My 1972 QUB needs repainting and I wondered what the original colour should be.The main frame is red and the swinging arm and Arces (Ceriani) forks are grey.Is this the original colour? Any suggestions of matching car colours would be very welcome.
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The frame should be (bmw(jet black) black and s/arm
intersting note: if its powder coated you can get stripper for powdercoating from FROST.
forks CERIANAI i are cleaned and laqured (not polished) i painted mine with strato silver ford colour again a intersting note you can get "ceriani" stickers from john collard in the club
BARS WERE CHROMED 1" SWAGED ONE END 7/8
I USE SYNTHETIC BLACK AND "FAST FLASH THINNER" 10% warm
MY 465 FRAME WAS DONE WITH THIS
RM465 RE BUILD of a lot of new parts and new flywheels distroyed !!!!! shamedly but not beyond repair even new forks !
greeves 246Last edited by greeves246; 07/06/2011, 11:53 PM.
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Originally posted by riflegreen View PostStuart ,
It is an Americanism , they refer to fork yokes as triple trees , I suppose as you say because of the legs and column .
The fork yokes and fork sliders were not painted to a high gloss but an almost matt finish .
Chris
The first few QUB's came over to the states with Spanish Telesco's. I also have a photo of Dick Clayton with Telesco forks.
Why were they used for such a short time?
Thanks,
Kenny
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Hi Kenny ,
The first Telesco forks for the works bikes were good but by the time they got to the production bikes they were awful .
The makers fitted mild steel bushes in a mild steel slider and after a few laps the forks seized .
I think eventually the bikes sold with Telescos on were given Cerianis free of charge , not one of Greeves better times .
Start the Chemo tomorrow
Chris
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Originally posted by riflegreen View PostHi Kenny ,
The first Telesco forks for the works bikes were good but by the time they got to the production bikes they were awful .
The makers fitted mild steel bushes in a mild steel slider and after a few laps the forks seized .
I think eventually the bikes sold with Telescos on were given Cerianis free of charge , not one of Greeves better times .
Start the Chemo tomorrow
Chris
I have the Telesco's...The inside on the sliders look worn and the dampers on the bearing surface have very bad scratches and grooves. Nice looking fork though with good size fork tubes.
Everyone on the board is thinking of you Chris! You'll do just fine!
Regards,
Kenny
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Originally posted by druid View PostI think that Greeves used Telescos during one of the many occasions when the Ceriani brotheers were experiencing cash flow/delivery problems.
Druid
A lot of the Griffons shipped to the USA in 72 came with Metal Profile forks as well.
Regards,
Kenny
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