500BERNIE,S ENGINE

Post by **500bernie** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:04 pm

scooble wrote:you must have a very strong 'polishing arm'

No, a very strong polishing finger

martin · Post by **martin** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:25 pm

I have started to rebuild your engine bernie

lit will need a bit of polishing as I rebuild,

Post by **500bernie** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:14 pm

WOW that looks fantastic Martin =D>

Binetta Steve · Post by **Binetta Steve** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:27 pm

Wow that looks good !!

fred · Post by **fred** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:52 pm

when its done we need to find you a kawasaki brolly ,one of then trombone ones so you can keep it under the seat hump,then if yer ever caught out in t rain just slip the handle down between fairing n rad

Post by **500bernie** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:29 pm

Hi Fred,
I am embarassed to say this but I will not intentionally by going out in the rain, I did my time riding to work every day for too long. All of my bikes have been well polished and so long as you dry them off they are not a problem (the smooth polished surfaces dont give the muck anything to hold on to).
It is definitely a compulsion I hate seeing tarnished metal

fred · Post by **fred** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:01 am

ile get converted one day

ile put some pics up

but thatle be swingarm n fork bottoms only ,

Post by **500bernie** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:12 am

fred wrote:ile get converted one day ile put some pics up but thatle be swingarm n fork bottoms only ,

Its a start Fred
Then you will end up with a Solvol Autosol addiction like me

fred · Post by **fred** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:18 am

did that yrs ago with some z750e wheels on christmas n boxing day 96 ,you can`t beat fingers,they havent made a polishing robot yet

Post by **alimorg** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:34 am

500bernie wrote:All of my bikes have been well polished and so long as you dry them off they are not a problem

Leaf blowers are excellent for drying bikes

Post by **500bernie** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:10 pm

alimorg wrote:
500bernie wrote:All of my bikes have been well polished and so long as you dry them off they are not a problem
Leaf blowers are excellent for drying bikes

Thats added to my 2013 christmas list to santa

Post by **500bernie** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:04 am

I am getting bored now with no engine bits to polish, just dug out a pair of Tokico 6 pot calipers that were looking very tired......
And they are starting to polish up quite well

Not sure whether to fully polish or do the main body in graphite black metalic

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:44 am

see what they look like painted first

Post by **500bernie** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:04 pm

Hi Fred,
Off topic but....you were looking for a good lower exhaust bracket to use to make a template, are you still looking for one as I can lend you my NOS one if you want. Just let me know.

Cheers
Bernie

fred · Post by **fred** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:29 pm

hi bernie ,talking to the lad in the office he jost needs a good drawing with dimentions ,stating inside or outside and radius and int dia, been hunting round for bushes ,8mm i/d but 20mm wide are £19 but could grind in half ,but 10mm i/d are about £4 for the same thing , ive only looked about on the net and mailed 4 or 5 firms ,if anyone knows any suppliers

,if you dont fancy measuring it ,if i could borrow it that would be cool, just rememberd ben saying he may have a old one before christmas ,ile pm him later ,bit busy now