Unsane's TLR thread

[Unsane]

The rest of the parts showed up this arvo but the wheels were sent back - asked for dark bronze in satin... got matte gold instead. F&%king muppets 
Finish looks good but I'm sure there is at least 5-8 hours of prep before they can be reassembled!

[yamahonkawazuki]

That almost looks like the metallic charcoal im planning on my build over winter perhaps.

[Unsane]

Quick update - all of the powder coated parts are being returned to be stripped and my $$$ refunded. They coated absolutely everything (except some bolt threads) with a super thick layer and so after almost 30 hours of scraping the coating off with a dremel and razor blade I'd had enough. Credit to them for accepting their mistakes and putting customer service first. No more rebuild pics till all parts get painted properly!

[Zookmang]

My god, what a royal PITA. Glad they accepted their faults and are gonna correct them though.

[jolt77]

Ditto!!

[yamahonkawazuki]

While i was an MMI student in AZ, i was also a guard at a bank on 43rd and van buren. anyhoo, bank mgr had a tiller 1000, running like shiite, i advised him what to do, he declined, next evening, he cranks on it, and i see fire come out at the manifold ( exhaust) and death rattles thereafter. told him well sir, imho costs just went up significantly. what im saying is, take your time with this, do it right, and do not cut any corners. shell last you a good while

[jolt77]

Just spotted a Repairable Write Off TLR ...
http://www.manheim.com.au/recreation/3906507/

[Zookmang]

Parts still not returned from the painters?

[Unsane]

The parts are back from the powdercoaters all bare and stripped - Bought some Prepsol, masking tape, scalpel, fresh box of razor blades and a bag of rags last week so I will be getting started soon!

Just found myself a good woman so she is.... distracting me 
She's into bikes and melts at the sound of a hot twin so I will have my hands full for a while juggling the two of them

[Unsane]

Looks good Rod - you should buy it!

[Janx101]

The parts are back from the powdercoaters all bare and stripped - Bought some Prepsol, masking tape, scalpel, fresh box of razor blades and a bag of rags last week so I will be getting started soon!

Just found myself a good woman so she is.... distracting me 
She's into bikes and melts at the sound of a hot twin so I will have my hands full for a while juggling the two of them

.... juggling the two of them.....  ... Bahahahahaaaa .... So she's a stacked lass then! 

[The Buddha]

With the benefit of hindsight, I would not choose to powder coat again.

I'm not sure if its just the dude who sprayed my parts, but holy batfuck the coating is so thick that it has to be scraped, buffed and sanded off every single mounting face and under every bolt head and every single thread has to be chased. I've been in the garage all afternoon and evening prepping all of these parts and I'm nowhere near being finished... it all started with the rear sprocket not fitting onto the cush-drive and it spiraled out of control!

Next time I will just wave a few coats of good quality engine enamel on the parts and have them baked!

Powdercoating has to be 1/2 mm thick ... less and it wont protect, more and I am not sure, maybe it will come off. But This is aluminum, so I guess they could be thinner ... I have plenty of stuff powdercoated, I actually dont care the threads need to be cleaned, its a lot easier than you think ... Get ss bolts, get em in come penetrating oil and it will be fine.
Cool. 
Buddha.

[Unsane]

The parts are back from the powdercoaters all bare and stripped - Bought some Prepsol, masking tape, scalpel, fresh box of razor blades and a bag of rags last week so I will be getting started soon!

Just found myself a good woman so she is.... distracting me 
She's into bikes and melts at the sound of a hot twin so I will have my hands full for a while juggling the two of them

.... juggling the two of them.....  ... Bahahahahaaaa .... So she's a stacked lass then! 

Should have seen that coming - its usually me that finds the innuendo in everything!

[Unsane]

excuse me 

[Unsane]

With the benefit of hindsight, I would not choose to powder coat again.

I'm not sure if its just the dude who sprayed my parts, but holy batfuck the coating is so thick that it has to be scraped, buffed and sanded off every single mounting face and under every bolt head and every single thread has to be chased. I've been in the garage all afternoon and evening prepping all of these parts and I'm nowhere near being finished... it all started with the rear sprocket not fitting onto the cush-drive and it spiraled out of control!

Next time I will just wave a few coats of good quality engine enamel on the parts and have them baked!

Powdercoating has to be 1/2 mm thick ... less and it wont protect, more and I am not sure, maybe it will come off. But This is aluminum, so I guess they could be thinner ... I have plenty of stuff powdercoated, I actually dont care the threads need to be cleaned, its a lot easier than you think ... Get ss bolts, get em in come penetrating oil and it will be fine.
Cool. 
Buddha.

There was a small section that was taped off to protect the bearings from sandblasting... peeled the tape off and measured the thickness of the coating @ 2.35mm
I then proceeded to tap the leftover coating with a small 3/8" extention and chipped it all away easily - now you see why I was so unhappy with the result

[yamahonkawazuki]

The parts are back from the powdercoaters all bare and stripped - Bought some Prepsol, masking tape, scalpel, fresh box of razor blades and a bag of rags last week so I will be getting started soon!

Just found myself a good woman so she is.... distracting me 
She's into bikes and melts at the sound of a hot twin so I will have my hands full for a while juggling the two of them

.... juggling the two of them.....  ... Bahahahahaaaa .... So she's a stacked lass then! 

Should have seen that coming - its usually me that finds the innuendo in everything!

Or me. I used to be the perverse postwh0re . not anymore though

[Janx101]

  ... wait ... what?! ...

.. i think i was just had a go at!?!? .. 

[Unsane]

Quick update - a little progress with the bike... lots of taping. Almost prepped and should be shooting the paint within the next week.
I've also picked up some wiring harnesses - they've been stripped, cleaned, repaired, modified (yes there are mods for these bikes too) and totally re-bound. Looks nice
There have been a swag of deliveries though:

• Ohlins steering damper
• Kaneng Billet rearsets
• Vortex billet gas cap
• M4 Retro Hayabusa Mufflers (to be adapted)
• New ignition barrell and some sexy Suzuki keys
• Full fairing package
• Gold linked EK chain with +1/-1 Sprockets
• New mirrors with integrated indicators

Let the great reassembly commence!

[Unsane]

All parts are away with the painter now so the final wait has begun prior to assembly. In the mean time I thought I'd make some non-genuine Suzuki SST's of my own




The engine, calipers and assorted bits await the Soda Blaster man - coming tomorrow hopefully



Gotta have it all done before Christmas or a chain of events will be triggered that may bring about the end of days

[Unsane]

Alright the chassis parts are all back after fresh Satin Black paint - after the phuck around with the powdercoaters I decided to prep them myself and Im stoked with the results!

The sodablaster guy came and blasted the engine, strut ends, brakes and some assorted bits & pieces... making the biggest mess in the process. I would not reccommend this unless you have a decent outdoor area thats well ventilated!!! I expected he'd rock up with a little compressor and make a small mess but NO he had a massive industrial trailer compressor that idled at 200db and flooded my entire carpark with bicarb. It took me 3 hours to clean up! ANyways after he'd finished the v-twin came up like this




4 coats of VHT "Cast Iron" engine enamel later and she was looking good!




Throttles and ancillaries on and ready to bolt into the frame




Engine in and steering stem (with new bearings) in - the home made Suzuki SST sockets worked a treat!