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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: FT500 Vintage racer
« Last post by FT500R on June 03, 2021, 05:34:44 am »Tried that but somehow that roller wouldn't rol and would remove more paint then it would apply...
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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: FT500 Vintage racer
« Last post by J6G1Z on June 02, 2021, 09:54:32 am »she is a bit of a 10 footer... I painted the frame with a paintbrush instead of spraypaint. It was a bit of an experiment but it left a lot of texture on the frame.
Its a race bike so not to big of a deal
Use a small roller next time. That way the texture will be more uniform.
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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: FT500 Vintage racer
« Last post by FT500R on June 01, 2021, 02:41:08 am »she is a bit of a 10 footer... I painted the frame with a paintbrush instead of spraypaint. It was a bit of an experiment but it left a lot of texture on the frame.
Its a race bike so not to big of a deal
Its a race bike so not to big of a deal
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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: FT500 Vintage racer
« Last post by murdo on May 31, 2021, 06:03:55 pm »Looks good. 
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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: FT500 Vintage racer
« Last post by FT500R on May 31, 2021, 05:07:38 am »The engine is completely back together and I stripped the frame and rust proofed and painted it.
Now in the progress of building it up again
Now in the progress of building it up again
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The Thumper Years: Stock To Lightly Modified / Re: Ascot percock
« Last post by murdo on April 24, 2021, 04:43:18 am »Go to cmsnl.com, find the right model and get the part number. Put the part number into google search and look for results.
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The Thumper Years: Stock To Lightly Modified / Re: Ascot percock
« Last post by ft500sd on April 21, 2021, 07:56:48 am »Not sure what kind of nut it is but any hardware store usually has a pretty good selection of nuts and bolts. Some of the better stores have some pretty unusual hardware items. Just go and ask them. You maybe have tried this already. If not, it's a good place to start.
Gus
Gus
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The V-Twin Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: Making a scrambler type out of a VT500C
« Last post by eknutson on April 20, 2021, 02:24:31 am »Hi, the c is sold, and i am going to have a look at this one insted.
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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: FT500 Vintage racer
« Last post by FT500R on April 19, 2021, 08:57:37 am »In the mean time I've reopened the cylinder head cover and installed helicoils in the holes for bolts 2 and 4. For these you need to really drill quite deep and place the helicoil rather deep. To make room for the tap you have to open up the hole a bit more on the top.
A bit of a nerve wrecking exercise but all in all it worked really well and the head cover is back on with all the bolts nicely torqued.
I've also stripped the paint from the left side engine cover now and installed the needle bearings for the pinion.
I only need to do the sump and then the engine is completely finished!
Will start to take the frame apart to get the rust of and paint it.
A bit of a nerve wrecking exercise but all in all it worked really well and the head cover is back on with all the bolts nicely torqued.
I've also stripped the paint from the left side engine cover now and installed the needle bearings for the pinion.
I only need to do the sump and then the engine is completely finished!
Will start to take the frame apart to get the rust of and paint it.
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The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs / Re: 82 Ascot Street Scrambler
« Last post by ft500sd on April 18, 2021, 10:11:44 am »Nice little sled here. Good job on this.