busabeast Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 So my day today consisted of telling nick the prick where to go and accepting a job as self employed hgv trade plate driver starting tomorrow morning 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 hours ago, boboneleg said: Or you could just copy it like I just did .............. Oh yes you can do that as well 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Six30 said: Finished my truck … was a Tesco delivery van ,… I’ll do another once this sells That’s pretty cool 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I’ve improvised a satnav holder to get me through the back roads to Gatwick 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Six30 said: Finished my truck … was a Tesco delivery van ,… I’ll do another once this sells Pretty sweet looking! I'd love to have a truck like that set to haul bikes - something I could get the Wing onto. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Earache said: Pretty sweet looking! I'd love to have a truck like that set to haul bikes - something I could get the Wing onto. You'll be after a rigid 32t truck then 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 10 minutes ago, busabeast said: You'll be after a rigid 32t truck then Nah, my pickup truck with an 8' bed would hold the wing, it's just too tall for me to get it up in there. A lower bed height would be perfect for hauling it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDog Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: This is interesting. It didn't cross my mind about casting from a 3D print doh! Could you get it cast in bronze and plated? In theory I could, in practie I wouldn't. Plating is expensive so I'm avoiding it on this project. There is also at least one place that 3D prints the sand mold itself but that's beyond what I can do here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 28 minutes ago, DesmoDog said: In theory I could, in practie I wouldn't. Plating is expensive so I'm avoiding it on this project. There is also at least one place that 3D prints the sand mold itself but that's beyond what I can do here. Sounds like the amount of time n money on printing plastic would make it cheap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 3 hours ago, DesmoDog said: I should have figured the Harley crowd was doing it. I'd prefer the look of raw aluminum over green bronze... and there's no way I'm constantly polishing the damn thing to keep it shiny. I've got better things to rub out. Wait, that didn't sound right... no try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 3 hours ago, DesmoDog said: When I cleaned up the spoke nipples it took the plating off, so they're brass now. They're small so it's pretty subtle though. When I rebuild the engine some of the fittings will receive the same treatement, so there will be brass parts sprinkled around on it here and there. But probably not the tail light. is that a twin leading shoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, busabeast said: So my day today consisted of telling nick the prick where to go and accepting a job as self employed hgv trade plate driver starting tomorrow morning will you be at the side of the road with your thumb up trying to hitch a lift after a drop off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDog Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, skyrider said: is that a twin leading shoe No but the one on my other old Ducati project is. (shown below) That reminds me though. I do have some Honda parts I could put in there that would make it a twin leading shoe brake... I may do that before it's all said and done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Oh yes you can do that as well 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 59 minutes ago, DesmoDog said: No but the one on my other old Ducati project is. (shown below) That reminds me though. I do have some Honda parts I could put in there that would make it a twin leading shoe brake... I may do that before it's all said and done. Dude, are you waiting for a writen invitation from @Earache before you start a thread about your amazing work? Just do it, it’s great! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 13 hours ago, DesmoDog said: No but the one on my other old Ducati project is. (shown below) That reminds me though. I do have some Honda parts I could put in there that would make it a twin leading shoe brake... I may do that before it's all said and done. do you remember the leading shoe brakes on the old yamaha race bikes , i was looking in a magazine a while ago if you were to buy one at the time of reading the article £4000 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Humidifier's here! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, XTreme said: Humidifier's here! You can stop holding your breath now then? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 18 hours ago, skyrider said: will you be at the side of the road with your thumb up trying to hitch a lift after a drop off No we have runner vehicles to ferry us around between jobs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Tango said: You can stop holding your breath now then? Don't tell him that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 21 hours ago, Six30 said: Finished my truck … was a Tesco delivery van ,… I’ll do another if this sells Never gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 4 minutes ago, busabeast said: Never gonna happen 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 FB memory 2 years ago today! Now that is Rugged Individualism! 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, busabeast said: No we have runner vehicles to ferry us around between jobs thats better than it used to be then you always so these guys with trade plates under their arm trying to cadge a lift 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDog Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 18 hours ago, Pedro said: Dude, are you waiting for a writen invitation from @Earache before you start a thread about your amazing work? I'm not so sure I'd put any of this in the amazing category... maybe an amazingly long time to get anything done... I started working on this in 2005. I'll post up a summary when it's done, I've already got a couple ongoing threads to maintain and this doesn't seem like the place for that sort of ongoing project thing. 5 hours ago, skyrider said: do you remember the leading shoe brakes on the old yamaha race bikes , i was looking in a magazine a while ago if you were to buy one at the time of reading the article £4000 I don't recall those specifically but I have seen prices on brakes get a bit ridiculous. The Oldani I posted is a replica, I got a decent deal on it from a British shop. It was on consignment and the shop owner just wanted it gone - the brake owner owed the shop owner money from what I recall. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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