The Bikeshite Thread

[Bradders59]

That's a hell of a lot of bike for £300 !! 

[twosmoke300]

16k miles too 

[strangeangel]

Rooting through some old memory cards before I get rid of them... here's a trip down Memory Lane - Lands End to John O'Groats, 2014. Four of us planned to go on Honda Helixes - one failed its MOT the week before and was grounded, another broke down the day before and the third carked it hours into the trip. Only my 1986 JDM Fusion made it, with everyone else resorting to modern stuff.

 

 

 

 

It's not turned a wheel in two years thanks to me now riding a modern

 

[Eddie Honda]

Liked for FF

[Eddie Honda]

14 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

£300 thunderpussy

That's the ladies version of the Thunderarse innit?

[twosmoke300]

Yeh the lighter prettier one 

[Bfg]

Rattle can Spray paint ?????

Anyone here had success with a particular brand of aerosol spray paint,  clear lacquer in particular, for a petrol tank.  ie.having a decent degree of petrol resistance.   ?

I've found Halfords petrol resistant clear lacquer doesn't spray well, and looking on line paints like AutoExtreme < here > have both good and some really bad reviews. Tetrosyl I've used in the past but they've changed their product and I don't know if it still works.

I need to paint a tank black and then clear lacquer over that.  What has anyone here used and can personally recommend.?

Thanks.

[Jazoli]

You really need a 2k lacquer to do it, you can spray it at home but you will need a proper mask as its evil stuff, it also needs plenty of time to cure, if you fill it with petrol within a day or two  the vapours will trash the finish.

[Aston Martin]

Guy at work just did his cbt and knows a guy.... who knows a guy at the Honda motorbicycle dealer. He gave him a deal on a SYM. 

(I do not want a deal on a supercub...) 

 

Currently they sell them for £69 a month, no deposit.

[hairnet]

14 hours ago, Eddie Honda said:

That's the ladies version of the Thunderarse innit?

thunderpussy - riding that you dont get any?

 

[Bfg]

3 hours ago, Jazoli said:

You really need a 2k lacquer to do it, you can spray it at home but you will need a proper mask as its evil stuff, it also needs plenty of time to cure, if you fill it with petrol within a day or two  the vapours will trash the finish.

2k is also sold in rattle cans such as this HB BodyPro < here >  @ £19.25 / ltr.  Other brands specifically claim petrol resistant like ProXL < here >  @£60 / ltr.  

Would the lesser expensive one not work better than the 'petrol resistant' single pack paints from the likes of Halfords ? ?

Regarding drying / hardening the paint..  I'm quite happy for the fuel tank, once painted black and then lacquered, to sit inside my dark coloured Chrysler van, parked in the sun for a week or two. What's that 25 deg C for 5 hours a day, cycling cool overnight.. for let's say 10 - 12 days. 

 

EDIT.   It seems as if  " 2k "  is a misnomer with some manufacturers (such as HB BodyPro)  who are using it for air drying single pack paints. !

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[Jazoli]

Had a great run out after work and ended up at my favourite place in the Lakes

 

[Cavcraft]

Been offered a swap for the Scomadi: an (Indian) GP200 which supposedly has a fully rebuilt engine. Also pondering off-loading the Franny Barnett and getting either a Bantam, or a Japanese 2T of some sort.

[Bfg]

18 hours ago, Bfg said:

2k is also sold in rattle cans such as this HB BodyPro < here >  @ £19.25 / ltr.  Other brands specifically claim petrol resistant like ProXL < here >  @£60 / ltr.  

Would the lesser expensive one not work better than the 'petrol resistant' single pack paints from the likes of Halfords ? ?

Regarding drying / hardening the paint..  I'm quite happy for the fuel tank, once painted black and then lacquered, to sit inside my dark coloured Chrysler van, parked in the sun for a week or two. What's that 25 deg C for 5 hours a day, cycling cool overnight.. for let's say 10 - 12 days. 

EDIT.   It seems as if  " 2k "  is a misnomer with some manufacturers (such as HB BodyPro)  who are using the term despite being air-drying single pack paints. !

I've committed to £83 worth of paint bought via ebay from car-colours in Stockport. 

I've gone for ProXL extch primer,  then a couple of coats of (chemical hardening) two-pack satin black, and then topping off with two or three coats of two-pack ProXL 'petrol resistant' clear lacquer.  

With using two pack there's a limited amount of working time after the paint's activator is mixed in, and so not a lot of room for error should a bug land on it or else I get a run or paint reaction .. so I'm already anxious.! 

[Six-cylinder]

I have been offered this for £110 as a field bike, starts and run. What do you think?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422516898591198/?ref=messenger_banner

[UltraWomble]

13 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Been offered a swap for the Scomadi: an (Indian) GP200 which supposedly has a fully rebuilt engine. 

I would think long and hard before doing this.

Do you like doing engine rebuilds at the side of the road miles from anywhere? Do you like chasing electrical issues?

Depends whether its fun, or you need reliability/

 

However I agree - chop the Fray Bentos and get something reliable (not a Bantam) but fun.

[Cavcraft]

It's a difficult decision ref the Lambretta, totally agree with what you've said. Ordered a replacement kick start shaft for Frankie Bumnet, no sign of V5  yet though. 

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have been offered this for £110 as a field bike, starts and run. What do you think?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422516898591198/?ref=messenger_banner

Unless you have a field to ride it in I wouldn't bother, even if you had a field you'd probably be bored after 10 minutes.

[catsinthewelder]

I didn't get bored riding the last one round his field for 10 minutes

[Cavcraft]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have been offered this for £110 as a field bike, starts and run. What do you think?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422516898591198/?ref=messenger_banner

 

If it starts and runs someone will probably give you £150-£175 for it.

[Hawkeyethenoo]

Here's my thoughts on a Dookati Multistrada 950 S-peshul Touring.

Thanks to Ducati Glashgow for the loan.

 

[strangeangel]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have been offered this for £110 as a field bike, starts and run. What do you think?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/422516898591198/?ref=messenger_banner

I would run away, as fast as the local gravitational conditions would allow.

 

[Tamworthbay]

On 6/16/2019 at 10:04 PM, They_all_do_that_sir said:

Gilera DNA 125 is the closest thing I can think of, but they are getting on a wee bit now.

Sent from my TA-1012 using Tapatalk
 

I had the 200cc version as a commuter bike a few years ago. It wasn’t a bad old thing but having only ever ridden ‘normal bikes’ I struggled with brake layout a bit.

[Six-cylinder]

Now bought with delivery included. It was ridden 10 miles to get it to me.

Note: The test pilot aboard was not the delivery agent on this occasion.  

[LostnotFound]

I'd forgotten about DNAs they looked the dogs danglies to a me as a teenager. 

I guess the idea died at the same time as 'sports' mopeds did with the demise of 2t 125s. (I was under the impression most of them with 180 engines were in things with a v5 saying 125)

Definitely still would as a fun second bike for nipping about. Possibly not at the prices they are currently at, and fuck knows where you'd get plastics for something ridden and crashed exclusively by spotty oiks when they were new. 

[Barry Cade]

Luggage racks and boxes fitted, extra sockets,sat nav bar,intercoms and scottoiler sorted out,. Ferry's booked for September and I'm excited already- been 6 years since "doing the continent" on two wheels.

I bloody love this wee bike- it's totally given me my Mojo back and I'm throwing it around like a 'crosser, even in the streaming rain. I'm out at every opportunity,whatever the weather. Glen Lyon today.

 

 

[Bradders59]

The little C90 is just about finished. Just got to MOT it and find a new owner for it. Then start looking for another project.

[doug]

Selling my Guzzi.......not really autoshite thing I know but hey, you never know.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moto-Guzzi-T3-and-Squire-Sidecar/264368761242?hash=item3d8d9b299a:g:KBoAAOSwuQBdClp0

 

 

[doug]

Guzzi sold......fukit must have listed it too cheap.

[doug]

Just got this message..

 

Hi I hope you don't mind me contacting you I spotted your listing and instantly recognized your bike as one of our demo bikes from Coburn And Hughes who were the importers at the time. The photo shows the bike with its sister bike at the docks somewhere after the bosses had a blast across Europe, extra little bit of history for whoever's buys it. Good luck with the sale.
Kind regards Stuart