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Re-assembling the bike, the paint is finished but we are
not showing that yet, you will have to wait for Norrtelje for
that. But there is some stuff that I can show you: |
Aad spent a lot of time cleaning up the crankcase castings,
the texture was very uneven and there were some ugly sections.
He used a Dremel (!) to completely retexture all the surfaces,
much better now! The frame has been powdercoated and wrapped
in protective tape so we don't damage it while reassembling.
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The neck bearings have been replaced and the internal wiring
re-installed in the frame. When polishing the fork covers we
noticed one of them had warped a bit because of the welding
heat. While trying to straighten it things went wrong and it
broke off. |
We decided to replace both shrouds with new (slightly longer)
ones, that would be machined from 1 solid piece of stainless
steel each, to avoid having to weld them. |
After many hours of turning 2 solid bars into thin tapered
shrouds and a whole trashcan full of stainless chips, all we
need to do is open up the "windows"where they go aroung
the lower fork tree. We will try to cut 3 sides of these windows
so we can bend open the material to make the mounting tabs....
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