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My Next Project FORKS UPDATE
oldskooldayz:
well i havnt even finished my Kz1 and im already starting this little puppy :D
i found this and new i had to have a pop at it as i love macmania's and bendycats on the museum :daumenhoch:
its a MT Silverfox from what i can see im just waiting for macmania to confirm this for me :4_17_5:
as you will see from the pics it is in need of some light resto work in terms of the little specks of rust on it but they go with very little effort
but what i would like to know is what is the best way to get this to a lovely shine finish ?
i have read loads of resto's but not done this myself so would like some sound advice from the experts please
here are a few pics of it as it stands at this moment in time at the beginning of its rebirth :daumenhoch:
BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
Hi mate - was this the one in the shed on ebay ?
looks MT racing to me
the chrome looks like it will clean well but might have a few hair line marks after ? has it been cleaned with a brilo pad ?
to me it will work and look good but i can't see what the chrome is like in that pic - but i would give it a good go :daumenhoch:
any probs cleaning/polishing up just pm me ;)
see here for what i did to a frame and how it looked after
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=119948.0
see here how i did it a how you can do the same for you frame
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=120674.0
see my MT Racing Silver Fox - now back in my arms :smitten:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=119582.0
NORTY40:
Are the forks 'aero' style ie Teardrop ?
Has the rear brake bridge got a raised section ?
Serial number and from what i can see it looks like a Silverfox to me ;)
Give it the lemon juice and tinfoil treatment ;) A good polish with Peek and the old girl will be gleaming 8)
Love these bikes :smitten: Still got my original one from BITD and currently doing a factory spec one myself.
oldskooldayz:
--- Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on February 28, 2011, 09:56 AM ---Hi mate - was this the one in the shed on ebay ?
looks MT racing to me
the chrome looks like it will clean well but might have a few hair line marks after ? has it been cleaned with a brilo pad ?
to me it will work and look good but i can't see what the chrome is like in that pic - but i would give it a good go :daumenhoch:
any probs cleaning/polishing up just pm me ;)
see here for what i did to a frame and how it looked after
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=119948.0
see here how i did it a how you can do the same for you frame
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=120674.0
see my MT Racing Silver Fox - now back in my arms :smitten:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=119582.0
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It is indeed the one that was sat in a damp shed on the bay
she does look a lot worse in the pics and they pulled off the original downtube decal hence the grotty looking marks :tickedoff:
i have been looking at your build buddy and yep was hopeing you would shed some light on how you got it to that stage so will be going through those links for the resto :daumenhoch:
already ordered the decals from Del :daumenhoch:
--- Quote from: NORTY40 on February 28, 2011, 11:19 AM ---Are the forks 'aero' style ie Teardrop ?
Has the rear brake bridge got a raised section ?
Serial number and from what i can see it looks like a Silverfox to me ;)
Give it the lemon juice and tinfoil treatment ;) A good polish with Peek and the old girl will be gleaming 8)
Love these bikes :smitten: Still got my original one from BITD and currently doing a factory spec one myself.
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hi mate yeo the forks are the oval aero akisu stamped ones and has the raised bit on the brake bridge :daumenhoch:
cool that you also have one of these and look forward to seeing it brought back to life :daumenhoch:
BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
yer he didn't take my offer ::) ;D
please don't used lemon juice and tin foil = f'ing the chrome up
good luck with it and don't forget to take loads of pic's and make a nice thread out of it - help share your finds for others and show opf your hard work 8)
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