It’s been awhile but I’m back just realised my project fits hear so this is it
The Story of the “twin cylinder trials bike”
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I’m in a vintage club and it appears to me that it’s not really a vintage bike after the 60s. Hence the need for a vintage bike that can sit on 100 and go bush As usual a bike made itself known, Honda twin import it’s condition is low mileage, old in design, been sitting for along time under cover but with dust on it so it’s rusted.
Setting up for hoysting note the condition
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A lot of cleaning pulled some panels off for inspection and wiping internally best I can as it has a layer of black grunge where it’s not splashed with oil. In those days you didn’t use multi grade oils with detergents.
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The cleaning and preparation for assembly goes some thing like this:
Petrol scrub
Parts cleaner scrub
CT18 scrub and scrub and scrub tooth brush where needed
Rust treatment varies as the paint is not modern paint and can dissolve from contact with some common chemicals.
After being cleaned like I have a problem the open pores are coated with either Penetrol, lanolin, or ACF50. Everything is coated with something after cleaning.
All ready to go back together
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