Author Topic: What did you do to your RE Continental GT today?  (Read 385685 times)

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Reply #450 on: October 25, 2016, 09:14:41 pm
Abraka dabra, ugly paint be gone!

This is how the aluminum looks under the paint.
oooooh! What'd you do to get the paint off?

I dig how they look as is! I may have to do this!
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Reply #451 on: October 25, 2016, 09:25:40 pm
oooooh! What'd you do to get the paint off?

I dig how they look as is! I may have to do this!

Just put it in plastic foil, use a paint remover, wrap it and let it sit 24h. The paint turns into a gelly like substance, than you wash it of and scrub the rest of with steel wool. Very easy...

...the polishing is going to take more time.

If you can't find a paint remover, wallpaper glue mixed with caustic soda works well.


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Reply #452 on: October 26, 2016, 05:18:57 am
Only just found this forum, would have been extremely useful over the last 6 months. still need to fit a power commander, change bar grips, find a half decent chain guard (every pair of jeans I have now had oil up the back of the right leg) and change the battery. Will have a troll through previous posts and look for some pointers. Vin
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Reply #453 on: October 26, 2016, 06:47:15 pm
This is how the fork looks polished... :)


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Reply #454 on: October 26, 2016, 07:38:55 pm
This is how the fork looks polished... :)
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Reply #455 on: October 30, 2016, 12:20:10 pm
not perfect but good enogh...

...and all the beer I had to consume doing the polishing.  ;D


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Reply #456 on: October 30, 2016, 12:45:33 pm
not perfect but good enogh...

...and all the beer I had to consume doing the polishing.  ;D

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Reply #457 on: October 31, 2016, 07:21:36 am
not perfect but good enogh...

...and all the beer I had to consume doing the polishing.  ;D

Nice work, looks like a few smokes as well.
I like the look but don't like having to continually keep polishing.
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Reply #458 on: October 31, 2016, 08:06:11 am
Nice work, looks like a few smokes as well.
I like the look but don't like having to continually keep polishing.

...ya, i've got to reduce the smokes. The forks are better quality alu, very hard and will keep up well I think. They polished to mirror finish quick and easy. The upper tripple tree looks like a pressure die cast and the alu is a bit soft, anoying to polish but came out fine in the end too.


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Reply #459 on: October 31, 2016, 05:22:19 pm
not perfect but good enogh...

...and all the beer I had to consume doing the polishing.  ;D

Impressive, I think I'll be getting the paint stripper out during the winter months.


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Reply #460 on: November 01, 2016, 04:28:57 pm
Put 10 tons today at the axle of the bottom tripple tree and it didn't come out even a tiny bit.  >:( I'll have to make it as well as it seams to be welded togeather.


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Reply #461 on: November 02, 2016, 06:47:36 pm
Put 10 tons today at the axle of the bottom tripple tree and it didn't come out even a tiny bit.  >:( I'll have to make it as well as it seams to be welded togeather.


Anyone got a clue what thread size it is on the stearing stem?



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Reply #462 on: November 03, 2016, 02:44:33 am
Not to, but on. Last weekend went riding in the hills and hosed a R1 and a BMW S1000R in the twisties  8)
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Reply #463 on: November 03, 2016, 07:42:20 am

Anyone got a clue what thread size it is on the stearing stem?

I did check it when I had mine apart but can't remember what it was.
If you check the OD with verniers that will tell you the size and I think the pitch was 1mm. It is a metric size.
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Reply #464 on: November 03, 2016, 07:43:38 am
Not to, but on. Last weekend went riding in the hills and hosed a R1 and a BMW S1000R in the twisties  8)

Nice, It's fun when you hose something you shouldn't.
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