Ok so today made some good progress managed to hit the frame again with the wire brush then paint it up.
First I had to de tab the frame
tabs done
Then on to spraying. Let me go on the record as saying I'm not even a spray painters, butchers, second cousins, Guinea pigs vet.
Luckily the clothes line is weight rated
Next we went to the mill to modify the top triple
Set up is everything
First we wanted to make the slot to house the idiot lights
Originally there was a Suzuki emblem countersunk into the triple and its dimensions were larger top to bottom than the idiot lights so we chamfered all around the gauge.
Next we decided to use the hole that use to mount the ignition, and bore it out large enough to house the speedometer.
We had to be careful not to take out any of the ribs on the underside of the triple
it was slow going so we tried our luck with a 54mm circular cutter
It paid off
Then it was back to boring until we got it to the required size
Then the final test to see if it's the right size
Success!! We then needed to drill holes and tap threads on the underside of the triple to secure the gauges
Pretty happy with today's progress, tomorrow I'll get some more paint and put another few coats on the frame and the discretely bring it in to the lounge room and put it under the heating ducts to try and bake it... then it's on to the engine
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