Amateur + Tools + Bike =

From a few feet away, Marilyn looks fairly tidy

Up close, however, there are a few rusty bits




So I figured, how hard can it be?

Up on the stands



Put on essential entertainment


"Holy corrosion, Batman, it's worse than we thought"




Couldn't shift the exhaust hanger bolt so I drenched it in WD40 while I cleaned up this


Bike currently looks like this


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

[widepants]

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

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]

Originally Posted by widepants

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

[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.

Nice front chock stand!! I Likey!

[Geodude]

Telly, beer fridge, bar football and planet rock in the garage i'd never get anything done.
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...

Originally Posted by 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...

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!


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.



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).