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TVRRICH
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| Nice one Welsh lamb, thanks for organising this |
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welshlamb
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Will pick up from machine shop on Monday and send to coaters for cerakoting. Should have back within a week . Thanks for your patience.
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welshlamb
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Will pick up from machine shop on Monday and send to coaters for cerakoting. Should have back within a week . Thanks for your patience.
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TVRRICH
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Nice one Ralph  |
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hindsight
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Location: Central Scotland
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Ralph - out of sheer laziness on my part did you also figure out a supplier for the the grommets protecting the fairing where the bolts fit?
I've just measured it to be about 15mm ID, 20mm OD and 2.5mm groove width, and will go looking for a supplier in due course, but I suspect you may have already done so!
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2bims
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| Hi Hindsight......I go to Halfords and buy "electrical" rubber grommets......get yourself a tray full of them for different sizes......or just buy online what you need....thats all they are |
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hindsight
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| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| Hi Hindsight......I go to Halfords and buy "electrical" rubber grommets......get yourself a tray full of them for different sizes......or just buy online what you need....thats all they are |
Yeah - I thought about that Steve, and already have some in the workshop, but every one I already have is a smaller groove width (1.6mm, rather than 2.5mm), and Halfords tend not to have many variants on the size.
I'll have a rummage around the interweb and ebay to see what I can find. |
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welshlamb
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Shiny parts deserve big pictures!!.....so.....
A day later than I mentioned but the seat screws were picked up yesterday. All dims seem to check out so it's off to the coaters next. Unfortunately due to a family death thee are closed for a few days until mid next week.
Patience is a virtue as they say.
The engineering shop is just 2 (3?) guys with a great assortment of some vintage machine tools and some 'newer' CNC machines. They were quite interested in the application and for once the "no job too small" bullshit you get from many businesses (until they say "No thanks" ) seems to be true.
The guy running it fled a bigger family engineering business and seems happy to be 'in control' of his microbusiness.
As its 6 miles from my house he may well be a source for other unobtanium or custom parts?
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TVRRICH
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| They look great Welsh lamb, looking forward to the finished item |
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2bims
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| Lovlely WelshLamb......Torn now though....decisions decisions....do I hold back from the black anodising and stay shiney?.....Love my Shiney...and its not like my bike is stock...far from it.....hhmmmmmmmmmm.......Shiney...no....Black...no....no......,,,,,Or shite...just flipping a coin.....shite.....came up tails for Black.....Best of 3....shite.....came up tails again......Best of five.....shite...tails friggin again.....its jinxed......me flipping the coin 3 times means I must want SHINEY none anodised please.......Decision made...FInal.... |
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welshlamb
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| hindsight wrote: |
Hi Ralph - out of sheer laziness on my part did you also figure out a supplier for the the grommets protecting the fairing where the bolts fit?
I've just measured it to be about 15mm ID, 20mm OD and 2.5mm groove width, and will go looking for a supplier in due course, but I suspect you may have already done so!
Thanks,
Mike |
not near my garage today so cant verify yr dims. Is 20mm the hole in seat unit diameter or the OD of the grommet? A quick Google has got me to item G10-R200-24-150 from the following page (If its 20mm seat hole) https://www.grommets.co.uk/products/grommets/open-rubber-grommets/ Need to look further.
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welshlamb
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| Lovlely WelshLamb......Torn now though....decisions decisions....do I hold back from the black anodising and stay shiney?.....Love my Shiney...and its not like my bike is stock...far from it.....hhmmmmmmmmmm.......Shiney...no....Black...no....no......,,,,,Or shite...just flipping a coin.....shite.....came up tails for Black.....Best of 3....shite.....came up tails again......Best of five.....shite...tails friggin again.....its jinxed......me flipping the coin 3 times means I must want SHINEY none anodised please.......Decision made...FInal.... |
One pair 'au naturel' reserved for you then!
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2bims
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| Lovlely WelshLamb......Torn now though....decisions decisions....do I hold back from the black anodising and stay shiney?.....Love my Shiney...and its not like my bike is stock...far from it.....hhmmmmmmmmmm.......Shiney...no....Black...no....no......,,,,,Or shite...just flipping a coin.....shite.....came up tails for Black.....Best of 3....shite.....came up tails again......Best of five.....shite...tails friggin again.....its jinxed......me flipping the coin 3 times means I must want SHINEY none anodised please.......Decision made...FInal.... |
One pair 'au naturel' reserved for you then! |
Cheers Lammie......au naturel better than nylon/plastic twist like cheese stock original Au naturel.... |
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brian
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| Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| Lovlely WelshLamb......Torn now though....decisions decisions....do I hold back from the black anodising and stay shiney?.....Love my Shiney...and its not like my bike is stock...far from it.....hhmmmmmmmmmm.......Shiney...no....Black...no....no......,,,,,Or shite...just flipping a coin.....shite.....came up tails for Black.....Best of 3....shite.....came up tails again......Best of five.....shite...tails friggin again.....its jinxed......me flipping the coin 3 times means I must want SHINEY none anodised please.......Decision made...FInal.... |
You could always go gold 
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brian
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| Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| Lovlely WelshLamb......Torn now though....decisions decisions....do I hold back from the black anodising and stay shiney?.....Love my Shiney...and its not like my bike is stock...far from it.....hhmmmmmmmmmm.......Shiney...no....Black...no....no......,,,,,Or shite...just flipping a coin.....shite.....came up tails for Black.....Best of 3....shite.....came up tails again......Best of five.....shite...tails friggin again.....its jinxed......me flipping the coin 3 times means I must want SHINEY none anodised please.......Decision made...FInal.... |
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You didn't seem to like the idea of shiney shiney when I did this 
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