Recent content by Bevelheadmhr

If you haven't seen this.. visit to the TAB2 workshop and making a tank...

HEL custom brakes lines now fitted front and back..

The front discs turned out to be from an 05 R6, not a04, they are 10mm bigger, which meant the calipers didn't fit. Bought an aftermarket set of the correct size, and also swapped the gold spots for Blue spots, as I preferred the look.. The rear brake torque arm looked a bit thick, so was...

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Fame at last! lol

On its wheels at last, with rearsets done. Weighs 81kg as it sits, don't know by how much, but its much lighter than a stock bike in the same state.

Fitted the paintwork to the bike for the first time, looks ok, but all is not good. The 2K clear coat on the tank is still 'soft' after a month. Clearly there was a problem with the hardener in the last special rattle can I used. I'm told the clear coat will eventually harden even without any...

While I'm working on some homemade rearsets for my GPz project...

Got the old Astralite wheel back from the local coating specialist, pretty good colour match from an original section cut out of an old wheel..

With the badges and filler cap fitted, just need to polish the paintwork and its done. The 2K clear seems a little soft after a few days, so that can wait until the clear is fully cured. Next job is to make the rearsets..

Applied the decals, followed by three more coats of 2K clear. Now have to wait a few days for the 2K to harden, then can flatten it back and give the paint polish..

The tank had a dent that was tricky to remove. Using a steel rod, held in a vice which was passed through the filler cap, then carefully hammering the tank against the rod removed most of the dent. A little filler did the rest. Paint is rattle can 1K candy apple blue, when its gassed off in a...

The billet parts have been hard anodised and fitted to the bike..

Finally got the engine mounts and rear caliper mount done, once linished, took them to be hard anodised. Along with an old Astralite wheel, which needs to be given its original gold finish... but that's for another different project.

Got the wheels back from powder coating, they are a bronze/gold, fitted used but good set of discs. Next need to fit new bearings, tyres and then the bike will be on its wheels at last..