marky boy

H &D Racing currently have a carbon/kevlar bashplate in development at this very moment for the 4rt and so will soon be able to let you know how it performs!!

After some help from some of you chaps here and an old photo here is a pic of the triumph tank that i have just got finished. Just needs a polish Thanks Mark

"also i think it makes the bike look a lot more original as you can spot powdercoat jobs a mile away! " Not mine you wouldnt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "mmmmm! I should have wet+dryed it down a bit more as has been mentioned what you start with is what you'll finish weve! if i flat it back with wet and dry should this be used with water? the w+d is 600 grade!" 600 will be ok but no coarser though for cans, best to use with warm soapy water as the primer is less likely to pick up and you are less likely to put scrathes in the primer with the edges of the paper!

apparantly they are in the uk,with a uk stockist

Oi , i don't remember painting dog%$*

Them aftermarket billet rear 4rt pedals are pretty good too, no chance of busting them!

Yikes , aerosols!! The final finish will only be as good as the preperation Scotty. Have a good look at your primed and sanded finish and imagine it glossy cos that is all that will happen when you put on the topcoat. It will just highlight the primer with very little 'fill'. 1st move for cellulose cans is as you pointed out , it must be warm , if not the paint will 'bloom' ie go cloudy and look bloody awful. One trick is to put the cans that you are going to use into a bucket of hot water to warm up the cans and paint until you are ready to use them. BE PATIENT !!! Put your 1st coat on reasonably dry (a speckle coat i call it) and let it flash off(this will give the topcoat a key). No need to sand it down but then then apply another wetter coat. Leave for 15 mins ish between coats (depends on how wet you put the last coat and really until tacky) and then apply again. I reckon after your speckle coat coat 2-3 good full coats should do it. The last coat is the finishing coat so will requirea little more but dont get too carried away as you can soon ruin the whole job with a load of runs in the last coat!! Bear in mind that to awkward to paint places tend to be the same places that you will get your runs.(from brackets and lugs etc) Hope this helps Mark

I believe that a few different companies do the lift kit links. Do Mitani also not do them, most of their stuff has some link to hrc does it not?

No sign of the summer sun in Stonehaven yet then Ian ??

You could always try and ride an event!! It's not as though you ave to go far in Yarkshire to get a ride is it ??

When you go to all these world rounds CK do you apply the itchy cream before you go or on your return ??

Presumably then the reason he has dissapeared maybe that he went bust eh, charging as little as that?? Strip your wheels yerself, its dead easy. Just run a straight edge across your rim on both sides and measure the distance from the straight edge to the hub. This will determine your offset, as you strip the spokes , either seperate or make a note which spokes came from which side. If you are not planning on doing the hubs and just the rims then undo the nipples and leave all the spokes in place in the hub and just pull out from the rim. I have done this many times when just doing my own rims without the hubs!!

Just wanted to say hold on tight Dibs tommorrow!!! Would be nice to beat the 'old boys'

Cant really as yet add too much constructive info but ive just got a repsol rep with the 280 kit on it and boy does it go!!. Maybe i should start and do supermoto! Not really had chance to ride the thing as yet, but just going to gear it down and try different maps on it. Im on the single stage unit and think i could do with the 2 stage one and have looney and then 80cc setting Will let you know how it shapes up.

I polished up my old techno years ago 96 one i think.Plolished frame and all ally and graphite plastics with orange graffix. Hard to believe but it did look well!!

I have seen a couple of frames done black . I know a guy who does them too, they look great

Got mine off ebay (a guy called mike devine specialises in dubs) ,cut out the panel with a jigsaw and then stikaflex em in! Job done. For anything vw you will find the knowledge here, hope this helps http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=33

oops soory, you should ave though as Santa set off with it Tuesday night!! Oh well sorry to spoil the suprise but now you will be chasing the post in anticipation. Dont forget to put out the brandy

Hey Munch, get a x-mas present yet??

Seen these before and wondered that myself slapshot, i'm pretty sure that it says in the acu handbook that if your machine has mag wheels as in the pic then they should be covered in .(with discs i guess) Is this right?

Sorry to hijack your topic briefly scorpa3, but are you saying that the good lads all look round the course that you have laid out in the days running up to the trial Perce?

In my own opinion the best sprayable paint out there is House of Color hi temp black. Is guaranteed up to some ridiculous figure and does exactly what it says on the tin

What do you think of the bike then John?? I always run my scorpas on the very bestest castrol 747 at 80-1. And never a problem. Presume you have had time to get used to her?

HI there Jay, I really struggled with this for ages and i asked Andy this a couple of times but he got sick of me being pc useless i guess ,so used my noddle and typed it into google. It came up with this site which is the one i now use to upload pics onto this site. Hope this helps http://www.resize2mail.com/