Hi all

This has been a real test of patience and is finally built......

The bike has taken much longer than I ever thought was possible.

Nearly all items where seized, rusted and full of dirt etc and had to be taken apart very slowly and cleaned, polished etc etc.

The Rotor was totally jammed, so had to be stripped and sleves removed, polished and sanded, the brakes were also locked up solid so had to be taken apart and all new parts fitted too.

I have come to the conclusion that metal fatigue and alloy are not a good thing to work with......and cabling it all up has taken hours and given me quite a few headaches, as this is the only RGD that I know of fitted to a bike, and I had nothing to work from.

However, after dozens and dozens of hours, with sore and dirty fingers, it's all done.

The pictures really do not do the bike justice, it looks so good in the metal!














J.

I'm in awe!!! Simply amazing!! Is it for sale/trade?

As much as I'd like to send you a decal set for it, I think it looks better as is. Nice job cleaning it up.

Nice color coordination with the green and blue zip ties too !


Tony
Bicycle Junkie

looks great!!

one question....why did you zip tie the brakes open?

I was wondering the same thing...what's up with the brakes?

ditto on the zip ties.
Very nice. It looks like there's still some rust down by the bottom bracket and the seat tube/top tube area. You should check out the oxalic acid thread in the tech & restoration forum.

Using ties on brakes stops them from moving forwards and backwards when sharply pulled, and is also an asset in many tricks.

As long as you set up the brakes and have a few millimetres between the brake pad and the rim (and don't over tighten the ties) the brakes work perfectly.

The advantage is that the brake can not move forward and backwards off of the main spindle but is held in the correct position, pretty much like what lugs are nowadays.

It's also like putting the rear brake under the bridge can also at times be better for freestyle.

J.

Hi

The reason that it is not too clean, was so that it would not reflect on the rest of the bike. Hence the dirty tyres and bits of rust.

It was decided that the bike would only be stripped, cleaned, oiled and then polished with wire wool, and got back to full running order, rather than a show bike with NOS bits and things that have not been on the bike since new. I'm sure that it would also be be very hard to get some parts too.

It is the 2nd oldest Gen 2 Torker built Master and deserves to be left as a Survivor, it has the first RGD Rotor, many rare stickers that could not be replaced, VDC Woody Bars, the Shotgun, RGD Stem etc.

I am also working on the oldest (known to exist) Gen 2 Master, but that will be mint with NOS everything, re-chrome on lots of things, and I've even had special things made for it, but that's another story.

Thanks for the comments.

J.

I used to do that to my brakes too. I also made "L" shaped pieces of metal that I drilled a hole into, and dipped in that rubber stuff you coat tool handles with, and bolted them behind my brake pads. That prevented them from moving towards the frame or fork, opposite of the zip ties. What a massive difference that made, my brakes were so precise and powerful, had terrific feel and could feather them perfectly.

That is sweet, have a spare set?? Lol.

thats one heck of a survivor!

do you by chance have any before resto pics?