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    Well I'm dropping the bike off tomorrow for the shop to attack it and strip a few bits off.

    Hopefully the new (2nd hand) GSXR 4-pot calipers will arrive soon. (Tracking says they are now in Sydney so should be OK)

    Then its off to the
    Powdercoater for most of the bits, and the exhaust home to try to clean it and polish it up !

    The rear shocks will be going in to the specialist for a rebuild.

    Still waiting on some bits from Oberon but the bars can be done any time so not worried about that.

    Finally some progress.....



    It's gonna be like a new bike! (in due course). Let's hope the whole process doesn't take TOO long....




    Ryan: tyres from here - Home

    (I think they have a new name and website now but can't find it just at the moment)
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    Nice!
    Dad has a stocky GSX1400, they certainly don't hold back!
    Great bikes
    The Phantom - Oslo Blue 2001 Td5 SE.
    Half dead but will live again!

    Nina - Chawton White 2003 Td5 S
    Slowly being improved

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    Well the shotgun sale has gone through so now I actually have the money to pay for all this..... which is, umm, handy.




    Quote Originally Posted by Disco Muppet View Post
    Nice!
    Dad has a stocky GSX1400, they certainly don't hold back!
    Great bikes

    He on the GSX1400.ORG forum perchance?
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    1994 Defender 130 HCPU "Rolly"
    1996 Discovery 1

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    He isn't. I shall point him towards it though.

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    The Phantom - Oslo Blue 2001 Td5 SE.
    Half dead but will live again!

    Nina - Chawton White 2003 Td5 S
    Slowly being improved

    Quote Originally Posted by Judo View Post
    You worry me sometimes Muppet!!


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    Progress with photos....

    I've been polishing the exhaust (had heaps of road grime caked on etc) It's a time consuming hard job but worth it.

    They started like this (actually look better in photos than they really are)


    This is after having attacked it with grey compound on a sisal wheel on the power drill. (before and after)


    The polishing is on the back burner briefly. The bloody 200mm wheels I got don't fit on my 250mm bench grinder - spindle is too large, Hopefully be able to sort that out with tradetools tomorrow.


    Meanwhile the bike is in the shop





    having had various parts stripped from it.



    These have since been to the powdercoaters who have done a MAGNIFICENT job for me, I'm very happy. I dropped most of the bits off, but took the rims to have some new Michelin PR4 tyres fitted.

    More to come as the project progresses but here's a teaser....

    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    1993 Defender 110 ute "Doris"
    1994 Range Rover Vogue LSE "The Luxo-Barge"
    1994 Defender 130 HCPU "Rolly"
    1996 Discovery 1

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    I was expecting the wheels to be a bit more maroon than that!

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    I wanted red. They vary in different light
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    1994 Range Rover Vogue LSE "The Luxo-Barge"
    1994 Defender 130 HCPU "Rolly"
    1996 Discovery 1

    current

    1995 Defender 130 HCPU and Suzuki GSX1400


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    Nice - when you reckon it'll be back on the road?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VladTepes View Post
    After much research it came down to a classic style muscle bike - either the GSX1400 or XJR1300. Sense prevailed.
    Oi! I resent that!












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    Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA



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    More progress:

    Having done the initial polishing on a wheel attached to the drill, I changed to a series of wheels on the bench grinder.

    One little hiccup was that the M16 thread tapered spindle I had, while the correct thread, wouldn't slide over the larger diameter spindle? on the grinder.

    Out with the angle grinder... sorted!





    Having worked up to blue compound on the mop wheel, I reckon they've come up pretty good, even though this photo doesn't do it justice it gives some indication......




    BEFORE


    AFTER


    A bit of autosol tomorrow and they'll be finished.




    Ryan - all things being equal - hopefully next weekend.
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


    gone


    1993 Defender 110 ute "Doris"
    1994 Range Rover Vogue LSE "The Luxo-Barge"
    1994 Defender 130 HCPU "Rolly"
    1996 Discovery 1

    current

    1995 Defender 130 HCPU and Suzuki GSX1400


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