brendan0
Rides on the Motorways
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Post by brendan0 on Jan 18, 2012 0:13:08 GMT 1
Looking for NTV650 Front mudguard. Will accept anything that fits (I've ruined mine, classic power drill/loss of temper when drilling out a snapped stud).
Ideally in red, but not too choosy.
Feeling foolish.
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 18, 2012 13:31:34 GMT 1
Where are you based?
I have a Red one at home that came off my bike last night. Not cracked but touched up with black paint on the front edge.
I can post pictures later in the week.
Happy to send it to you for the postage. Which you can paypal to me if you want it.
Rj
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brendan0
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Post by brendan0 on Jan 19, 2012 0:26:52 GMT 1
Yes please!
Have pm'd you.
What a brilliant club!
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brendan0
Rides on the Motorways
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Post by brendan0 on Jan 28, 2012 19:17:28 GMT 1
Thank you!Mudguard arrived at my work on Thursday - not bad for second class. So I just need to pay you! Have got NOTHING done regarding getting bike going - spent a.m. coming to/entertaining visiting CX owner, pm learnin to play Spanish national anthem on penny whistle, kazoo, with wife on xylophone. No, don't ask!
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 28, 2012 20:41:01 GMT 1
Pleased you have it.
Good old Royal Mail.
Re paying - I will setup a paypal donate button.
(I will pm you when the button is up)
I am happy with £4 to cover the postage.
Any more than that is good and will donated to Help for Heroes.
ATB
Rj
PS. Good luck with your whistle
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Post by gothitjulie on Jan 28, 2012 22:08:55 GMT 1
That reminds me, I repaired a cracked (& generally shoddy) front mudguard last summer using soldering iron & cable ties followed by some paint. Looks pretty good, so don't throw the cracked ones away, they can be repaired if needed.
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 29, 2012 11:10:37 GMT 1
I assume you melted the cable tie into the back of the crack rather than drilled and laced the mudguard?
If have melted old pens before. As you say does the job to keep things going.
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Post by gothitjulie on Jan 29, 2012 14:51:48 GMT 1
It was a bit more complex than that as the mudguard had already been drilled & laced with black cable ties, so it was in a bad state at the front. There was also a big crack near the centre which hadn't been tackled at all.
Solution was to take off the cable ties, clean up the mudguard (major amount of mud, oil, grease), then sealed the cracks from the underside with the soldering iron followed by filling the holes & gaps in the cracks with material from new cable ties.
Next job would have been to use knifing stopper but I didn't have any so left that part out.
Then it was sand down & eventually paint with primer & a topcoat.
The result isn't perfect by a long stretch as I didn't do the whole job properly, but can do the knifing stopper in future when I have some matching paint (currently in a ford blue that I picked up in a sale rather than the deep Honda blue). However, it looks better than the rest of the bike so I'm not complaining.
Basically the result is a mudguard that has the flexibility of the original design & looks OK rather than perfect for a cost of a couple of quid.
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norfolknchance
Sheene Gold rider. Nuff said
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Post by norfolknchance on Jan 29, 2012 17:21:49 GMT 1
i guess i have the best front mudguard............no cracks or splits
just a weird tread pattern
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 29, 2012 17:33:16 GMT 1
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brendan0
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Post by brendan0 on Jan 29, 2012 22:44:00 GMT 1
Ta again Roger!
Now feel I have to get the b@gger on the road as soon as...
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 30, 2012 14:11:01 GMT 1
Cheers brendan0, Donation received and on its way to Help For Heroes. At least part of my bike will have been to Scotland. Maybe I could send her north a bit at a time  |
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Post by skyhook on Jan 30, 2012 15:11:38 GMT 1
Cheers brendan0, Donation received and on its way to Help For Heroes. At least part of my bike will have been to Scotland. Maybe I could send her north a bit at a time So your other half is going to send you north a bit at a time as well  ?....................lol |
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 30, 2012 20:00:41 GMT 1
We may both be in the same box  |
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Feb 9, 2012 22:38:45 GMT 1
Sorry for the delay brendan0 but your tenner has found its way home. www.bmycharity.com/h4hI look forward to seeing my old mudguard running round Scotland. Roger Attachments:
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