pugeyed

thats good news about the spare tank. here is a link to a rechroming place i use. very good and actually "restore" the parts before they are chromed rather than just plating over the rust like other company's. nickel is a lovely colour , got a box of stuff heading there way http://www.marquerestore.co.uk/index.html

ah ha! nice pics gaz . do they run ? or have you tried to get them running yet? some nice flames on that tank looks like you will be busy sandblasting the cafe one ,tank might be a bit far gone? good luck with them matey, cant wait for more pics, think im more excited than you lol

pics?

2 sugars please matey, i could restore bikes all day, problem is no one would pay me to do it lol

looks good gaz, cant wait for an update. sod it just gimme your address ill come round and make a start!

ooh shiny, lovely mate

matches your bars i like it

cheers peeps! only reason i used oven pride is cuz thats what i had in. and yes i put the tooth brush back where it belongs

so i saw a cheap billet bar clamp on ebay for the bandit. but didnt like the colour as it doesnt really go with the colour of the bike. so decided to take the blue anodising off so i could polish the bare alloy. a quick rub down with some wet and dry to let the agent into the surface and it looked like this next i used oven pride oven cleaner (which contains sodium hydroxide) i have used drain cleaner in the past although you havent got much time with that as its quite corrosive using a tooth brush i gently covered the top of the clamp (be carefull folks, eye protection, latex or nitrile gloves are a must, plus wear a long sleave jumper) now you can see the blue is starting to go at this stage you have only got the blue off, there will be a white/grey layer underneth keep painting the oven cleaner on until you can see the bare alloy coming through, i find it helps if you leave it for 5 mins then rinse it off and wet and dry it . once your at the stage you want to add more oven cleaner dry it off completly as i find it doesnt like going onto wet alloy. you can clearly see it reacting with the alloy. in these pics you can see the layer underneth clearly, you need to remove all this to polish the alloy. more rubbing and you will end up with something like this still needs some more work but you get the idea need to rub it down with some 1200 and then get it on the polishing wheel. still not sure on the knuckle duster, might have a think and see if i like it just so you know, this annodising wasnt very thick, other stuff i have had a nightmare with but you never know till you try. this took me 2 hours.

ha ha !

seen it before but excellent skill, cant beat a bit of danny

i was thinking of x2 clamps robbie that will go round the arm that way i can attach a chainguard, but if that doesnt work yep, rivit inserts would do it just as well

ta

very nice matey, and good for the money.

hullo

nice looking bike matey

looks good gaz i have restored worse than that you will be fine, just have to decide if you can restore parts or cheaper to buy new, more pics please! spill the beans on your plans for the cafe then,you must tell us more. currently bidding on another bike on evilbay so will let you know. all the best Mark.

now thats nice , bet it goes well!

you know my thoughts on cafe racers matey. new camera and new bikes hope you realise you now have no excuse! looking forward to it matey, let me know if i can help with anything.

pics please, im no good at waiting........

come back soon jax, hope you sort things out soon. all the best Mark.

hello and welcome

ooops! bet that spot of red in front is where he smashed his head! bet that hurt

oh dear, still funny though