Bring back a 1981 GL1100 Corpse to life!

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Re: Bring back a 1981 GL1100 Corpse to life!

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DocRoot wrote:shakehands No offense intended :IDTS:
It's ok DocRoot! dancr

The problem for me is the language barriers.
Even if i can write and understand English quite well, my problem is that, when you guys express yourself here in terms that is for me a little bit tricky to understand, that is where the barriers comes in. But, i know what you mean for about 90% so :-D :)
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I am glad for your perseverance and patience!
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Painted the radiator today, included all the stuffs mounted on it. Bought two windshields from an -77 that i will paint in the same colour as the rest of the bike. Mine was rusty so. :)
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Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
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Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
Yamaha XV 1100 Virago 1998
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Re: Bring back a 1981 GL1100 Corpse to life!

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Did you do your own soda blasting? Please show us your rig.
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DocRoot wrote:Did you do your own soda blasting? Please show us your rig.
Yepp. I blastered it my self. Quite fun actually. But, everyting gets white around you. xmas2

I have an air compressor with a large engine and a tank of 11,35 gallon dry vol. 50 litre.
And this sandblaster pistol:
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It is a little bit hard to get the suction from the bucket with soda, if it is a little moisture in the air. Best is to have a separator who dries the air. Hope you know what i mean?

Other, it works fine. Just be careful with painted areas. It is fine to blaster them at a larger distans if you just want to clean them up.
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Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
Honda CB350NG 1986 (sold)
Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
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So you just stick the tube into a can of soda and it sucks it up and spits it out? how much pressure does it require?
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Re: Bring back a 1981 GL1100 Corpse to life!

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DocRoot, if you happened to be interested in a "kit", Eastwood offers a blast out of a bucket kit. Looks like you need 7 cfm at 90 psi.

As Mike says, you need a big compressor to make them work. I have a couple of Eastwood blasters...one is a 50 pound abrasive, and the other is a 100 pound Soda. Now I need to get a bigger compressor! lolol
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Yepp. As wingrider says, you need a strong compressor. Mine is a v-twin engine and you need 8bar to get it work. And much much of air. 412 litre per minute, mine has. Less than that the blastpressure will be to low. It will work but.....

Just stuck the tube in to the soda. But. Not to hard an deep, because the soda gets stuck in the tube. Try to just let it be at the surface an inch in or so.
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Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
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Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
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Top yoke painted! :-D
Honda GL 1100 1981
Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
Honda CB350NG 1986 (sold)
Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
Yamaha XV 1100 Virago 1998
Suzuki 650 Savage 1994 (sold)
Suzuki GSX 400 FWS 1985 (sold)
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Lookin' good
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DocRoot wrote:Lookin' good
:popcornx2
Thanks!! shakehands
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And the bottom part. :-D
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Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
Honda CB350NG 1986 (sold)
Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
Yamaha XV 1100 Virago 1998
Suzuki 650 Savage 1994 (sold)
Suzuki GSX 400 FWS 1985 (sold)
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Re: Bring back a 1981 GL1100 Corpse to life!

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dancr Shop time with dad?
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DocRoot wrote:dancr Shop time with dad?
Yepp! He is my little personal "slave" dancr :-D helps me out with all the dirty work before painting etc etc. :)
Honda GL 1100 1981
Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
Honda CB350NG 1986 (sold)
Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
Yamaha XV 1100 Virago 1998
Suzuki 650 Savage 1994 (sold)
Suzuki GSX 400 FWS 1985 (sold)
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I spent the AM on the bikes with my son - mighty great stuff!
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DocRoot wrote:I spent the AM on the bikes with my son - mighty great stuff!
Nice!! :crosso


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One done. One to go.
Honda GL 1100 1981
Honda Cb125B6 1975 (sold)
Honda CB350NG 1986 (sold)
Yamaha XJ 900N 1985 (sold)
Yamaha XV 1100 Virago 1998
Suzuki 650 Savage 1994 (sold)
Suzuki GSX 400 FWS 1985 (sold)
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