The weather yesterday was too wet for painting outside so i set to work on other sundry items. The horns fitted to the bike are a pair of aftermarket “Clearhooters” on a home made bracket. The bracket had snapped, see arrow in picture, and a field repair made by wrapping the pale colour wire around the other part. I feel that this temporary repair became permanent. I won’t weld the bracket but will make a new and stronger one.
This is the top end of the side stand spring. It has worn half way through where it touches the spigot it is hooked on to. Time to get out the box of old springs and see if a replacement can be found or adapted.
Well here is a nice surprise, my box of stand springs had one in it. There was a Triumph one in there, yet i’ve never owned a Triumph. Old one is on the far left.
The underside of the front mudguard. Preparation was sanding, treating rust spots, primer and two coats of enamel paint (as used on my Land Rover wheels).
Paint test swatch for the front mudguard. First the grey primer was sprayed over a piece of scrap steel then the Alaskan white paint (cellulose) applied by brush, next the orange/red colour sprayed on (Halfords Rover Vermillion). 24 hours passed between each application. The orange/red paint is very thin and doesn’t take to either of the other paints, producing a poor finish. I will try a different supplier.
