Author Topic: 1987 GT Pro Freestyle Tour (Friday fun purchase!) (Read 22728 times)

tfi_friday · « **Reply #50 on:** July 13, 2016, 09:29 PM »

Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on July 13, 2016, 09:28 PM

Quote from: kalex on July 13, 2016, 09:10 PM
It's the actual chrome that I was wondering how to remove or did the same bloke who polished it do that also.
If you take the stem to a chromers, they will remove the flaking chrome for you. Some, dependent on their expertise, will also re-chrome it for you, which in my opinion, but not to bash the job done this one in this thread, is far better than polished

Totally agree, since you keep the original machining marks, but I didn't fancy the additional expense of that on a stem I hadn't actually planned to use initially

kalex · « **Reply #51 on:** July 13, 2016, 09:58 PM »

Quote from: tfi_friday on July 13, 2016, 09:26 PM

Quote from: kalex on July 13, 2016, 09:21 PM
Quote from: tfi_friday on July 13, 2016, 09:12 PM
Quote from: kalex on July 13, 2016, 09:10 PM
It's the actual chrome that I was wondering how to remove or did the same bloke who polished it do that also.

I'm not on FB so that's flown over my head sorry but looks a tidy TS

He removed it too, think he sanded it off, rather than chemically though

Cheers that's what I was wondering.

Happy enough with the finish, especially considering how I got it. And all the bolts are the same ones

I think that purchase has done you proud

kalex · « **Reply #52 on:** July 13, 2016, 10:01 PM »

Quote from: Gnarlyscoots™ on July 13, 2016, 09:28 PM

Quote from: kalex on July 13, 2016, 09:10 PM
It's the actual chrome that I was wondering how to remove or did the same bloke who polished it do that also.
If you take the stem to a chromers, they will remove the flaking chrome for you. Some, dependent on their expertise, will also re-chrome it for you, which in my opinion, but not to bash the job done this one in this thread, is far better than polished

Terry I like doing things myself if I can but always stayed clear of dodgy chromed parts as thought they were to much pain in the arse to do.

I just wanted to clear up how this was done.

The nearest chromers to me is miles away and I prefer to drop things off to explain. With that it all adds up to big £££

tfi_friday · « **Reply #53 on:** July 13, 2016, 10:23 PM »

Anyway back to the GT

Good old sunstrip doing the hard work.

And everything raw /even the black brake, once I realised they were anodized rather than paint.

So now everything is en route to SBD for some special powder coating.

tfi_friday · « **Reply #54 on:** August 17, 2016, 11:20 AM »

Dan did his magic again, and with the helps of some Tiger Drylac that Trevor Henry let me use.

Can't wait to see it in the flesh!

Swivel · « **Reply #55 on:** August 17, 2016, 01:37 PM »

Nice find mate, they are still about these gems

oldschoolace · « **Reply #56 on:** August 17, 2016, 01:40 PM »

Nice colour and bars

ED209 · « **Reply #57 on:** August 17, 2016, 01:45 PM »

missed this thread ... just read it all ... what a great buy

BMX1973 · « **Reply #58 on:** August 17, 2016, 08:31 PM »

This is going to be so nice

bigfatolly · « **Reply #59 on:** August 17, 2016, 11:15 PM »

Cool ,saw the pics of the powder job on FB,didn't realise it was this bike,great thread,can't wait to see it finished

tfi_friday · « **Reply #60 on:** August 18, 2016, 09:31 AM »

Just need to find a decent shape white 87 seat.... Which seems to be impossible at the moment

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #61 on:** August 18, 2016, 11:35 AM »

This will look fantastic! I can't wait to see it finished!

PHIL9HUF · « **Reply #62 on:** August 18, 2016, 10:07 PM »

Awesome so far

Good luck finding a seat I am sure1 will come up

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tfi_friday · « **Reply #63 on:** August 19, 2016, 10:07 AM »

Have a white '86 and a white '88 ... So at least I have something to put on it while waiting...

tfi_friday · « **Reply #64 on:** August 19, 2016, 11:15 PM »

Well it arrived today in Sweden from SBD and what can I say!!!

And just to show how good SBD is... Here's a comparison on the new powder to a NOS set of 1986 Dayglow Pink GT Performer bars.

tfi_friday · « **Reply #65 on:** August 25, 2016, 05:03 AM »

Time to have a go at lacing up and truing the wheels.

Took a couple of efforts to get the pattern right but got it sorted:

Then it was time to MacGyver a truing stand, from a Trickstar and three lollipop sticks.

And mounted to some GT rubber

tfi_friday · « **Reply #66 on:** August 25, 2016, 05:11 AM »

Next up, the Nippon that was originally anodized black got the SBD treatment. (Still need to have the QR mounted again)

SBD powder:

Sharpie Oil Paint pen, neatly done... *cough*

Thankfully a bit of elbow grease and some polish tided it up:

tfi_friday · « **Reply #67 on:** August 25, 2016, 05:24 AM »

Now the fun starts...

BB cups

Headset cups and Gyro

Freestyle GT Epoch

1987 GT Seat clamp that originally came with the bike

tfi_friday · « **Reply #68 on:** August 25, 2016, 05:27 AM »

Now some SR bits and bobs...

SR stamped GT Mallet

SR stamped GT Power Series Cranks and SR SP-474 Pedals

And I just noticed a nice detail on the Power Series Locknut... GT stamped

tfi_friday · « **Reply #69 on:** August 25, 2016, 05:34 AM »

Ran into a bit of a problem though with the rear frame Standers.

Test fitted them, and they won't sit fluch to the drop out when mounted... bit of tweaking to do, so I dont mess up the powder coat on the frame.

That's all I managed today, but couldnt resist to see how the wheel looked on.

PHIL9HUF · « **Reply #70 on:** August 26, 2016, 01:37 AM »

Quality mate

Mint Power series and 474s

Turning out to be a crackin resto this for a fun buy

deeman · « **Reply #71 on:** August 26, 2016, 03:52 AM »

Looks fantastic Alan...surely just tightening the standers gradually will pull 'em into shape?

tfi_friday · « **Reply #72 on:** August 26, 2016, 05:27 AM »

Quote from: deeman on August 26, 2016, 03:52 AM

Looks fantastic Alan...surely just tightening the standers gradually will pull 'em into shape?

I don't fancy trashing the powder coat, but the gap is pretty huge. I also think rather than pull the stander in when tightened, it will have the effect that it will rotate up off the chain stay instead.

Anyway, I managed to solve it and keep the powder intact (on the bike and frame stander)

It actually needed a little precision engineering to get it sorted.

So here's the problem...

With the frame stander sitting on the chainstay the gap to the drop out was about a centimetre. I tried two different sets and the problem was the same for both.

So I figured if I can widen the part that sits on the chain stay, it should sit flush, or at least sit closer to be able to tighten it down. So time to use that precision engineering to widen it.

Meet the Persuader...

Just a block of wood and a mallet.

Hand -> Mallet -> Block of wood -> FrameStander -> ThickRag -> Corner of workbench

Did it in small steps to get it to the point it sat flush

Frame stander on the Left is has the original shape, the one on the Right is widened.

Thankfully the powder didn't chip or crack and now it all sits like it should.

Andyboy77 · « **Reply #73 on:** August 27, 2016, 10:30 AM »

It's so nice to follow this thread and see this lovely bike growing.

Great work Alan!

tfi_friday · « **Reply #74 on:** August 27, 2016, 12:32 PM »

Quote from: Andyboy77 on August 27, 2016, 10:30 AM

It's so nice to follow this thread and see this lovely bike growing. Great work Alan!

Nice to hear, always fun to document the builds... Although progress has been a bit slow due to the demands of a 1 and 3 year old lol