Other bits
After
finishing the tank I was quite pleased with myself, I then had to set about all
the other stuff. This was a bit haphazard as I had to work around the weather
and when certain parts I ordered arrived. To chop chop, it ain’t gonna fix
itself.
One of the
first things I removed was the triple tree to check out the head bearings. They
felt a bit lumpy, here’s why -
I had already
ordered some head bearings so it wasn’t too much of a drama. After that I
decided to strip the entire frame. The weather was bad but it didn’t matter.
The video can be found here –
The time came
to remove the engine. I was talking to someone on a forum and they asked could
you wet blast an engine complete? I wasn’t a fan of the idea but I thought I’d
give it a go and if all failed I could strip the engine any way.
It wasn’t a
great success and I was worried that the engine was ingesting water so I
decided to stop and strip the engine. Before I started down that long path I
started on the frame. I had read that a lot of people were having problems with
paint strippers, and specifically Nitromors. I bought some from the local
hardware place and tested a bit on the frame.
