Another triple is getting Andy's chains! Thanks Andy!

angonemoto

angonemoto

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Hi all,
The beat goes on for my 77 3CL "Jarota" project.

After much deliberation and taking a longer view on the whole matter Scott Potter and I decided that although the bike I bought was very original it was also left too long in a Portland shed. Proof of that was my attempt to bring it back to Chicago and do the rolling resto myself. For several reasons, both personal and mechanical we didn't make it so Scott and I agreed to go for a full resto, including non factory upgrades in suspension and engine internals (it already has the 4 C with vernier wheels mod and we have a set of Malcolm's Jota replicas) in order to make the bike the best it can be.

Not race spec, but we're going to rebuild the lump and part of that includes Andy's chains and a potential overbore due to 'excessive enough' scoring of the bores upon inspection. As of now the bike is completely stripped, I have a bunch of parts from Scott to take to the best triple plating shop in Chicago and he is working on repainting the frame and restoring the fork legs back to black. Over that last few months I have been acquiring a bunch of parts from Wolfgang and overseas for the eventual rebuild. This project is not in a hurry folks, so sit tight.

I believe my wallet is the next thing to be "excessively scored" upon next inspection. I'll keep you posted.

Now it's time to go fiddle with the SF2, still have a sticky throttle on that bike.
Cheers,
Bob
 
Sounds like a bold project but one that befits the NALOC sitting president  ;)
Take lots of pics, can't wait to see the finished product!  BTW, who do you use for rechroming in Chicago?
 
Ill look into the slides. Replacements are available. I have always figured it was grime in the cables since I ntice some rusty stuff wat the split coupling. Still cant get the cable lube to purge it out, I have tried a few times with the cables still on the bike, maybe its time to bite the bullet, pull them off, lube and replace the slides. Ill think it over as I take it for a ride this afternoon.  :D
 
What kind of chroming does the shop in Chicago do? After several different shops I tried Advanced Plating in Nashville, show perfect. Slow, took 15 weeks but all of the parts I sent were perfect.

Clay
 
I used Quality Chrome Plating in Sterling, west of Chicago, for a recent Honda project that included header pipes and all sorts of small parts. Stunning work.
http://www.qualitychromeplating.com/
 
@71 SF. They do a strip then triple plating process of copper, then nickel, then chrome. I still have to get the estimate, got sidetracked this weekend with a family member in surgery, so I'm not sure what their pricing is yet.
 
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