Today my target was to to finish the BROS completely that meant fitting the front mud guard. This was off of an old English bike, I had to roll it width ways in an English wheel and then open up the bend to reduce the over all radius.
Once the radius was correct it needed to be rubbed down by hand from 120 to 1200 grit once this was done I started on polishing thanks to the shape of the mudguard it was relatively easy, I clamped the drill and mop in the vice and moved the part around the drill for a change.
There are spacers from the fork brace down these are made from ally tube they have been cut and ground down so that they fit as flush as possible, they meet on two uneven and curved surfaces so the spacers took a lot of adjusting.
This holder was rubber greased up and pushed into the whole.
I painted and greased the rear caliper pad because its very visible. I polished up the wheels and tank with some auto glym highly recommend this polish for painted surfaces.
This is the final touch the badges have had the screw heads stuck in with glue now they just need to be glued onto the tank.
As this job almost makes or brakes the bike I left it to extreme customs painter Sol. He's based in Essex so ill have to wait until the morning when it's finished!
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