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It's all done!!

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I posted a while back that I bought a 1974 bmw r90/6. It was in fair condition, and now it's in great condition. So what I had done or did myself is, had it painted and hand pinstriped. New bmw rims and stainless spokes. Had the seat redone( Thanks John Longo seats) came out amazing. Had electronic ignition installed, changed most of the hardware to stainless, new tank pads. Added Katdash led lights in the cluster, and reconditioned it. New foot pegs front and rear. Had a complete service done, took off the crash bars and the wind screen and all related hardware. Spent more time than I care to admit cleaning it. New tires, new shocks. 900cc stickers,(twice)lesson learned. (Thanks Darrell Faulkenberry for all the great work you did) Also, thanks for the advice I got from this great forum. Anyhow, here it is.


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Wow!

Absolutely beautiful. Not gonna ask how many $ you have in it now though. Once you start riding it, it's gonna be very hard to keep it anywhere near as clean as it is now.

Congrats, just in time for riding season. Enjoy!
 
I also have replaced many of the plated steel fasteners with stainless steel fasteners. Typically I use A2 (304) stainless steel. I have seen other bikes where stainless steel is used in locations that can result in problems due to the lower shear and tensile strength of stainless steel vs carbon steel. Specific locations that comes to mind are the places where the rear subframe is attached to the main frame. These fasteners are spec'd as being 12.9 rather than the more usual 8.8 grade; shown as item #5 in the figure below. The 12.9 grade fasteners are of a higher strength than lower grade steel.

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https://www.goebelfasteners.com/types-of-stainless-steel-a2-vs-a4-or-304-vs-316/

https://www.haguefasteners.co.uk/bolting-property-classes-8-8-10-9-12-9-14-9/

https://www.hiteshsteel.com/blog/bolting-property-classes-grade-8-vs-10.9.html
 
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