Restoring Motorcycle Forks the Right Way | MT250 Restoration #3
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- 1974 Honda MT250 Elsinore Restoration #3
In this video, I polished up the forks for my 1974 honda mt250 elsinore and painted the triple tree. These forks are looking 100x better. Now I am one step closer to getting this thing back on the road!
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Those turned out great! I'd do the frame next so you have something to start putting all of the finished parts back on to.
Don't worry about the pitting on the fork legs...That's patina!! Good job GG and thank you!!
Awesome to see you revisit an old video and show how far you've come
Nice job ,invest in a shop sandblasting cabine!! 👏🇮🇪
Hard work pays off! Looking forward to see the results of the restoration
Jay Leno’s garage has some amazing polishing stuff for chrome and aluminum. You just put it on, let it sit, buff a SMALL bit and it chemically works. Give it a try. It’s VERY good n works quickly.
Lovely job keep up the great work
I'm sure that fork oil is clapped, probably a good idea to at least change it, looking good though 👍
One word.... CRC ! Use it on all the bolts before trying to turn them. Nice job. I'm looking forward to the rest !
You should have rebuilt the forks too since they were off. Could have water in them, who knows. What a shame if the seals leak once you start riding the bike. Thanks for the videos.
Yeah I'm definitely going to replace the fluid once the bike is reassembled. If they leak I'll replace the seals. But until then: if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey, so, I made an attachment (though you can find them pre-made.) out of a bolt, nut, and a horizontal polishing disc. I use it with my drill and it makes polishing surfaces like this crazy easy. The thing is if you're polishing a round or curved surface you are always only getting the very top so having something that you can keep parallel with the surface (like a horizontal polishing disc, versus a vertical one like on these palm polishers) makes life way easier. It seems to be faster too for small areas. I've used it for basically anything you can imagine. It has it's place and this is that sort of scenario where it really *shines* lololol
You really might have had better luck overall with a bench polisher now that I'm thinking about it
next maybe polish up the wheels
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"it stinks down here" " babe this is a workshop , what do you expect" hahhahaha
Those forks looks great! I think you should start on the rims and tires next.
great job!
The fork sliders came out very nice. However, the tubes have been damaged by the use of abrasives. You should have used steel wool, instead. Followed by an application of chrome polish. You can expect the tubes to rust in short order as the chrome layer on the tubes is quite thin. Once they begin to rust, they will destroy the seals in short order. Good luck!
How do you actually make sure the tubes do not rerust in the future? Do you chrome them back or maybe some ACF50 is enough? I just cannot imagine there is no way to make sure my newly restored parts need to be sprayed once a year to stay clean. You can zinc electroplate smaller parts like nuts and bolts but chrome tubes are out of the way.
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That was awesome!!! I now need to buy some products!! I’m starting out on my first bike project. A Chinese copy of a Honda CM125. I’m customize the bike as it cost me £300. So, a cheap bike to learn on.
nice work. I would have pulled the forks apart personally. Also I would not have painted the top triple tree. just polished it up a bit and left it bare aluminium. looks great though
I just got through restoring a Honda CR 250 R Elsinore red rocket. Take it from me if it’s not leaking once you start riding it it will start leaking. If it’s rubber or a seal,well you have the bike apart take the time and the money to replace it. It will pay off in the end.
Personally I would have stripped the forks as the oil will be old. Invest in a beach grinder/polisher that would make the cleaning and polishing easier and far better result.
I would recommend that you don’t use the aluminum foil because it may put very fine vertical line in the Crome. If there is rust steel wool is really good. Make sure it the fine stuff though. Good work though.
Some 2k-3k grit sand paper will polish them out and leave a mirror finish, then a finishing polish to be sure it's at it's best. Also products such as ACF-50 are great at removing surface rust with little effort.
Turned out really great.
Wow they looking really good keep them up
Evapo Rust. It works great for removing surface rust on nuts,bolts and other parts.
Great stuff my American/Ethiopian friend 😁👍
Looks good, thanks for sharing!
Amazing videos as always, I hope you can make it as your full time job!
Wow, nice job the parts look amazing
Does your spaypaints resist regular degreaser that are used when washing the bike in the future? Can you do a test? So the paint doesnt wash off in the first cleaning of the bike. I think it would be good to use 2k paint or atlest 2k clearcoat it to prevent it from happening
Don't be surprised if the forks start leaking after you do some regular riding (speaking from experience). I completely understand your mindset though.
There is a vid on my channel of how to change fork seals. Of which you probably should have done on these at the very least.
It doesn’t matter the order you paint things in. I’ve found it’s easier to get everything done then put it back together at once. Also remember keep all your painted polished parts well away from your work shop. It’s very easy to scratch and get overspray on your nicely painted parts which sucks. When putting in the motor use masking tape on the Frame so you don’t scratch it
Very satisfying video, - and these came out great!.. Good job GG!.. 😀👍
06:31 nice way to scratch your forklegs, why dont oil them?
Clear coat the aluminium on the falks for a exelant result
Forks look great bro!!
do not sand or grind the part that goes up and down they are special hard chrome.the top part should except some sanding to remove rust. just did my Suzuki tc-100. there is a guy on ebay the will make a OEM key as long as you have the number on the lock face. he charges $10.99.
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on your next bike it'D be cool if you could do another classic 4 cyl SuZi?
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Wish you luck.
Damn, nice job. I know exactly what I want to do with my severely fucked-up Honda Shadow VT1100
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Holy, 3 minutes ago. Love catching videos early
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Nice work!! Maybe you could just swap out the fork oil too to be certain it's all good?
That's what I thought, too.
Lysol toilet bowl cleaner And a toothbrush Will clean aluminum
hello pls keep up the vids i have this exact bike that im trna fix up to rn
Those forks probably have a plastic coating like most do. You could have to strip them first
Hello, like your content did the same work to my honda cm250, but dude please use some kind of gloves, safe your hands from oils sprays, etc.
Great stuff tell your girlfriend that's the smell of money 💰 😆 🤣 😂
I thought this was going to be a video about rebuilding forks. You said in the beginning that they felt fine and I was disappointed.
Wont that scratch the fork legs? That alluminum foil..
Nope, aluminum is softer than steel so it doesn't scratch, just polishes!
Don't wear gloves while grinding. Can't wait for the next episode peace
You can also remove the guard while using the wire to remove paint etc
Hi , what place did you buy for your bike diy build 1000W Bafang mid drive motor and battery from ? Thanks.
I got that from eBay.
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i need a gas tank and guage cluster assembly light bucket and light can anyone help me out my bike has original tires and was crashed bending a fork at about 1000 km and havnt ran since for 30 yrs cmon gold guy! help me out with my 74 mt 250 desperate for tank n guages n light!
Beautiful job on the Forks!!!! I loved the video. I can't wait to see the rest of the video's. The Honda Elsinore is worth making factory fresh. That is awesome that you quit your job, you can do anything you put your mind to. I hope you get lots of Patreons and Paypal support. I have a RUclips channel too. Check me out if you want.
music is way too loud and doesn't add much to your content. Otherwise it's great content i'm sure you'll succeed
Obviously you should not have quit your regular day job. Have you ever worked in a motorcycle shop? By the way, on the way home from buying your next vintage POS, stop by the power car wash and use the power jet for engine cleaning.
bro you should probably invest in a good microphone to make your videos better!
True! but I have seen/heard much worse.
my wife acts like your girl friend hates every garage smell, funny how woman dont seem to get it,anyway i sometimes burn nag champa incents you probably are to young to remember that stuff but it smells nice and covers up all those wonderful man cave smells.