a day in the workshop with the tiger !

[shanered6]

well the weather was sh*t today so i decided to do the wheels on the tiger , the tiger is a tidy bike but the wheels are terrible.
the rims are baddly corroded so i thought i could sort them with my polishing kit,,,,but no chance so it was a wire brush a rag and some autosol and elbow grease .....lots and lots of elbow grease .

the wheel before !


the rim is bad



half way through





thats better


makes a huge differance to the look of the bike .

 

[avion]

Nicely done, how long did that take? Is it the salt that eats the rims like that?

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[shanered6]

ye the salt realy hammers alloy badly ! well it took me from 9am to 3pm to do ...my arms were killing me by the end !
and the bad thing is i still have the front one to do...

 

[The Seeker]

Im sure that WAS a lot of work but wellworth the effort!

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[devo]

This is what ya want Shane
my boy got me this for a birthday pressy as I plan on doing my forks sometime soon.

 

[Silli]

Nice one..... that is a loooong job, but result is worth it! YUP

 

[DaveM]

Very nicely done and now the bad thing is your front one is going to stand out so it will now need doing for sure

 

[shanered6]

This is what ya want Shane
my boy got me this for a birthday pressy as I plan on doing my forks sometime soon.

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harry.. i have the exact same set and they are brilliant ! but for very badly corroded stuff , there not quite ebrasive enough to take out the pitting .
but saying that .....mine are all very worn now , ive had it 10 years or so and its done a lot of work ! my mops are half the size of those now. maybe its time for a new set !

 

[devo]

Good to hear youve had success with the set
A few years ago after having a dent repaired, I stripped the paint finish of my speedmaster front wheel and polished it.
After using paintstripper to get the worst of the paint off, I used 3M paint stripping wheels in a drill and wet and dry paper down to 1500 grit before I hit it with Autosol and a mop.

before



after

 

[shanered6]

harry thats a very tidy job ! .....looks real nice when you can get em that good !

 

[CarlS]

Nice work, Shane. That was a WHOLE lot of elbow grease.

Harry, that kit did a good job. Looks great.