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Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:03 am
by Tim400GB
Like quite a few chaps on here I reckon that there's enough spares in my garage to build another nc30.
I want a 'clothes horse' to wear my fairing, for whenever it goes off to get painted, to save taking me taking the main project off the bench too.

The plan is to build it to a nice standard without going too mad and try and use as many of my spares as possible.

This is how far I've got.

The old bottom yoke has been bead blasted and zinc coated (new headstock bearings and seals though).
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Swingarm spindle and nuts etc bead blasted and zinc coated
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Spare swingarm cleaned up quite nicely and all torqued up.
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Old hub came up well too, very minimal damage to the teeth and the bearings feel fine.
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The pinch bolt (blasted and zinc'd) that was for my main project until Kayla and her titanium temptation came along.
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Caliper hanger, has a tiny bit of corrosion that I couldn't get rid of.
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My old kick stand, I cut the mount for the rubber off, too bent and rusty to save. It will be stripped and zinc'd. The fairing mount has a tiny crack in it too, so that will get welded.
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And this is how she sits at the moment.
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But not for too long, I want my bench back! Lots of parts are getting zinc and anodising and I have all the front and rear suspension with wheels so hopefully she be rolling quite soon.

Hi, my names Tim and I'm a Hondaholic bighug

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:49 am
by vfrman
Where are you getting everything zinc coated?? Is it a terribly expesive process??

Looking nice btw!!

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:02 am
by Tim400GB
Cheers

No, its actually quite cheap. Makes everything look brand new and stops any rust.
Its a small firm not far from where I work, dont even know their name, I just drop in every few days

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:01 pm
by vfrman
Very lucky. I wouldn't even know where to look around here for a place like that.

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:44 pm
by rcv4
Try the yellow pages for electro platers.

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:31 am
by vfrman
Italy doesn't really have a yellow pages....

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:18 pm
by Tim400GB
Few more spares to be cleaned up for the project

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Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:44 pm
by Tim400GB
Bit more to add
Shock linkage blasted, zinc'd and rebuilt
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Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:10 pm
by ibby4585
Really nice clean up.

Loving the zinc coating.

Re: Another 'spare' bike

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:30 pm
by Tim400GB
Cheers

Got the parts back from Star anodising
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Few more bits from the zinc coaters
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So heres what I did today
Cleaned up the shock linkage and fitted it all
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Also fitted the brake torque arm and a few other brackets
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Waiting on more zinc coating and me painting the rear disc now