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Saturday workshop update for January 27th 2024

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The session was well attended and as usual some good work was done.  Here is a summary of it… The Jiailing Trials Bike Project… Andy, Levi and 1st time attendee Curtis worked to strip the bike down to its component pieces. The intention being to allow us to improve the appearance of the engine and frame.  They removed the engine from the frame and also removed pretty much all of the ancillary components.  Much of the frame is currently bare metal and beginning to attract our friend  ‘Corrosion’.  As our pockets aren’t deep at the moment the intention is to hand paint the frame with a hefty layer of red Hammerite type paint to inhibit any further corrosion and give it a resilient finish.  The exterior of the engine was also showing its age.  To make it appear fresher we aimed to remove loose corrosion and flaky paint from the exterior of the engine and then give it a good coat of heat resistant silver paint.  Other components such as the wheel rims...