Week commencing 14th December 2009

Monday: Heavy rain all day and so no work in the workshop or on the Valk.

Tuesday: Spent some of the day in the workshop polishing the triple tree as I wasn’t happy with the results from last week. The photo shows before and after the polishing.

I also have a chrome cover to fit below the trees and so the grotty finish here doesn’t matter. I also did some more painting of parts. I collected the front mudguard from the painters as he wasn’t confident with fitting the pinstripes in exactly the correct place.

Wednesday: No power and no water due to the weather and so no work done today. I took the front mudguard to a local sign writing firm and they will fit the pinstripes.

Thursday: More cleaning and polishing of pieces. I did the clutch master cylinder, the photo shows the brake master cylinder before polishing and the clutch master cylinder after.

They were both in the same condition and so the brake one will look similar when I have finished it. I have new covers for them and so have not bothered polishing those.

Friday: Collected the mudguard from the sign writers and delivered it back to the painters. It should be finished next week. I also bought some special paint stripper to get the rest of the lacquer off the triple trees and the master cylinder mounting brackets.

Saturday: Stripped the lacquer off the top triple tree and the master cylinder clamps. All very well polished underneath, it was just the corroded lacquer making them look dull, they should just need a trip to the buffing wheels and not need any rubbing down. Polished the front brake master cylinder, it needed a lot of rubbing down first but now  not much more to polish. That’s it for this week and I doubt I’ll do much next week with Christmas just around the corner.