- Thread starter Cato
- Start date
Seadog
Save the planet. It's the only one with rum!
- Messages
- 13,056
- Location
- NE London - UK
Ernest Marples, the minister of transport, had certain interests in construction...
- Messages
- 24,100
- Location
- Birmingham
I just about remember them in the mid 60's when visiting relatives in Wolverhampton.
That Friday feeling, the workshop is herby declared a stress free environment.
Transgressors will be subject to harsh punishment.
View attachment 523116
Did you forget to charge your battery last night?
He's still going since last night!
oldbikedavey
Member
- Messages
- 2,047
- Location
- London, England
Bit of a quid pro quo.
If London stops, it won't be remotely good.....
Cato
Member
- Messages
- 2,908
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
No I just leave it on charge when it's in use. The battery indicator pulses from empty to full to show it's charging.
Farside
Badly Welded Man
- Messages
- 6,477
- Location
- Ireland
Apparently he had a doppelganger in Ireland too. Exact same MO and motivation.
Dirty pool, indeed.
Memmeddu
Member
- Messages
- 5,828
- Location
- Italia Sardegna
Applied few more layers of blueing on the sight components
It's a slow process but at least it leaves a durable finish.
It'll take few more layers to get the wished results (deep matte black ) but I've discovered I've made a couple mistakes:
I use a rag to remove the eccessive rusting formula and I don't dry the parts using an heat gun.
All this shows down the process significantly but I guess it'll leave a finer finish
Overall satisfied as the results are comparable to industrial products
It's a slow process but at least it leaves a durable finish.
It'll take few more layers to get the wished results (deep matte black ) but I've discovered I've made a couple mistakes:
I use a rag to remove the eccessive rusting formula and I don't dry the parts using an heat gun.
All this shows down the process significantly but I guess it'll leave a finer finish
Overall satisfied as the results are comparable to industrial products
Cato
Member
- Messages
- 2,908
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
Had the reply to my email giving the customer his good news about the cause and cost of the engine failure. He's not happy with the bill obviously, but wants it repairing and will hopefully heed my advice on how a big single should be ridden. 
So that's one for the new year as the crank's got to come from America, gasket set from Italy and the seals & bearings from Japan.
So that's one for the new year as the crank's got to come from America, gasket set from Italy and the seals & bearings from Japan.
Cato
Member
- Messages
- 2,908
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
I asked for that (£1,000) on the first part for all the reasons you'd expect, and he paid it without a problem. Because of that I'm happy to stand the parts and bill him at the end for this run of work. Plus as a safety net the quad's worth twice the total bill amount so if he goes bankrupt, changes his mind, drops dead or whatever I'm good as everything's in writing and right of lien applies, even if it would take a bit longer to get paid.
- Messages
- 24,100
- Location
- Birmingham
Or you could put a balaclava on and hoon round on it 
Cato
Member
- Messages
- 2,908
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
Nah fam, d mandem got it covered bruv. Safe innit.Or you could put a balaclava on and hoon round on it
Cato
Member
- Messages
- 2,908
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
There's bound to be a snowmageddon event one year, possibly.^ Anticipating a wintry spell of weather?
I have a spare steering column and ski so once it's up and running again making up a grass wheel is on the job list.
OJCar
Member
- Messages
- 2,707
- Location
- Lothian & Westmorland
So the Kettenrad project is still in the back of your mind then?There's bound to be a snowmageddon event one year, possibly.
I have a spare steering column and ski so once it's up and running again making up a grass wheel is on the job list.
Cato
Member
- Messages
- 2,908
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
I'd like to do it, but I don't think it'll happen to be honest. It's a lot of work which I don't really have the time for, and with more pressing projects to sort even if did find the time that'd be a long way off. I really really need to make a concerted effort to start clearing stuff out rather than keeping stuff that I'll never get round to.
So the plan is to get the engine running, then sort the electrics, have the hood resprayed, tidy up the tub and running gear, then reassess. Or, get it running and mobile under its own steam and move it on at that point.
