Polished the front hub to a mirror finish.
I'm not going to do the rest, I'll leave as a brushed/mirror finish.
Showing posts with label restoring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restoring. Show all posts
Saturday, September 24, 2016
A few updates on the bike.
I picked up the completed wheels yesterday, all trued with the tires on.
I wasn't happy with how clean the aluminum was on the front hub so I used the dremel and shined it up even more. This is a before photo when I picked them up. It was shiny but it didn't have that mirror finish I was looking for.
Last week I picked up the rear rack that had been sand blasted and re-chromed. I forgot to take a before photo of it but the sides on the left were painted and the rest was rusted.
This is one of the many other parts that were powder coated grey. I'll post the rest of them another time.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Video on the methods I am using for most of my cleaning.
Here is a short video on the methods I am using to clean some of the bike parts.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Starting to restore the 1966 Honda S65
I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought I would post about restoring my dad's old motorcycle.
When he passed away 4 years ago, he left me 2 things that I needed to restore, a 1957 Jaguar mk7m and a 1966 Honda S65 motorcycle. I'm going to start with the easy one first since I don't know anything about restoring something. This should be fun. I have a friend who is going to help me along the way but I am going to try and learn to do most of the work myself. I probably won't be doing the engine/transmission, he will be doing that part.
I remember when I was young(under 10) the bike being at the side of my grandma's house and the shed. I remember sitting on it thinking this was the coolest thing ever, it just sat there, I don't know what condition it was in at the time. Greg had taken it apart and boxed it up years ago, I told myself I was going to rebuild it. I think this was something that he was going to do at some point so I am going to finish it.
So, this past week I have stripped the bike down to get ready for powder coating. I have been taking photos of everything along the way so I can put it all back together. I have manuals and diagrams, I think I am ready to go. I am also going to stick with the original colour.
All photos will be posted at https://flic.kr/s/aHskF2qkgu
When he passed away 4 years ago, he left me 2 things that I needed to restore, a 1957 Jaguar mk7m and a 1966 Honda S65 motorcycle. I'm going to start with the easy one first since I don't know anything about restoring something. This should be fun. I have a friend who is going to help me along the way but I am going to try and learn to do most of the work myself. I probably won't be doing the engine/transmission, he will be doing that part.
I remember when I was young(under 10) the bike being at the side of my grandma's house and the shed. I remember sitting on it thinking this was the coolest thing ever, it just sat there, I don't know what condition it was in at the time. Greg had taken it apart and boxed it up years ago, I told myself I was going to rebuild it. I think this was something that he was going to do at some point so I am going to finish it.
So, this past week I have stripped the bike down to get ready for powder coating. I have been taking photos of everything along the way so I can put it all back together. I have manuals and diagrams, I think I am ready to go. I am also going to stick with the original colour.
All photos will be posted at https://flic.kr/s/aHskF2qkgu
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