The frame is to be sent to a company that does powder coating, it is now packed and ready to be picked up by the transporter company. I used strips to secure the parts and made carrying handles of an old towel.

I’ve been preparing to send the rims to powder coating, but today I spoke to a guy at a local paint shop. He saved me a lot of money. He told me that the paint on the rims are a special rubber compound, and that it wasn’t necessary to glass blast and paint them all [...]

Static electricity is making the dust stick to the transparent lid. Trying to wipe the dust off is not a good idea, much better to blow the dust off with the air gun. The lamp that came with the cabinet lasted only for about 15 minutes. Well, you get what you pay for, meaning the [...]

Inside the cabinet, the cabinet looks pink because of the dust sticking to the walls. In one corner, it sticks to all the finger marks we made when we had the suction tube in the corner.

My brother is operating the cabinet, he too enjoys seeing the paint fly off the metal parts.

I keep the sand blasting cabinet at my brothers garage, he has a much bigger garage.

A screw did break when taking off the front master cylinder, I borrowed my brothers bench drill to make a pilot hole for the screw removing tool. I don’t know what it is called in English. But in Norway we call it a “pigs dick”, don’t ask me why. I will let is soak in [...]

The brackets for the rear turn signals, the one on the right has been in the sand blasting cabinet. What a nice surface to paint on.

Yes, I did buy a cabinet so that I can blow my stuff and not pay others to do it. I hope this helps me save a lot of money. I will sell this when I’m done with the bike.

Taking apart the left hand switch, a lot more complicated one. This houses the horn, turn signal and hi/lo beam.