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What makes a man?: January 2012

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Thursday, 19 January 2012. We have a rather nice model workshop at my school,. The newest feature is a small foundry that I wanted to learn to use. I used one of the old rotten header clamps as pattern, but it had a lot of small rust craters that would drag out the sand when I tried to make the mould. That was dealt with by covering the thing with a sheet of 0.5mm acrylic on the vacuum table. See the lousy cell phone video below. The drag and cope. They're already looking way better than the original.

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What makes a man?: Some Progress

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Sunday, 15 April 2012. I have removed the battery tray and stowed the electrics under the seat. Next thing is to fab up a little oil tank. I still need a place to get banjo fittings for oil lines (5mm ID). Please let me know if you know one. GT500 waiting for a custom oil tank. And this is just because I can:. Remember your 3D glasses. Tagsr: Good Enough GT500. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What makes a man a man? In this blog I will share my adventures and learnings from this journey. Image: Ateli...

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What makes a man?: November 2011

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Friday, 4 November 2011. Suddenly I discovered that the brake master cylinder was leaking so I started looking around for a rebuild kit. These kits turned up to be rather expensive so I figured I might as well just buy a complete working cylinder/resevoir with lever and all and do away with the old ugly and rattling one. One thing led to the other so right now I am in process of completely redo the handlebarcontrols and front brake. Stainless steel braided brake line and fixings. A post coat mock-up.

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What makes a man?: September 2011

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Wednesday, 28 September 2011. Crazy Tuned '77 Z1000. I found this one parked at the site for our new school project. Amongst a lot of mods the engine has been bored to 1300ccm, been fitted with new cams, flat slide Mikuni carbs and exhaust. The guy who started this build even chose to modify the main bearings heavily. And mount totally overkill carbon fiber wheels. The owner told me it's a complete blast to rideas it boosts a good 100 bhp. I guess the 4 into 1 Supertrapp exhaust sounds amazing too. My wi...

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What makes a man?: July 2011

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Sunday, 31 July 2011. My Latest Trip To Sweden. Or How To Turn a 330 km Run Into An Exhausting 460 km Voyage. I just spend the weekend in my parents' derelict cottage in Sweden. Actually I spend quite a great deal of the weekend on the swedish roads and it was great. I will try to share my recipe for a nice trip beyond. It's actually just three easy steps:. Step one: Ignore all weather reports. Step one: Ignore all weather reports. Step one: Ignore all weather reports. Step three: Ignore all directions.

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What makes a man?: February 2012

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Friday, 17 February 2012. I was able to go to this cool place to do some milling on my header clamps (update to follow). Enjoy the photos. I really love places like this. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What makes a man a man? Since my son was born I have felt a need to define myself as a man, a father and a grown-up. In this blog I will share my adventures and learnings from this journey. Every comment is appreaciated, so please help me learn. Bag, motorcycle and more. Bike EXIF Daily Update. 1988 - Japan -...

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What makes a man?: Finished Taillight

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Wednesday, 11 April 2012. Original 1964-67 VW Bug Hella turn signal. It's finally done and mounted and it looks one hell of a lot better than stock! I made the bracket/socket holder from some scrap aluminiium I had lying around and I made a template to get the mounting holes in the mudguard just right. I still have to cut the mudguard and ditch the crusty seat. And yes, that is a flywheel lying on the ground but that's back in after a coil change. New lights all around. Lower head light looks a lot faster.

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What makes a man?: April 2011

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Thursday, 28 April 2011. Salesman: Yes, please. Me: You want a four in hand or a half windsor? The thin crooked one or the thick newsreader knot? I then tied the tie to the short side so the loop would fit easily over the costumers head and handed it over. Everyone was extremely impressed not least because i had my son on my chest the whole time. It seems there's not much hope for the danish gentleman. Come on it's not that difficult! Random Google image search result from here. Tagsr: Becoming a Man.

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What makes a man?: August 2011

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Sunday, 28 August 2011. Today I have been listening to this with great joy. Sunday, 21 August 2011. First of all, let's be clear that I am not an artist. But what do you do when you have a lot of ideas, but lack both workshop, tools and skills to carry them out? Not to mention money. I'm always planning a lot of modifications I'd like to do to the GT500. So I tried to mock up some of them in a drawing. Artist's conception of a custom Suzuki GT500. Tagsr: Creativity and DIY. Monday, 15 August 2011. I thin...

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Takes drab to fab, one bargain at a time. This page contains links to all tutorials share on this blog. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Join 8 other followers. Renova...