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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: JAY on September 10, 2011, 03:04 PM
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OK, just thought i'd put these pics up for you Raleigh guys, basically a guy locally found me and wanted some advice on restoring his old bike. My advice was to leave it original as the rust looked worse than it really was and even though the bike came in bits and the parts were caked in 20+ old black muck, dirt, dryed up grease etc i could see the potential in the bike and said i would restore it for him. It came with all original parts except the bars, stem, grips, however he found the bars and grips he took off when he got the bike. The stem was still missing but had a tuff neck which stays on the bike. The only thing that could not be saved was the tyres which were totally rotten and the back cable which again was rusted and rotten beyond repair.The tyres have been replaced with re-issues and a new rear cable fitted.The Frame and fork dropouts are totally mint with no marks and chrome and decals are all original. The bike has taken a few months to complete and most of the parts have came up brilliant, nothing has been blinged on it, just cleaned up nicely. Anyway, he's a few pics.............Oh yeah, the bike will stay with it's original owner and be ridden on the odd occasion, so Darren, if your reading this, look after it :knuppel2:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P7191071.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P7191069.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P7191067.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P7191068.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P9101227.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P9101226.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P9101224.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q66/harogenone/P9101225.jpg)
Jay......
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sweet :smitten:
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turned out nice :smitten:
Tuf neck looks great on there :daumenhoch:
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nice bit of resto that :daumenhoch:
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Looks great that. What did you do to clean it up?
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Good job :daumenhoch:
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Wow !
I do like the Aero Pro's :4_17_5:
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Very nice Jay, the chrome has came up a treat :daumenhoch:
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stunning.
would love a chrome one of these...
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Some nice TLC gone into that well done :smitten:
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That has turned out well nice, i bet the original owner is chuft to bits to get than back :daumenhoch: :coolsmiley: :coolsmiley:
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Looks super good , top work done & a real turn around :daumenhoch:
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nice, wanted one BITD :coolsmiley:
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handsome :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :smitten:
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Fantastic Resto :smitten:
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Loving that, came up a treat
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thats come up brilliantly :daumenhoch:
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:smitten: :smitten: :smitten: love these bikes.... great job BTW... :daumenhoch:
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Nice work fella :daumenhoch: Turned out real nice 8)
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Stunning restoration :daumenhoch:
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I think I want an AP now, rode my mates BITD and it was sweet. Top resto Jay. :daumenhoch:
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I got a similar rusty Aero Pro with a resto just like that also Jay! And it came up a treat too. Very rewarding, top job. :daumenhoch:
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Looks great that, well done :daumenhoch:........can i send you mine to do :coolsmiley:
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There were only ever 2 Burner's I wanted BiTD, the CroMo (Tange) Burner and this puppy - my god, that is a stunning bike, made even better by the Tuff Neck for some strange reason......
Both were made by Tange and spec'd with awesome parts of which absolutely none came from Nottingham, but look at what this would cost to build today, even if you didn't want the f&f.
Simply stunning Jay, top work bud and 99% original to the bike :daumenhoch:
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Both were made by Tange and spec'd with awesome parts of which absolutely none came from Nottingham, but look at what this would cost to build today, even if you didn't want the f&f.
Behave ya' self.... the DECALS were printed in Hucknall :D :D :D :D :D
Great bit of TLC Jay... expect nothing less though really. :daumenhoch:
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:smitten: if I ever build another bike it has to be one of these seen as I still have my original brakes and crank from back in the day
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Ha ha, I forgot about he decals!
I keep coming back to this... Might have to do one sometime soon ;)
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Behave ya' self.... the DECALS were printed in Hucknall :D :D :D :D :D
So, you'd like us to believe that Simply Red are printing decals for Raleigh now? :LolLolLolLol:
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cracking resto job fella :daumenhoch:
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Nicely done :)
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Behave ya' self.... the DECALS were printed in Hucknall :D :D :D :D :D
So, you'd like us to believe that Simply Red are printing decals for Raleigh now? :LolLolLolLol:
;D that's actually funny on two levels.... Funny for Mick!! And the fact that the repro's that are available are red instead of burgundy... :laugh:
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:LolLolLolLol: