Triumph Daytona, minor fettling

[Chipper]

My 1200 is very, very yellow... and lived in Cornwall so was becoming one single mass of corroded metal. Doing a bit of sorting was we go (daily transport).
Nothing to exciting, but so far it's cost zero (unlike the engine itself).

First up was the screen done a while ago, but here 'tis:
A standard one with very light smoke, bleached and manky. Replacements cost actual squids so decided to do something with mine.

Sanded it first.
Mixed up some blue candy and lay on a coat:

'Liberace In A Can' next:

After light flaking and a thin coat of kandy. More needed:

Add more kandy to taste, then bury the flake. Here it's after first bit of polishing. The flake glows & sparkles in the sun, silvery, light blue, and purple sparkles:

 

[Chipper]

Wanted to paint the bodywork too, but it's my daily transport, so I've had to give that a miss for now.
A life by the coast did this to lots of it:

Wire brushed the headers, and blasted certain areas. Haven't got enough air to blast the whole of them, without seriously working the compressor or spending ages. So wire+blast combo works well:

Found a crack, concealed by road gack. No rust as they're stainless it seems, but the crack was a-creeping. Welded that up, sorted.

 

[Chipper]

Stripped the exhaust cans; they have an outer skin (stainless textured), end caps (stainless, plated), two rings (shiney), and inner can and tailpipe (mild, rusting quietly).
Water seeps betwixt skin and can. Cut out a couple of chunks and welded in repairs

Cans/tailpipe and skins stripped with fibre disc.
I cut the cans open, they're a resonator/chamber system. Thought about re-doing as straight through glasspacks but time factor and rusted thin in places says 'no'. So drilled some holes in baffles. See how it goes when back together.
Welded the cans back together.

And last night I sprayed the headers. Pretty chuffed, they look like new. Used wood burner/stove paint, it's metallic black though the pic doesn't show that well.

So far it's cost nowt but elbow grease, and should tidy it / keep stuff going a while yet. Fingers x'd....

Off sick today but hopefully will get out and do more later (anything but daytime flippin TV!)

 

[Shox Dr]

Nice work it's bad enough up here with the amount of salt they chuck on the roads.



No a side note, it does surprise me no one/group has started to make noises about the amount of salt we use on the roads and the effect it is having on the environment

 

[Sam]

Stripped the exhaust cans; they have an outer skin (stainless textured), end caps (stainless, plated), two rings (shiney), and inner can and tailpipe (mild, rusting quietly).
Water seeps betwixt skin and can. Cut out a couple of chunks and welded in repairs

Cans/tailpipe and skins stripped with fibre disc.
I cut the cans open, they're a resonator/chamber system. Thought about re-doing as straight through glasspacks but time factor and rusted thin in places says 'no'. So drilled some holes in baffles. See how it goes when back together.
Welded the cans back together.

And last night I sprayed the headers. Pretty chuffed, they look like new. Used wood burner/stove paint, it's metallic black though the pic doesn't show that well.

So far it's cost nowt but elbow grease, and should tidy it / keep stuff going a while yet. Fingers x'd....

Off sick today but hopefully will get out and do more later (anything but daytime flippin TV!)

Hi thought it was an original Daytona when I saw the post, have just been offered a 500 Daytona 1967.

Tip: if you are packing the exhaust give the perforated tube a layer of stainless wool first then pack with fibre lasts a lot longer that way it will not break up and blow it out of the exhaust as quickly.

 

[Chipper]

500 Daytona, nice...
Cheers, I'm leaving these as resonator but sounds a good tip. Just done the fibre alone before.

 

[Chipper]

Delayed due to a bout of flu... back on it today.
Exhaust/footrest hangers got epoxy, hi-build, sand, epoxy, 2k satin black.
Various other brackets blasted epoxied and satin black. Exhaust end caps the same.

Silencer skins epoxied, hi build, and sanded so they're now smooth, lost the textured surface. In readiness for colour later.

Super tight budget of almost zero, the engine parts having cost a bit, meant saving the engine bolts. Blast, epoxy, satin black wet on wet. As they're torx head the inners will get a dab when installed. They won't move for a good while so it'll do.

Couldn't find any soda in quantity, so I wondered what else might do a similar job. Hm, sugar's cheap, why not... gave it a go. It works, no idea if it's as goos as soda, but these carbs and other bits got a bit of silver sand first then sugar... Considering they were dirty and covered in white fur, and the sugar was dirt cheap, I'm pleased.

Carb caps got the epoxy and satin black treatment.

Engine painted too, the front was a peeling corroded mess, and the covers and alternator had corrosion/fur.

Footrests sugar blasted.

Hopefully will get the engine in soon, and start on putting the cans back together and painting those, but there's lots of misc little jobs to do.

 

[Chipper]

Engine's in and wired. Supposed to be a horrible job for these, but found a way to make it easy. Much relief.

The cans got the skins re-attached, and painted. Silver base, crimson and ultramarine candy, gold pearl. Tried to blend the red and blue a bit, which gave a sort of bluey-purple. Blurple. Hard to get pics, they change depending on light etc. Flat and polish tomorrow.

 

[dopplershift]

Nice cans man!

But seriously... Mad props! They look sweeeeet!

How do you prevent a ridge/height discontinuity where the flames were painted over the base?

 

[Chipper]

Cheers mate. They were pretty lightly dusted with airbrush, so no lip. Camera flash seems to make 'em look more solid. Except one place, round the back luckily, had to hide a f-up with more gold so it lipped. No way to fix otherwise I guess, going at the edge with say scothbrite would scuff the flame. Done solid colour ones before and taken off the edge with 1500 wet+dry, fiddly though....

 

[Chipper]

Seat re-covered by my other half. Bought an air stapler as her manual one wasn't meaty enough. And as it's her business for once I didn't have to buy the tool ...

Been landlocked in ice for ages so no ride yet/finished bike pics.

 

[pedrobedro]

Nice job on the seat, I've done a few and they can be pigs to stretch the covers on. How far have you got with the build up ?

 

[Chipper]

Cheers P, I like it but funny, she's not confident about bike seats even though she's done 3 and done 'em well.
Bike's all together and run up OK, got one minor water leak to deal with. Hope it's a hose and not the water pump (£££s). Cans not too loud. Just need the weather to turn...

 

[Chipper]

Bike's been together and ridden daily and all OK with the motor and the cans. Chucked a bucket of tap juice at it. Still can't get a proper pic, the cans are purple in most light, blue in bright. Blurple.

Done with it for now as it's my daily wheels. Repaint due sometime.