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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:21 am
by G-Man
I bought some 10mm OD tube to make a new front loop for my bobbed CL72 brace. It's a fairly simple piece to replicate. It will get re-chromed afterwards.
G
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:18 pm
by OldScrambler
There is a very nice brace on ebay............asking $350 or so
Last one I sold had minor pitting .........got about $180 plus shipping.
I have enough good units for my planned projects (6)......but I have several early and late bobbed units.
My welder looked at my parts today and thinks he can repair them...........3 units for sure, maybe 2 more. His work will cost between $40 and $80 per unit. Then re-chrome ............if I take them all at the same time for a DEAL........I might get them for $100 each.............so $250 retail is not much of an incentive for the risk...........and makes the ebay unit attractive.
Re: front fenders and support brackets
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:49 pm
by malcolmgb
tarat wrote: there is a great classic bike place here that carries a lot of the fender profiles or for an affordable surcharge will make the fenders as near as........
I am in the UK and looking for someone to straighten 2 fenders for me, any chance you could let me know who this is please, reply here or pm me.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:26 am
by OldScrambler
Malcolm................For alloy fenders I have found that the combination of a hard rubber ball approximately the same inside-curvature of the fender works very well on an English Wheel with a standard tapered roller on the top. If no English Wheel.............try mounting the rubber ball in a vice and begin to shape the fender with a large rubber hammer. Heat the metal between 'pounding segments' to keep the alloy 'flowing'. When the large dents are reduced to small divots I use a hard roller (end of a baseball bat) and pound with a hard plastic body hammer to reduce the smaller dents for a final rolling finish. Again, heating the metal keeps it somewhat soft and avoids 'wrinkles'.
I then take the fender to a local shop with an English Wheel for the final rolling finish. I had previously sent several fenders to a fellow 305 enthusiast a few hundred miles from my home. He traded his beginning English Wheel and plennishing-hammer talents for some needed CL77 parts. I was very appreciative of his work.
I have yet to accomplish the desired brushed finish for my early bikes. If yours are for the '64, the final may not be so critical for painted finish.
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:45 pm
by malcolmgb
Thanks Dennis, I was thinking of having the early lacquered finish rather than painted, which would be more forgiving, will see how things progress when I get to that point.
Mudguards
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:45 am
by tarat
http://www.auto-cycle.co.uk/#mud
these are the people I have used for mudguards they bought the speedwell company and a lot of its tooling
would still like to get some help on the brackets.......anyone?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:54 am
by G-Man
Malcolm
I think the changeover was in mid 1963. I'm going to play safe and paint mine. The polished surface looks nicer but I think it will be difficult to get back to that factory look.
G
malcolmgb wrote:Thanks Dennis, I was thinking of having the early lacquered finish rather than painted, which would be more forgiving, will see how things progress when I get to that point.