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iansoady

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Re: My XBR project
« Reply #180 on: February 01, 2023, 02:12:47 PM »
Thanks Matt, I'm very pleased with how it's all come together - after a lot of false starts! Thanks as well to you & Joolz (and others) for helpful ideas etc.

Now I'll have to see if I like riding it......
Ian.
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iansoady

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« Reply #181 on: February 01, 2023, 05:13:33 PM »
Wings applied. For some reason the photos seem to exaggerate the orange peel effct. It isn't as bad in real life. Honestly.....





Ian.
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themoudie

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« Reply #182 on: February 01, 2023, 08:02:45 PM »
Aye Ian,

This re-finishing compound works very well on "orange peel" rattle can paintwork: Farecla G3 Pro Colour Restorer 500ml

Use the foam pads that are designed to apply the compound and I found worked very well on my Ducati 450 side panels, sprayed with Holts "Ford, Rosso Red": Farecla G3 Pro Applicator Waffle Pads

Both are available off the shelf in Halfrauds.

Good health, Bill

iansoady

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« Reply #183 on: February 02, 2023, 09:59:27 AM »
Thanks Bill, as I say looks much better in life for some reason. When I finish various details I'll roll it outside to take some better snaps. But will bear your recommendation in mind....
Ian.
1952 Norton ES2
1986 Honda XBR500
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iansoady

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« Reply #184 on: February 02, 2023, 11:06:29 AM »
Just put a gallon of petrol in and started up for the first time since I bought it. It runs very nicely and sounds good - I've fitted a mute in the end of the Goldie silencer but will see how it runs with that.

Being a confirmed softy I will not take it on the road till warmer times.
Ian.
1952 Norton ES2
1986 Honda XBR500
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Moto63

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« Reply #185 on: February 02, 2023, 11:13:00 AM »
Great result Ian. 👍..... I’m going to kindda miss this thread, enjoyed watching your progress with. Hopefully you will have many happy S,miles on it👍
Cheers, Michael

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My XBR project sees daylight!
« Reply #186 on: February 02, 2023, 02:11:42 PM »
I couldn't resist shoving it out of the garage to take a couple of snaps in daylight.....





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themoudie

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« Reply #187 on: February 02, 2023, 02:44:06 PM »
Very tidy Ian.

Go on, give it a whirl! ;)

Good health, Bill

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« Reply #188 on: February 02, 2023, 05:41:03 PM »
Looks a treat! 👍
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Re: My XBR project
« Reply #189 on: February 02, 2023, 09:28:45 PM »
Nice one Ian.
Enjoyed your thread and admired your skill.
Hope to see the bike one day
Kev
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iansoady

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« Reply #190 on: February 03, 2023, 10:47:09 AM »
Thanks for all the kind words. It's been very helpful to know that people have enjoyed what I've been doing especially when things weren't going well. It's taken almost exactly 3 months and has cost round about £600 on top of the purchase price of £2,000. It's amazing how the costs mount up but I think it's been worth it.

Now I'll have to find something else to keep me off the streets.......
Ian.
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1986 Honda XBR500
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« Reply #191 on: February 03, 2023, 10:48:17 AM »
Yes well done-an interesting thread.
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« Reply #192 on: February 03, 2023, 11:44:50 AM »
Now I'll have to find something else to keep me off the streets.......
Ha, ha! You might be hard pressed to find an alternative as satisfying.  When you posted about lying in bed with all the permutations going around in your head, I thought you might get hooked. More so now that you've  achieved  such good results.
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« Reply #193 on: February 03, 2023, 10:31:53 PM »


Now I'll have to find something else to keep me off the streets.......
You can come to work with me Ian if you like, I can show you how to bend copper pipes, lead burn (weld) The  pays not brilliant but always plenty o tea or coffee on tap 😉
Cheers, Michael

iansoady

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Re: My XBR project
« Reply #194 on: February 04, 2023, 10:10:18 AM »
Thanks but no thanks.... My adventures in plumbing have not been great successes. I vividly remember the winter of 1982 when we had snow all up the back of our terraced house and the pipes froze solid. No central heating, just a coal fire in the living room and a gas fire in the front room. By jove we were tough (I digress). We were also very hard up.

Anyway I came down with a bad dose of flu just before the thaw set in and what happened? What you might expect, leaks appeared everywhere. I spent days crawling about lifting floorboards and remaking popped joints - fortunately none of the pipes had actually split. I swore then that if I ever had enough money to pay someone else to do that sort of job that's what I'd do. And I do.....
Ian.
1952 Norton ES2
1986 Honda XBR500
1958(ish) Grumph.....