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triple parts
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:00 pm
by Tartan Triple
over the last few years,spare parts priced have gone up,quantity down,making a hobby/pleasure a pain,to the point where i doubt i will take on a project,unless its all there and can be refinished,have we really used all the bits up?/ nos appears to be made of gold instead of metal,i think the days are gone of building a bike from nos,unless you started collecting many years ago.
I will most likely gather essential parts to keep my bikes on the road for perhaps future owners :smt023
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:58 pm
by blackhat400
Tight Scots git " with yorkshire anccestors
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:25 pm
by TallyB
Totally agree.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:29 pm
by Tartan Triple
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:29 pm
by nogger
I realised that years ago if doesn't come with the bike and you can't paint/ chrome or clean it don't bother trying. I needed and still do loads for my h2b build I'm on with now, no chance of NOS just old stuff from US as they break better bikes than I try to restore it seems. I use pattern cables rubbers etc it's the only way 
I still need a headlight ,chainguard and seat and loads of other stuff, Rick sorted me with an oilpump nice man that he is.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:20 pm
by Chris Todd
probably going to cost me about 3 grand to restore my hif. bike was complete all bar a few small bits done everything myself except paint [fuel tank] and chrome, throw in the purchase price and it's probably cost more than it's worth but hey ho iv'e many hours of fun and more to come riding her next season
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:33 pm
by nogger
Hi Chris, I sent you a PM ages and was wondering where you got paint done as I'll be needing some shortly.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:05 pm
by Chris Todd
rick painted my h2a have bought paint and stickers{rick} for h1f and getting a local lad to paint it aint got it back yet so i dont know what it will be like i'm sure the shade will be 'wrong' although it seems that the original colour depended if it was painted on monday or tueday by 'fuk mi' or 'fuk yu'
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:12 pm
by nogger
I thought it was good sir Rick did my last one same colour
what about your polishing?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:02 pm
by Chris Todd
sandblaster, leccy drill, mops, and loads of time i'm afraid
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:24 pm
by Tartan Triple
Chris,well get polishing as we need it for the Scottish bike show,cheers tartan :smt023
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:19 pm
by Chris Todd
andrew sent you a pm coming up with debug mode error let me know if you got it
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:14 pm
by Tartan Triple
got it cheers!!
:smt019blackhat