Herts TRF

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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Mr Shiney » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:08 am

Oxy/Acetylene using a pepper pot to heat. Gets the metal to the correct temp to be reformed without stressing it. Derricks lever is now back to its original shape!
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Thumper » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:09 pm

Thanks Steve

For info, I've been using some firebricks to create a mini-oven for heating items with a propane torch

Quite impressed by the temperatures reached - about 1200 deg C
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Mr Shiney » Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:52 pm

Thats an alternate way of getting things hot, but you can't beat oxy/acet for quick jobs and easily controllable heat in my experience. The problem with fire bricks and just propane is you can't spot heat stuff like I did in that picture and when you are straightening pedals etc you need to be able to do that rather than getting the entire workpiece hot.
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Derrick » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:03 pm

All straight and ready for another trip off-road, thanks Steve.

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( I'll get a hang of posting photos sometime, got the size right but it's gone up-side-down :oops: . It is fine when I view it on the laptop :?: )
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Guido64 » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:05 pm

Brilliant ride out today with Herts TRF. Good people, excellent lanes, some very challenging (for me a least). MT 350 got a lot of admiring comments. It behaved fabulously. What a great little bike :)

Recommend checking it out if you live anywhere nearby.
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Thumper » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:58 pm

I'm sorry to have missed it but I was doing my IAM high speed assessment. 100 miles of fast riding with an observer. Lots of interest in the bike though...
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Derrick » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:17 pm

Shame I missed that one, was a lovely day for riding but I was not allowed out of the garden.

At least they keep seeing an MT. One day we will get a group there.
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Guido64 » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:31 pm

Derrick wrote:Shame I missed that one, was a lovely day for riding but I was not allowed out of the garden.

At least they keep seeing an MT. One day we will get a group there.


Yes, be great to get a group there... what is the collective noun for MTs?
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by CADMAN » Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:58 pm

"100 miles of fast riding"

What bike did you do it on Ian :?: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Herts TRF

Post by Thumper » Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:01 pm

LOL MT500e...

Was riding with a handful of sports bikes but Stig did pretty well in the circumstances
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