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Hello out there Im in the process of restoring my Majesty. I have had the frame stripped to bare metal, but cant make up my mind about having it repainted. A couple of years ago I restored a ty175 and had the frame powder coated. This was great until I tried to rebuild it as the bolt holes and threads were all full of powder coat, also when it chips I cant touch it up. Im thinking of paintin the Majesty frame but would like some advise on what paint use, and whether this is practical as the bike will be used in trials and not just to look at. Hope somebody can help, cheers Mark

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Hi mark. I will be picking up a 250 Majesty tommorow, this one too has a godden frame and your right ,the 250 on the majesty site looks the mutts. Has anyone ever put pen to paper to document these bikes? Cheers Andy.

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Chrome or nickel?

Rickmans were nickel.

I don't know if they were electroplated or electro-less.

And I don't think there was copper underneath.

Possibly the latter because it gets in all the nooks and crannies better.

You can save a lot of money on plating if you do your own polishing and buffing; that's where much of the expense comes in.

If you tell the plater you'll do the prep and all he needs to do is dunk it in the nickel, you'll get a much different price.

Then you'll probably have to buff after plating.

It's a lot of work!

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A couple of years ago I restored a ty175 and had the frame powder coated. This was great until I tried to rebuild it as the bolt holes and threads were all full of powder coat, also when it chips I cant touch it up.

Might be worth while trying a different plastic coater, I have had 2 bikes coated in the last couple years and bought another bike in bits which had just been coated - neither had any problems with threads etc. If the plastic coater is used to motorcycle work there should be no problem with threads or machined surfaces/holes, they tend to use a wax and/or wooden dowels/plugs. It might be worth your while filling threaded holes yourself but the firm you use should do that for you. As for the plastic coating chipping I agree this can and does happen a bit - either below bolts or just through use. Again it can be touched up using an enamel paint.

I restored a TY80 a few years ago and used smooth red hammerite, you can touch this up easy and its not too expensive. Depends on your budget and taste.

I have also used Hammerite on a bike but found this not a very good paint, it is as prone if not more prone to chip than plastic coating.

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I think Majesty colour schemes were something along these lines;

Yamaha framed bikes - yellow frame, yellow tank/white guards red tank decals

Early Godden Framed bikes yellow frame, white tank/white guards yellow tank decals

Some Godden Framed bikes chrome or nickel plated frame (don't know which) white tank/white guards yellow tank decals

Last of the Godden framed bikes were red frames as Yamaha wanted them to be in what had become Yam corporate colours of red/white, white tank/white guards red tank decals. These also had no rear frame loop over the mudguard

Don't think that any ever came with yellow guards from Shirty, always white as far as I know.

This is not absolute and I could be wrong in part.

I'd really like to chrome the frame on my Majesty when I rebuild it soon but if ever the frame needs a repair you're b*ggered with chrome finish so I'll probably end up powder coating it.

Mark, it's probably too late now but you can soften off a 320 and still have loads of torque and response. I've done mine (actually a 340 now) with bigger diameter front pipe, silencer with core and packing instead of original baffle and a Shirty mono back box, all of which gives increased volume, two head gaskets, electronic ignition with retarded timing, alloy airbox with bigger volume using Scorpa airfilter in the top. Motor is very soft but can still lift the front with a twist of throttle from idle in 3rd. Never could take to the 250 version (except an ex-Scarlett bike I tried once, now that was a different proposition altogether) I'm interested in your engine parts, can you PM me with what you want for them.

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This is mine and was made in Jan 1982 (confirmed by John Shirt in dating letter)

I think frame is nickel plated,rather than chromed

Obviously some mods have been made from original spec (wheel rims and tank has been repainted & red graphics added) but it's mainly stock

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