Recommissioning a ‘new’ TSS

EstuaryBoy said:
I've only ever been a passenger on 'Trumpets', so not overly familiar with them....

Did seem a good price for someone who would have a use for them, though....
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They do seem a very good price, so much so that I've bought a pair for one of my T140 projects - thanks for the link. There are still 6 pairs left of these, and quite a few others from 30mm to 38mm. They must have bought a large lot of them.
 
SteveBorland said:
So how do you remove the powder coating then? Looks to be a bugger of a job....
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I don’t know.

In the 90s Nitromorse and lots of scraping / wire brushing / etc did a perfect job.

I suspect the power coat would laugh at modern day Nitromorse tho !

I’ll be researching for someone to do it professionally this time I guess, especially as I want it professionally re coating rather than a rattle can / brush job.
 
50+ years ago I used nitromors, scraper, wire brush and a blowtorch. Until I got a lungful of the burnt nitromors vapours - something akin to mustard gas I believe. The modern stuff can hardly get fresh paint to pickle.
 
I tried 'new' Nitromors on a fender guitar.. Even with the assistance of a wire brush all I got was a scratched finish with nothing removed, even after multiple applications....

Lovely bike find, BTW, hadn't read the whole thread before I posted carb info.....
 
Flatspot said:
50+ years ago I used nitromors, scraper, wire brush and a blowtorch. Until I got a lungful of the burnt nitromors vapours - something akin to mustard gas I believe. The modern stuff can hardly get fresh paint to pickle.
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Yes, the original Nitromors was based on methylene chloride, very effective but very nasty stuff. It's still possible to buy methylene chloride paint stripper, but only for professional use. I imagine that, in practice, this would mean ticking the right box on an online order form.
 
Fast Eddie said:
...as are the BMW type indicators.
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hee hee

Funny, when I got the bike home, I rolled it up to the first "hole" in the garage, which happened to be next to my late buddy's '72 R75/5.

When I set it on the kickstand, the turn signals coincidentally were inches from each other... "Hey, those are Beemer signals!"
 
Interestingly, the ‘BMW turn signals’ on the TSS actually have the Triumph logo moulded into the lenses!

I guess these bores confirm the ‘newness’ of the bike !

Recommissioning a ‘new’ TSS
 

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