the new - what have you done to your ped today thread.

then use halfords primer

 

Well, when I went down thursday, I had problem finding the primer so asked a bloke, he told me they had a bunch of metal primers only, so been looking on the website and today and can only seem to find one, which is used for plastics.

 

Ah, will this do the trick?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_158666_langId_-1_categoryId_165505

Then the paint

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_158568_langId_-1_categoryId_165505

oh and the clear coat

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_203865_langId_-1_categoryId_165505

 

I'm not great with all this paint crap, so figured I'd rather double check than buy something which ain't going to work out.

 

oh for fucks sake.....................go to halfords...................buy primer..........................buy paint......................buy lacquer.................come home......................paint the fuckin thing.
How many people do you know that have been to halfords and used a spray can to paint thier bikes????
Have the plastics ever melted?????
NO.
If you cant decide what to do then take it to a paint shop and pay the money.
For fucks sake stop piss arseing about and do the fuckin thing!

 

metal primer - can use it fine on plastics. done my 92 vision with the stuff.

 

Didn't trust speedo so downloaded a speedo app and got this out of it not bad for a standard stock 4t chink
Nothing to do with the lanes full throttle then a big hill

 

what site did the app come from?

 

had my baby in bits...

All the panels off,, (very sexy naked)

Finally found the loose connection, all indicaters now working..

Nasty local copper, wanted to give me points becuase my indicator diddnt work, thrteatened that if not fixed next time, etc etc etc...

mark

 

Its called how to make up bullsh!t speeds for a chink lol na
Was just off the Google play store

 

Went for a good long run on Sunday. Beautiful weather. Played tag with a 250 cafe racer. Scoot goes like a rocket.
Finished the MHR flowed case. Photos to follow.
Just re- routed the throttle cable on GF's scoot. It was a bit sticky. Much better now. How it got over on the right side I don't know....... Wasn't paying attention when I put the motor back on a couple of weeks ago probably..... doh!

 

Chopped bolts off holding the mudguard and tax disc on, there now off..

Removed front end of the loom so I could work easier, while removing the tape I found even more cuts in the loom(I've already had it repaired once..) going to try repair it the best I can with the tools I have, hopefully its good after..

 

Does anyone know if I could use a different loom? Can't find any for the 125 zip

Was thinking something along the lines of, skipper, typhoon, fly loom something of that sort as they all seem to have pretty much the same parts.

 

Changed the water in my system to coolant and changed the final drive lube. Still trying to get to bottom of electric start issues.

 

I think I fixed my paint stripper ! Maybe finish the MHR.......
Why do you need a paint stripper to do this ? Ha ha !

 

Bloody nrg engines on the bench now in bits , changed the fuel pump, no change, that was the last item in the list to be changed/checked before whipping the lump out and doing the crank seals and bearings. Actually turns out that it will be a good thing i have split the engine because i don't think the bearings would have lasted another month. Talk about loose and rattles, not good. Hoping now that it will sort the running issues out in the process.
On another completely different issue, i've got to have the fork tubes out and re-chromed on my 1100, bit pissed about that, changed the fork seals last year for the mot and one has gone already. Genuine Kwak parts as well so can't blame cheap parts, so i can only assume that the tubes chrome plating is wearing now. Going to be cheaper than buying new fork stantions though, and we got a few hard chrome platers here in Brumagen so i'm hoping it isn't going to be a big deal.
On the plus side, i get to ride the Zip to work for a few days instead

 

Trooper Steve! Do us a favour and post some pics!

 

I took my TKR 2 crankcases to work to extract some broken studs and ended up re-drilling and tapping the holes, very therapeutic .

I now need to thoroughly clean and degrease the cases, figure out how I am going to blank off the air pump hole in the right-hand case, then replace the bearings, give the cases a nice coat of engine lacquer and start preparing for re-assembly. New seals are going in throughout the rebuild, for peace of mind.

Next on my to-do list is cleaning up the cylinder head, painting the cylinder barrel with black high-temperature paint and preparing the transmission cover for a re-paint.

@ SteveP

See if you can get a plating shop to do the whole 3-stage copper-nickel-chrome process that Rolls Royce use for their brightwork. You never see pitted chrome on a Roller!