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Zambia
PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:36 pm 
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Stops rust in your gas tank too. :D
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chong1
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:01 pm 
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brendon11 wrote:
That rusty carb looked real bad. However the other two came out looking really great! how'd you clean them?> just soak them in berrymans??

You have shown some fantastic work so far. I agree with all the other posts, KEEP THE PICS COMING!!


Thanks! First I soaked them in Berrymans and then I used a Dremel with a wire brush attachment to get off the stuff that was left. After that I used polishing wheels and polishing compound on my bench grinder to shine up most of the surfaces. I got a polishing kit from http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffing_kits.htm. I originally got the kit for my engine side covers. I then used my dremel again with a small polishing wheel attachment to get to the nooks and crannies. There are still some areas that I couldn't get with the dremel.

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About the white stuff in the carbs, I took some H1 carbs apart last week and they were filled with the white stuff. Turned out to be calcium. I soaked the parts in CLR for 5 minutes and it was all gone.


Great tip! :D I think I'll get some clr and soak them. I'm worried about the small orifices clogged up (or not fully open) with that carb cocaine!

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Phil46
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Amazing transformation! I would love to see more updates and photos.
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ZERO
PostPosted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:16 am 

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Nice looking work!! You've done this before! I especialy like that clean set set-up. :thumbup:

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LIRUSS
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:11 pm 

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mad skills ! you should reproduce that awesome oil tank & sell me one ! :thumbup:
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FloridaSteve
PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:09 am 
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LIRUSS wrote:
mad skills ! you should reproduce that awesome oil tank & sell me one ! :thumbup:



+1! If I had a tank like that I's seriously consider NOT going to premix on the next build. :eh:

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chong1
PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:15 am 
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After nearly 2 years to the day, the Pile of Dog Poo is back baby!

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Decided to make the 250 into a 350. Bought a 350 engine to swipe the cylinders and heads from.

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Decided to repaint the frame. I wasn't happy with the powder coating. It was too flat and too many imperfections. Powder coating makes a great base primer.

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Stripping of the layers of paint

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Smoothing out the imperfections

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Primer

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Base color

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White Stripe

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Stickers!

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Clear coat on and a trial fitting on the bike.

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Hmmm, brown leather seat?

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husson73
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brown seat is for hairdresser :D
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ThreePipesSmokin
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husson73 wrote:
brown seat is for hairdresser :D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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demus
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:clap: Nice work, It's a real head turner! I have lurked around this site for 2 years or so and saw the first post you made back then, I didn't think it was a bad deal then, now it looks like the purchase of the decade!
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