Sprucing up the old R65...

[Adrian]

Will you be attempting to "potato" print the white paint on the black cover.  

Hi Barry - how is that done - I assume you're referring to printing the raised parts of the black cover .....

[Barry]

In principle you apply some paint to a relatively firm flat surface to form a paint pad. Apply that to the black plastic cover so that the paint is picked up only on raised parts. Not really suggesting use of a potato but something analogous could be devised.

[Adrian]

Thanks Barry = sounds good .........

[Adrian]

Okay - here it is - finally I have finished the Rubb and Buff on both carbies and all the new parts have arrived. Next job is to rebuild the two - slowly and carefully - I have to say that the Clymer manual is very detailed and has great fotos - add my strip down fotos and notes to the mix and hopefully nothing will go wrong .....   

[montmil]

Your Bings will, as we say in Texas, sparkle like a diamond in a billy goat's ass.

Gotta be heaven working with all new bits. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Adrian]

Gotta be heaven working with all new bits

Hi Monty - yep its nice to have all new stuff - this is just the beginning of a long journey thru the bike and engine. It's gonna be fun ......

[Adrian]

Well here they are - all finished and ready for action ...... Moving on to the swing arm bearings and drive shaft ......

[clonmore1]

Beautiful job!

Outstanding work, looking forward to the next section

[Adrian]

Thanks Chris - more piks to come soon .......

[Adrian]

Hello again - its been a while - finally I have the money to continue the work. Still don't have a shed but small things are happening again.
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So I am starting with a new cover and strap for the seat. So - does anyone have any ideas where I might get a new seat foam from??? Or where I might get some gel inserts perhaps.
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My usual suppliers don't have them. Any help will be very appreciated thanks ........ Adrian

[peteremc]

Damn, those carbs came up nice. Well done!

[Adrian]

Thanks Peter :-)

[montmil]

... So - does anyone have any ideas where I might get a new seat foam from??? Or where I might get some gel inserts perhaps...

Should we assume that you have already contacted automotive upholstery shops? That's who took care of my R100S seat needs.

Good to hear from you, Adrian. Check in more often, if only to say, [size=12]Howdy, folks.[/size]

[Adrian]

Hi Montmil. I thought of them but was hoping to buy a pre formed foam. I haven't been very lucky with this. Oh well your idea is probably the the way to go after all :-)

[Adrian]

So - here we go. The start of the seat resto. It looks okay on the surface but once it was taken apart you can see the problems. The seat tray needs respraying - new rubber bumpers are needed - and the foam is all crumbly and not in good nick. So time to find an Auto Upholstery shop for new foam. Years ago I had the tray plated in Zinc to stop any more rusting - which seems to be the case.