This is what sets you apart from other vintage mx builders i watch on youtube, you restore everything, u just dont throw new plastics on, or send your suspension out for rebuild, u do it all. amazing work!!
Hi Mr. I hope you can understand. I only speack spanish. So i born in Venezuela. Now my home Is in chile. Was i young have Yamaha 80cc YZ. 1981, cross. Like this cross Bike.
Great video as always... I've heard others say that heating the plastics make them brittle.. in your experience is this true as it looked like you used a light touch with a heat gun? Thank you sir!
i have never had an issue using heat. But recently i had 2 tanks spiderweb crack over the whole surface once they were out in the sun. I think this was actually an issue with them not being stored properly prior to restoration or i used the buffing pad too long hardened the outside of the tank. I have never had any other plastic crack. Heat with a gun if anything makes the outer surface softer.
As usual amazing, inspiring work. Are you using the lambswool pad dry? How would you deal with fairly large areas that need leveling? I'm working on a Beta trials bike that had serious sun damage. It also had quite a few stickers. The area protected by the stickers is at least 1mm higher than the oxidized area around it.
When it comes to sticker damage I really have not found a way to fix it. You can scrape the plastic with a knife but you are going to reduce the thickness overall. The lambswool is dry
Gouges were sanded and scraped out. The one you saw me remove from the fork was the only footage I had before I started. That particular one i was not able to save because of the broken areas around the bolts. I may have been able to melt the plastic back together with a soldering iron but I had 4 sets to work with. This was a long process I have about 10 hours of sanding, scraping and buffing video for the 2 sets. Closer video and you could see they are not perfect, but they look good.
You made life so simple with the steps, 400 600 800 1000 heat then dry polish. Thank you
That looks absolutely superb! Honda didn’t produce bikes that nice. You have killed it. So over the top! Now let’s hear it bark! 😊. -Dan
This is what sets you apart from other vintage mx builders i watch on youtube, you restore everything, u just dont throw new plastics on, or send your suspension out for rebuild, u do it all. amazing work!!
Thankyou
You can found a vintage Cross Bike Yamaha YZ 80, 1981 or 1982 ,1983?
Absolutely stunning work!!! You have done an amazing job resurrecting two classic's .can't wait to hear them sing.💪✌
Very nice! Thank you for sharing. Looks great 😎
Great job brother ! Doing HONDA proud .Keeping old dreams alive . Thanks man .
You did excellent work. Love it.
Very nice work as always
Awesome work, love that vintage stuff!
Awesome job once again 😊
The work you do is amazing/inspiring!
Thankyou
Great job.
Congrats.
Hi Mr. I hope you can understand. I only speack spanish. So i born in Venezuela. Now my home Is in chile. Was i young have Yamaha 80cc YZ. 1981, cross. Like this cross Bike.
Great video as always... I've heard others say that heating the plastics make them brittle.. in your experience is this true as it looked like you used a light touch with a heat gun? Thank you sir!
i have never had an issue using heat. But recently i had 2 tanks spiderweb crack over the whole surface once they were out in the sun. I think this was actually an issue with them not being stored properly prior to restoration or i used the buffing pad too long hardened the outside of the tank. I have never had any other plastic crack. Heat with a gun if anything makes the outer surface softer.
As usual amazing, inspiring work. Are you using the lambswool pad dry?
How would you deal with fairly large areas that need leveling? I'm working on a Beta trials bike that had serious sun damage. It also had quite a few stickers. The area protected by the stickers is at least 1mm higher than the oxidized area around it.
When it comes to sticker damage I really have not found a way to fix it. You can scrape the plastic with a knife but you are going to reduce the thickness overall. The lambswool is dry
Thanks
Sorry but how did you get the deep gouges out and repair the broken edges of the fork protectors?
Gouges were sanded and scraped out. The one you saw me remove from the fork was the only footage I had before I started. That particular one i was not able to save because of the broken areas around the bolts. I may have been able to melt the plastic back together with a soldering iron but I had 4 sets to work with. This was a long process I have about 10 hours of sanding, scraping and buffing video for the 2 sets. Closer video and you could see they are not perfect, but they look good.
What type of polishing wheel and polisher did you use?
That tank is Bristol clean!!
Just a drill with sheepswool. Don't let it get too hot or it will crystallize the outside of the plastic
Where did you pick up that sheepswool wheel? @TNTMOTO
Did u use any compound/liquid on wool pad or was it dry cut ?
Dry wool pad and no compound