressure washer and I know have a mostly clean frame.
Now to clean up the rust.
Also got a new set of grips locally.
Good buy to!
Now to clean up the rust.
Also got a new set of grips locally.
Good buy to!
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The projects looking great. I recently painted the frame on my 1000 and tried many different rattle cans, VHT, plasti kote, Canadian Tire Dupli-color. Wound up going with a Dupli-color product that is an epoxy mix I found at JB's Paint and Body Supplies down on Oak St. After being left for awhile it has turned into a very durable stock looking black. The VHT frame paint is very close though, just a bit shinier. Looking forward to the next pics.
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On this thread http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=167441 I found out about this:
So I'm going to give it a try.It's really just a strong enamel,my dad used to work where they made real epoxy paint.This is not but as long as it works,it will have all winter to cure.
So I'm going to give it a try.It's really just a strong enamel,my dad used to work where they made real epoxy paint.This is not but as long as it works,it will have all winter to cure.
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That frame is certainly looking much cleaner! I couldn't believe the difference in mine either once I'd gotten the cleaner onto it.
I did mine with POR 15 Blackcote with brushes and it came out pretty well over all. You can still see some brush strokes but I can live with that.
I also used POR 15 Metal Ready which takes care of the little bits of surface rust around the place and gives it all a nice surface for the paint to adhere.
Those grips should be nice and comfy too by the looks, gotta love the gel stuff!
I did mine with POR 15 Blackcote with brushes and it came out pretty well over all. You can still see some brush strokes but I can live with that.
I also used POR 15 Metal Ready which takes care of the little bits of surface rust around the place and gives it all a nice surface for the paint to adhere.
Those grips should be nice and comfy too by the looks, gotta love the gel stuff!
