Amateur + Tools + Bike =

[DJFridge]

From a few feet away, Marilyn looks fairly tidy
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0246.jpg
Up close, however, there are a few rusty bits
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0247.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0248.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0249.jpg

So I figured, how hard can it be?

Up on the stands
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0250.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0251.jpg

Put on essential entertainment
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0261.jpg

"Holy corrosion, Batman, it's worse than we thought"
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0252.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0253.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0257.jpg

Couldn't shift the exhaust hanger bolt so I drenched it in WD40 while I cleaned up this
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0255.jpg

Bike currently looks like this
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0264.jpg

Rustcure stuff painted on ok so tomorrow it's hammer(ite) time. And fit the new rear indicators I had to buy because the old ones fell apart when I took the tail off:rolleyes:

[widepants]

could be worse,could have been a pointy.Them things are made of cheesium

[HoL]

A double garage to work in? That isn't full of junk? You are truely blessed!

[Bibio]

if i'm not mistaken the pointy subframe from k4 is alloy so no rust = better than curvy

[DJ123]

could be worse,could have been a pointy.Them things are made of cheesium
A least it's a pretty bike made of cheese, than an ugly bike made of rust :p :lol:

[squirrel_hunter]

I recently did this. Not got any before or after pics. I was swapping a bent subframe over so already had the spare off the bike. Scratched most of the loose rust off with a wire brush and a bit of scraping, followed by some wet and dry. Didn't bother taking it all the way back to the metal where it had been painted, but just enough to give the surface a bit of a key to help with the painting. Stuffed some kitchen roll in the bolt holes and then gave it a good going over with a spray tin of Hammerite.

I gave it 4 good coats. First coat, wait and hour then second coat one evening. The next evening I flipped the frame over and repeated to get the whole frame evenly done. The next night I took the kitchen roll out of the holes and the threads were still good. Then it was the simple task of removing the old and replacing it with the new.

My only tips when spraying are like everyone will say keep the can moving, and not to close, I describe it as a light cloud of paint as what I was aiming for. You can never have to much in the way of dust coverings if there are things around you want to keep paint free. And resist the temptation to touch what you've just painted to see if its dry, if you want to know if the paint is wet still what ever you have under the item you've just painted will be perfectly adequate to tell.

[Berlin]

Nice front chock stand!! I Likey!
:thumbsup:

[Geodude]

Telly, beer fridge, bar football and planet rock in the garage i'd never get anything done. :D
I took my rusted rear sub frame off a year ago (bike looked weird with its clothes off) and replaced with a slightly tidier one until i got the original powder coated. Well your thread has reminded me that its still 'waiting' in my small non tv, music, beerless shed for its powder coat. Hmm finger out time me thinks.

[Sir Trev]

Do you keep your bike in a salt water bath? Wow. My curvy never got that bad, but then it never got used in the rain...

[DJFridge]

Do you keep your bike in a salt water bath? Wow. My curvy never got that bad, but then it never got used in the rain...

It was pretty rank! I don't ride it in the rain very often and it lives in the garage, but the original owner who had it for it's previous nine years lived (presumably still lives) in Wales where, let's face it, it occasionally gets a bit damp! And I don't think he cleaned it very often.

Anyway, got up bright and breezy and got busy with the hammerite.

Mmmm, shiny!
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0266.jpg

Fitted the new rear indicators which are good and bright but flash a bit fast (I've got to have a look elsewhere on the org for suggestions on what resistor to put where) and got all the bodywork back on. With NO screws left over (which was a nice surprise). I decided, just out of curiosity, to take off the sprocket cover to see how much gunk there was.

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/I%20Love%20My%20SV/DSCF0268.jpg

Just a little bit, then! Still, better out than in. And I used that sample can of free chain lube.

Riding up to Guildford tomorrow so I hope I tightened everything up ok!

Next job? Fit a double bubble screen? Front indicators to match the new rear ones, maybe. Or see if I can get a bit more light behind the instrument panel (I've got a couple of LEDs left over from doing the running light).

[garynortheast]

Rear subframe on my 2000 curvy S looks a bit like that although not quite as bad. Looking at your shiny repainted subframe is making me want to do the same thing to mine.....

[Jayneflakes]

Hmm, while mine is off the road, I should really be doing this sort of thing too, but you know what? I just cannot be Rrrrsed!

Nice job that you have done there though.

[DJFridge]

It all went back together as it should too. Although it was quite funny this morning - eldest was waiting to get on while the engine was warming up and suddenly said, "Is it supposed to be smoking like that?" I briefly panicked and then realised it was the WD40 I'd used to loosen some of the cr@p behind the sprocket cover being gently cooked off!!

Mrs DJF is getting me a new screen for my birthday in a few weeks, so it looks like that will be the next thing to do. Pics will follow.

[DJFridge]

Update. Tinted MRA double bubble finally arrived this morning (only two weeks late, story almost as long as the delivery) so that's Saturday morning sorted for something to do!

[sv_rory]

Im really impressed with your front wheel holder!

[sv_rory]

if i'm not mistaken the pointy subframe from k4 is alloy so no rust = better than curvy

but curvys look better :P

[DJFridge]

Im really impressed with your front wheel holder!

We have a couple of really good chippys at work who are also into bikes. I showed them my hilarious previous effort and asked if, when they had a spare half an hour, they could rig me up something better. That is the Mk2. The Mk1 didn't have a base, so when you put the front wheel in it gently worked it's way up the wheel and gave no lateral support at all. I nearly dropped the bike the first time I used it!

[Dabber]

We have a couple of really good chippys at work who are also into bikes. I showed them my hilarious previous effort and asked if, when they had a spare half an hour, they could rig me up something better. That is the Mk2. The Mk1 didn't have a base, so when you put the front wheel in it gently worked it's way up the wheel and gave no lateral support at all. I nearly dropped the bike the first time I used it!

I like the look of that too. I'm wondering if I can train two of my cats to hold the bike steady whilst I pop it up on the stand :)

[Quiff Wichard]

Sort that downpipe is the next job i guess huh ?
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[DJFridge]

Sort that downpipe is the next job i guess huh ?
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Are you trying to say my downpipe's grubby? :oops:

[DJFridge]

Finally had a couple of hours free this afternoon so got the toolkit out again. I started taking the side fairings off so I could get at the screen and discovered

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/DSCF0440.jpg

yup, that's right

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/DSCF0439.jpg

the front subframe is almost as rusty as the back was.

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/DJFridge/DSCF0438.jpg

Everything off, discovering that the front fairing had a few less fixings than Suzuki fit in the factory. Bought some black fittings for the screen (sorry Bib, Probolt) so had enough spare for later. Sorted the rust, slapped on the hammerite, fitted the screen to the centre fairing, put it all back together again. Took it apart again so I could fit the instrument surround which I'd forgotten (doh!) and it's all sorted.

Pics of the finished job once the sun comes out.

[Geodude]

Nice to see Marilyn getting looked after, keep up the good work :)

[Dabber]

Nice to see Marilyn getting looked after, keep up the good work :)

Hear Hear!!! :thumleft:

[Viney]

I need to do this again to mine. I may start in the next couple of weeks. I have neglected Doris over the past 18 months on little or no use. She sits out there under her Stormex cover bless her. I need to get the wheels redone(Powder coat has chipped and flaked off in places), some of the paintwork needs touching up/sortingout/wrapping! some of the engine casings need coating and im sure my subframe is as bad as that again. Then again, shes done the mile and rode trough several winters, so i cant complain. She does start first time though every time.

[markc123]

Good work, mine must be getting fairly bad after 3 years of all weather use and living outside. Should still have a 5l tin of hammerite somewhere so it will be fettled when the sun is out :-).