69 120r

Thanks darkman ! I had a new set of dustcover / seals thrown in as part of the bike buying negotiations , so in theoery they should be for a 69 and if they thread on I should be in buisness . They should arrive foday or tomorrow with luck , a biggish piece of the jigsaw that will be a relief to get my hands on .

 

My new sliders arrived today and seems like they are correct thankfully . One still had the cone thing in the bottom which I presume the seller couldnt get out easily enough , a little heat did the trick and saved me a tenner buying another , every bit helps as this bike needs a lot of parts !
Bought a couple of rims today and planning on re chroming . Is the general viewpoint with new chromed wheels to rebuild with stainless spokes ?
Thinking about my front brake drum today , what paint do people use which gives the best results and looks original , thoughts appreciated .

 

Thanks darkman ,mucho appreciated stainless it is I Spent most of the day basting the frame and bits , more bits than I thought!
Getting close now to my big first parts order ,quite a list . Am I right in thinking LF Harris are probably good bet for fork stantions , some sites seem to list a stantion and also a hard chrome more expense option any thoughts to if these are worthwhile ?

 

Thanks , I am planning on a big parts order tomorrow and think I will go with the Harris stantions.
I do have a question about the black paint , looking at pics online am I right in thinking everything uses the same full gloss but the oil tank looks glossier because it has been lacquered over for the decal. Blasting is just about finished so need to get some paint on soon

 

One black it is . Hope I am ok asking all these questions , feel a bit of a pain . So todays question is regarding shocks , mine came with the earlier covered type which I quite like the look of but looking at the parts book they should be uncovered . Is this likely an added part when originals wore out or were some fitted using up parts at the factorey maybe . Most suppliers do not say what makes they are so presumanly cheap copies if so do people find they ride just fine and stand up to time or should I fit Hagons or an adjustable kind perhaps .

 

Those Hagons look fine , do they ride noticeably better than stock though to justify the expense , I see Tricor Andy does some shocks , just says adjustable koni style shocks at £120 I may give him a call to find out more .

 

Ok thats more than good enough for me thanks , Hagons now on the list its onky money after all big parts order today so now beans o toast for a few weeks . I seem to remember a friend asking whats it going to cost in parts ? I think very naively and probably knowingly kidding myself about 1 or two k, need to revise that by 100% . But it will be a cracker I am sure

 

Yes I am sure your right , I am giving this bike everything it could desire , every bearing , seal moving part is being replaced with best available that I am aware of . My main battle is with myself and originality , I fancy a few changes from original . Not much just small things , I may get a uk tank and paint that at the same time so I can see which I like , any changes I do could be easily put back to stock . I see this bike being a keeper so I want it to be right and compliment the garage .
Should have some pics of painted parts soon . My brothers paint shop has been busy , but hoping to get some primer on today .
Pistons were ordered yesterday so Should arrive tomorrow or today , which means I can take the crank,rods and piston to be dynamically balanced . The hold up was seeing if my old narrel would clean up but no joy so will have new cylinders and std pistons . Looking forward to getting crank back so I can get the engine back together .

 

Had to think about that for a while ... but that could be an idea , I must stop looking at google images of bober type stuff its not helping

 

Yesterday I primered most of the frame and bits , a coat of lechler epoxy primer then some higher build on top quite a rust pits in this frame so today with a little stopper and most of the day wet flatting it’s nearly ready for the 2k black when I get the chance . I decided to wet paint everything you see hanging , leaving just a small number of other bits that will be powder coated foot pegs . . Should have a serious delivery of parts early next week !