Classic Bike Guide

Project BMW: the outtakes

away. I had a shiny, painted frame and subframe, rebuilt forks, built front wheel and I felt compelled to start pulling all the pieces together. I have to say it felt great, any time I was leaving the workshop and closing the door I would have a quick look back at ‘my bike’ coming together. But it didn’t tell the whole truth. There had been many issues before that, so let’s have a look – it may help some folk. How do you clean old alloy parts, then keep them looking good? There are

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