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**cheese** · 6th December 2006, 20:48

Ok it's more or less back together, I'll left the side panels off and not bolted the seat on as I want to give it another squirt with the water blaster tomorrow and clean teh plastics with some IPA to get all teh grease and crap off. I was going to start it up and tehn I found I've run out of radiator fluid!! Tits!!!! Any sugestions on a good one? I just got some prestone super cheap auto stuff last time. Is it all teh same stuff? Scored a bike computer of Archer so that will be cool to hook up too. I was going to hook up a fuel filter too but the space for me to do ti will mean that it will will sit below the carb fuel input. Would this be a problem? I thought that the carb is gravity fed as tehre is no pump. so this would not be ideal to fit??? anyone know?

So I'll see how it goes this weekend and then I'll fit the new piston and stuff.

**barty5** · 6th December 2006, 22:50

Originally Posted by cheese

Ok it's more or less back together, I'll left the side panels off and not bolted the seat on as I want to give it another squirt with the water blaster tomorrow and clean teh plastics with some IPA to get all teh grease and crap off. I was going to start it up and tehn I found I've run out of radiator fluid!! Tits!!!! Any sugestions on a good one? I just got some prestone super cheap auto stuff last time. Is it all teh same stuff? Scored a bike computer of Archer so that will be cool to hook up too. I was going to hook up a fuel filter too but the space for me to do ti will mean that it will will sit below the carb fuel input. Would this be a problem? I thought that the carb is gravity fed as tehre is no pump. so this would not be ideal to fit??? anyone know?

So I'll see how it goes this weekend and then I'll fit the new piston and stuff.

yes gravity fed as carb is well below tank this shouldnt be a prob mate has same set up on his drz400 dose ok the weight of the fuel from above will push the first aor lock through then youll be ok i use elf motox premix coolant my rep that comes in give me all my bike oils coolant as freebies pre mix is nice an easy just stick it in bleed it up an way you go no mixing and can do top ups when ever as italready mixed ( let us know if you want some ill get some in normal cost is cheap as)

**Danger** · 6th December 2006, 23:01

Good going there Cheese! Did you look into powder coating your frame? I have the KTM pulled down and going to rebuild the bottom end and while the engine is out was thinking that I would powder coat the frame if not too expensive. It will mean striping of the stock powder coating first. Anyone with any experience of this?

**kro** · 7th December 2006, 05:03

Looking damn fine Cheese, you have done a bang up job on that bike, it looks bloody excellent. Can't help with radiator fluid, it's been too long since I had my FZR to remember, but I think most major name brands will be safe.

**barty5** · 7th December 2006, 06:58

yes i did a tt600 a couple of years ago costsome were around $50 to $100 cant fully remember but you really need to sand blast frame so its dead clean only problem i found was the flexing in the frame on the front up right caused it to peel of the frame and crack in other places you might be better of at paint shop and have it oven baked think you can have a flexing adjent added in to paint as well which may help stop this prob i had op nearly forgot p/coat didnt like the heat comin of the headers either softern the paint.

**Danger** · 7th December 2006, 09:21

Yeah I might just paint it. Its already powder coated so that protects the frame pretty good. Probably scuff up the powder coating and primer the bare metal spots and spray over the lot. I have the compressor and spray gun so thats no problem. Only need to test if the 2pac paint will react with the powder coat. So little of the frame is really seen, but want to change the colour from grey to black like the later KTM models. My forks have already been anodized black.
Should look wicked. This is how it is at the moment. Should look good with a black frame!

**cheese** · 7th December 2006, 09:42

I rang all over the show about powder coating and it was far too expensive, most quotes were around 200+ whena can of paint was $15 for suzi grey expoxy paint.

Barty, when could you hook me up? I mught just get some as I want to start it tonight

**barty5** · 7th December 2006, 12:19

it no the way should have later today you can call if you want 5345571work Aaron

**barty5** · 7th December 2006, 13:46

Originally Posted by cheese

I rang all over the show about powder coating and it was far too expensive, most quotes were around 200+ whena can of paint was $15 for suzi grey expoxy paint.

Barty, when could you hook me up? I mught just get some as I want to start it tonight

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