exhaust studs and oil cooler removal

[bludclot]

managed to find some time for this yesterday.... knelt in front of the bike i painstakingly sanded back every surface with 400 grit wet until everything was smooth. this took well over an hour. i then cleaned everything thoroughly with panel wipe and kitchen roll, finishing with cotton wool buds soaked in panel wipe to reach in everywhere that my fingers were too fat to fit! it then took another hour or so mask everything before applying primer:





once dry i lightly flatted this with 800 grit, let that dry and panel wiped again before silvering:





so far so good. there's still a couple of issues, before painting the engine front i rubbed down a few small frame marks and scratches and blew them in but was a little heavy handed with the lacquer so there's three runs to be flatted down and re-visited. meanwhile all the other parts that were stripped off have been completed so apart from the sheared stud it's pretty much ready for re-assembly.