Rear Foot Pegs While I still waited for some tools to arrive, I continued with removing parts and cleaning them as much as possible ready for painting or plating. I took off the rear foot pegs and discovered a bodge, a quick fix that I made years ago which never got repaired properly. Jamming a bolt in prevented the peg folding downwards when hitting a pothole. Annoying for any passenger, so a weld needed adding to the inside end of […]
One rear mudguard that I took for blasting and powder coating only got as far as chemical cleaning (tank dipped). Once the paint and filler came away it revealed extensive corrosion which may have holed if blasted. The other one was blasted, filled slightly and powder coated. I took along the new front mudguard, that I’d recently bought, and asked them to match the colour on the rear mudguard. I believe this is always the best option against providing paint […]
