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Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:46 am**

scooble wrote:is the frame powder coated or polished?

Powdercoated scoobie, used the guy who does all my alloy wheels for work and its come out well in High Gloss alloy

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:45 am**

Looks really good

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:11 am**

thats really nice, who does it?

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:49 pm**

scooble wrote:thats really nice, who does it?

WRC wheel refurbishers in Preston

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:23 pm**

Thats amazing will77, what a transformation.

Top class fella =D>

Posted: **Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:28 pm**

Evening all, hope you dont mind me posting some very obvious pictures to most of you but i was in garage today and decided to strip the Doner bike that is mis KR1 and 1S and get all the bits i need for my KR1, the photos are for my reference to put back to bits as i have never ever built a bike before...this is my first and by the looks on the other halfs face tonight.....probrably my last!

i hope i know where all these came from

And to get through the Afternoon i needed a good brew

i will be back next weekend after i have polished some more bits and hopefully get to start the rebuild. thanks again for reading and i hope i do it to standard your all happy with

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:58 am**

Great pics Will - keep them coming !

Sure your build will go well as long as you stay off the coke (and buy your misses some flowers

)

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:42 pm**

What you soaking at the back there, coke or vinegar.

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:12 pm**

375 wrote:What you soaking at the back there, coke or vinegar.

Industrial Alloy wheel Acid $\:D/$
Works a Treat.....2-3 days Soak and a slight rub with some autosol and 20years of Rust Gone! Magic!!

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:10 pm**

Bernie dropped your engine off with me when he brought his.
it is a tad dirty and rough around the edges,
wait until its finished. will be good enough to go in that newly powdercoated
frame.

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:25 pm**

Looking forward to the end result....Thanks Martin, keep me posted with a few pic's as you go along.
p.s - i'm a tad embarrased by condition of Mine compared to Bernies

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:39 pm**

its going to look a lot better when done.
nos exup from this forum is aqua blasting the entire engine.
I will post pictures up on this thread as I go,

but will take loads more as I build .
[I can either e mail you pictures as I go or wait until you come over to me.
and if you bring a memory stick with you ,you can upload straight from my
laptop

Posted: **Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:34 pm**

here you go will.
carbs are now spotless after being in the ultrasonic cleaner. I will order
some new pilot/main jets Monday. rebuild the carbs and set the float
heights.

Posted: **Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:52 pm**

fantastic, i'm liking that ultrasonic cleaner

Posted: **Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:04 pm**

That settles it, I'm definitely getting an ultrasonic cleaner!

Great work!

Dan

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