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I've been thinking about how to clean up some of these parts and the whole sandblasting thing seems to be a bit rough for a few of the bits.

Which lead me to searching for alternatives - whereupon I discovered NZ Soda Blasting Ltd.

They're local (in Montgomery Crescent natch) and I've left them a message to see how suitable their work is for my bike parts.

Here's a video which shows what they do:

I reckon some scrubbing and cleaning will work wonders on this bike. After all the main problem is it's sat in a shed for the better part of 12 1/2 years...

Kerosine and a rag for an hour produces the following result...

it's not perfect but when I spend some more time on it it will look just great.

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Decided to pull off the rear caliper and torque arm to see what I could do about it. The rear caliper was really oxidised and the torque arm very rusty. Damn I should have taken some photos before I started.

Anyway, the pistons came out of the calipers easily enough with the air compressor - after the RF900 with 4 piston calipers it's a joy to work on a caliper with 2 pistons.

One of the pistons was a bit pitted but the other one was perfect. To be honest, I reckon if I ...

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