Recent content by Sun Man 51

Hi John.. sorry to report.. not very well. The tap washers were nowhere near a fit, and the guy with the leather washers had sold the very last washer virtually as I pressed buy. So the pump is just an ornament on the bike at the moment and a cheapo Lidl pump was doing its job. To be honest...

Thanks for that.. I'll edit with a link..

No problem.. I'm sure the mods will see what I've done and either delete it or sentence me to death..

Yeah.. I looked there.. its just an option to edit the thread title..

Is there any way to delete this thread Guiness.. ?

Just posted it in the road section. How I didn't see that I don't know.. losing the plot.. 🤪

Not mine and no connections with it .. but I spotted this Sun Manxman this evening while browsing Fleabay. Not totally original, but not far off, and in very good condition indeed. If I didn't have my three Suns I'd be very sorely tempted. Will make someone a lovely bike.. 👍...

Yes I thought that and looked for it before I posted but could only see the Ebay listings I've posted in..

Not mine and no connections with it .. but I spotted this Sun Manxman this evening while browsing Fleabay. Not totally original, but not far off, and in very good condition indeed. If I didn't have my three Suns I'd be very sorely tempted. Will make someone a lovely bike..👍 I posted this in the...

At this moment in time Guiness I haven't really made up my mind on that front wheel. It runs true, so I'll probably dab a little grease in the bearings, give it a clean and polish, and see what it looks like. It's had a life, so could well have been on the bike a long time. I do thank you for...

Haha.. I thought I'd lost this thread.. :oops:.. I made the fatal mistake of editing it over a weekend/bank holiday.. it disappeared.. so relieved to find it here this Tuesday morning.. thanks mods.. Lots more to come once I get stuck into the bike.. 👍

Thanks guys.. your input is very much appreciated. I'm still very open to any method of restoration of the frame at the moment, and the beauty of two of the three methods I mentioned of course is that they are reversible, unlike painting. Painting this bike is a no-no, that's a definite, and to...

Thank you 'grantoury'.. that's two for wash and wax.. Have you ever come across the 'boiled linseed oil treatment' ?

Many thanks 'chickendrumsticks'.. the photo's are a little deceiving, they make it look a bit better than it really is. I'd say everything is removable, and I am going to strip, maintain and clean/polish every individual part like I did with my other Sun bike.. its the frame I'm undecided on...

Hello everybody.. its been a year or so since I finished my last Sun Snipe Plus project.. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1968-worksop-sun-snipe-plus.438730/ To cut to the chase, a couple of months ago I found another Sun in Glasgow of all places (I'm in Cornwall :D )advertised on Ebay. Its...