sv650 stripped and being cleaned/polished

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

No, you get a little bit of a sweat on but it's not bad at all.

The biggest thing doing it yourself is avoiding scraping the paint off the rim, but this is of absolutely no consequence to me. But you might want to buy some of those plastic rim protectors.

right i will defiantly look in to this because the price of fitting and supplying tyres is a rip off!!!

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

Was more of a faith thing than anything else , I like to do things myself and know they are done properly and it is nice to fit the workshop out with Goodies . Anyway De-rail is over back to the shinyness and the intercourse with Jacob`s biscuits for Cheese .

No I meant you're a cheapskate because you said this

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

worked out that it would never pay for itself in the all the time I would own a bike

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

No I meant you're a cheapskate because you said this

Well , yes , but the money saved from that can go towards something else instead you see , something else I could get more use from and that is more of a necessity like new Tires in the first place , or buying the Badgeress some better bike gear , it`s a case of spending money where you can use the product wisely and it will do more good . Tire changing only happens Three times a year for me so the trade-off isn`t worth it .

[TheRamJam]

My word mate thats looking the dogs b******s. There's clean and then there's your bike when its done lol

Can't wait to see it done. How long so far has it taken?

Today i finally managed to finish the front wheel and refitted it. have a look at the pictures.

started the other side with the wire brush to remove the paint.

one of the children decided that she was going to help.

meanwhile the significant other was on the discs!!!

to which this was the outcome

once all completed and the discs were cleaned and bolted to the wheel!

don't worry i will be replacing the disc bolts with stainless ones.

then bolted it back on the front end!!

there is a lot of dust on the front end but that will be polished of when complete!!
also this afternoon we repaired one of the acquired side panels ready for filling and paint!!

and so the day has come to a close, i am hopefully going to get round to the rear wheel this week.

Originally Posted by TheRamJam

My word mate thats looking the dogs b******s. There's clean and then there's your bike when its done lol

Can't wait to see it done. How long so far has it taken?

about 8 weeks on and off work so far, had a solid week on it when i dismantled it, and then just every weekend and the odd weekday so far anyway.......

finished striping the back wheal to day and have decided to get a polishing kit to get a shine like ures as its not a shiny as i want it atm

Looking sweet mate! Not started on the mud or tank yet, will have to pull my finger out!

[rowdy]

re. the disc bolts, have heard that stainless steel reacts funny when it comes into contact with alloy. Don't take my word as gospel but might be worth checking out.

Originally Posted by rowdy

re. the disc bolts, have heard that stainless steel reacts funny when it comes into contact with alloy. Don't take my word as gospel but might be worth checking out.

yep , even Stainless bolts react with ally , the bolts should be loctited in anyway so it`s a moot point if they are bonded in . I have Stainless bolts on my SV and the ones holding the rear Hugger in place corroded quite quickly , within a couple of months on the threads . Used Copper Grease afterwards , not on disc bolts though , I have Stainless bolts for my rear Rotor , will wait for the winter to pass and will fit them in the Spring after by Winter de-cack of the bike