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Restoration of the smoke chrome finish on your Pro-Class frame
magna13:
Wow Spen, Well done matey!! that pro class is one of best to date... :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
Frosty:
The problem with the pro-class finish and the HLTurbo is that they are brown and blue tinted smokes respectively. Stidds painted finish was awsome, but he did put some time and effort into getting it how he wanted it. A similar colour would be to use the Raleigh night burner original colour as that seems the most similar - which is probably what Mark has done a lot of.
The DB is a different kettle of fish altogether, Radman has a source who has come closest, but it is a difficult finish to get right - I guess the more people trying to find a suitable finish the better I'm interested because I have one of each that will need doing :daumenhoch:
jimmyp:
looks great :4_17_5:
fhm reader here i come ;)
Again :)
matt:
looks dam fine to me spen, and i will be sending fhm reader a pm as soon as mine has been rechromed, and if i recal correctly terry cable cranks arnt right for a pro class they came stock with a 1pc i think
Spen69:
Morning all
Yes, the finish on mine is a little "brown" as Mark deoes indeed do a lot of Nightburners for peaople, so the colour he uses is a slight variation on this. As for the "blue-ish" tint for the DB's, I can't comment as I've never seen one in the flesh, but if your bike has a bit of the original finish on it, Mark will try and match it for sure.
I have a completely NOS 175mm Supergoose opc that I was going to put on this, but I think the Pro-Class actually left the factory with a 180mm opc. I put the new Flights on it as I wanted to, but then I always build my bikes how I would have if I'd have had loads of cash when i was younger. I am pretty sure the Pro-Class had Dia-Compe MX1000's on it and I put a Tuff Neck drive on it simply because I like them. The Viscount Aero saddle I think was stock, but I put a Redline layback on it as it was lying around spare - I do have a Renthall waiting to be polished up. Finally I am sure they had Lee-Chi hinged clamps, but the Pro-Class might have had a DC to match the brakes. All in all it's an attempt at re-creating the bike I would have sold my soul to the devil for back in 1983, so I am delighted with it and couldn't care less if it's original or not.
Currently eating a jam sandwhich as Lenny Henry always said back in '83.
Cheers for now guys :daumenhoch:
Spen
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