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Hey mate how’s it going?
I have to say I really like the Twin in Green!.. (Oh my God!! Don’t tell the Kaptin!) 🙁
Don’t know what it is but your bike has quite a stance on her… Are they standard bars…? It looks mean as Fook! 🙂

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Woohoo… I have my Carbs back!… (Well ish?)
After.. one heck of a roller-coaster ride of Hope – Despair – Disaster – and minor Victorys
I am glad to say we now have Maggie Running on her own set of CSR carburettors.. There may be some fine tuning to do but I’m confident that the outlook is good!

Wifey I think you need to progress into the official New Project thread now!
Let the build and refit begin! 🙂

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I know what the finished bike is but where’s the rest of the build photos… 🙁

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Nice bike Padders.. Bet it’s loud with them exhausts. 🙂

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Well done Buddy…. No problem with the help in the garage… For once it was you who needed your arse kicking! 🙂
Swing arm on your B is looking good, if you got your brackets and caliper looking the same your bike will look bob on.
Now put the Fag out! Ditch the Brew and get Cracking OB1.. 😉

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Nice.. Very Nice.:-)

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Good news is we have Magpie running.. The bad news is its with Tangos B1 Gpz Carbs!

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Good news is we have Magpie running.. The bad news is its with Tangos B1 Gpz Carbs!

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Well the problems keep on Rolling.. 🙁
I’ve managed to rub all the old lacquer off…my bloody fingers are killing!!
Part of the problem is that where I have had to rub born near edges, yhe paint has gone back to metal in some places. So I’ve have to put down some primer to give the new paint a key to stick to.

Problem is that even though I have rubbed all the lacquer off I’m still getting a reaction when I try and do this!… So I’m afraid there’s nothing
I can do…But Smash it up with a Big Hammer!!!.

No only joking.. I’m going to have to sand it back to Flat off any reaction cracks and completely seal the remaining paint with an isolator primer.

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Looks like it’s going to be a stunner mate.
I Love that seat.:-)

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This is where in back down to.
I have had to remove all the pinstriping, and start to sand all the lacquer back off!!
It is a long hard and soul destroying process! 🙁

But if I want to get any kind of decent finish on the tank… I’m afraid it has to be done!

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This is where I’d got upto…
And a coat and a half of lacquer

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Ok… Things are sent to test us..
I had got to the stage of pinstriping the tank… But I tried to use a Petrol Resistant Lacquer. Is isn’t any good! It is so thick it clogged the spray nozzle up not even half way through the tin.. And it is a product that you can not respray over as it will react!!

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And it isn’t too bad from the side.

By the time I get the pinstripes on and the Tank Badges in place. I’m hoping that it will look good enough. 😉

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I think I’m going to have to live with it!

I have used a Metallic Pearl Paint and if I keep adding more paint to try and get it sorted, I risk changing the colour of the tank,it will start to appear darker! And if I try to rub it down to much to get rid of it! The paint will start to go lighter in patches where it thins to much!… That’s the problem with Pearl Paint!

It’s not bad from a distance, I think I’m just going to have to live with it!

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