Project Sad Panda - MC22

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you need paint stripper, not thinner. apply it with a brush if you get the gel type. wear gloves outside.

sand the forks with ascending weights of paper abrasiveness until they come up smooth and shinier each time, then polish them. if you still want to go that route. if you paint em, double check that etch primer can hold up to heat if you're gonna roast the forks after painting em with vht.

as for normal painting, wet sanding is to remove the orange peel effect left from aerosol paint so it's a completely flat surface. water is there so it doesn't clog the sandpaper.

[Madman]

Champion, thanks for the info! Much appreciated!

I did get some 800 grit, 1000 grit, 1200 grit and 2000 grit wet and dry to give this a go Im just seeking some polishing pads at the moment as to what is appropriate and what grades for polishing. Id rather have them polished than painted, as I cant stand painting to be honest and dont have the know-how!

[Madman]

So, about time for another update eh'!?

Decided I was going to give the polishing another go for the forks God, I can be so indecisive at times

Picked this up to help remove pitting and to polish:


came up ok after a sand with 800, 1200, and then the two different polishes. Not the best, but not too bad either, it was hard to get off the coating which was already on there without serious elbow grease.


Obviously the one on the left isn't done yet in this photo, hahaha


Decided to give the top triple a quick spray


And the small engine cover


This was the large cover after a sand and scraping the crap that was dripped down it


Primed


During the spray



after



Fork rebuild with new bushes, seals and dust caps



Sorry about the shitty photos Will put the fork oil and springs\spacer\washer in the forks tonight to finish them off, then its a matter of starting to put the bike back together

[Madman]

Another update on this one:

Forks are done and back on the bike. 10w fork oil and 3 x 20c mod done

New levers on, sprayed the clipons and top triple aswell. Also put on a new clutch cable.


decided I wasn't happy with the gasket under the side cover, a little bit of it didn't go on properly and when I was tightening it I found 2 of the threads were stuffed and needed helicoiling.

So off with the side cover


drilled out the thread


Used a tap to create a thread




put in the helicoil



and finished


Had a bit of trouble with the second one as it was where the sider cover locator was, but eventually after the second helicoil on that one got it spot on

And wasn't happy with the speedo casing which was broken and ziptied on to the bike.


took my time swapping it into this new speedo case




and done


Then pulled out the old plugs and swapped for new, check out the wasps nest somehow on one of them


and engines now ready to roll, just need to put it back into the frame this weekend and give it a run to check for oil leaks, which im sure will be non existent Will pickup a new thermostat for it tomorrow also


Not a bad thing to be doing this weekend I dont think, considering the other bikes are locked away due to the weather

[Scrooge McRuff]

Very nice work Mr Madman.

What year is the CBR in above photo?

[Madman]

An 07 600RR Its my baby that doesn't get ridden much these days. Ive probably ridden it about 3000 km's the past year. It has about 35,000km's on the clock and I bought it from new Used to take it everywhere.

[Madman]

So, its probably time for an update on this considering its come a long way the last week

Its now been de-restricted


Engine back in


New thermostat in


and closer look


This was cleaned obviously




Radiator cleaned, flushed, tested and put back on


carbies had been cleaned earlier on and covered, so they went straight on


Wiring was all done aswell


extractors on and temp fuel hose connected to test it out




and then it was time to start her.....

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Turns out we have a problem (sorry about the shitty pic), but the second carby was leaking fuel into the throat and filling it up. Can probably see all the fuel


you might be able to see the one carby throat that was filling up here:


Anyway, so was time to pull the carbies off again and give them a going over again on that particular part. Turns out the jet needle was not sitting in the needle jet holder properly in the diaphragm, which was the cause of the problem, so the needle wasn't moving up and down properly.


That was then put back together and functioned exactly as it should





As we all know, im quite pedantic about my bikes, lol... so I was cleaning up all the plastics to put back on
from this:


to this (still a bit wet though)


New chain slider


undertray also cleaned and rejuvinated


Airbox on


Also picked up a new set of Conti Street Attack 2's, new wheel bearings and new sintered pads from Mick's Bike and Car Tyres Thanks Mick!!

Cleaned all the calipers, gave the pistons a good going over and put the new sintered pads on


I was even more pedantic, so I cleaned off the crappy black that was sprayed on the disks


and front went back together aswell with the new pads, cleaned calipers and pistons, cleaned disks, new wheel bearings, new rubber.





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and here you can hear her running sweetly

[dansher]

looking good! what did you use to clean all the black plastic?

[Madman]

It was a product called Meguires Trim Detail i think from memory Some good stuff, it goes on white, but shines black stuff up like its new

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I also forgot to mention I gave the headers a sand down and sprayed them black with high temp paint.