Stripped down and properly inspected this weekend. It’s the first time I’ve actually had a chance to look over it properly. As I already knew, cosmetically it’s in a ‘right state’ - cables, chain and rear mech fit only for the bin.
I’ve never even seen a jockey wheel this worn before;
Now on to the bad.. :-D
With ‘structurally sound’ from my original post still ri going loud, of COURSE the shock mount plate is cracked through one of the holes;
So if I want to actually use it, i need to decide whether a weld, welded patch or replacement plate is needed. Which has to happen before paint.
Which leads nicely into - the Inside of the swingarm is waaayyy more complex than I had realised from the pictures I’d looked at. I don’t think the paint scheme I had planned is going to work at all, So I’m probably going to go with Nardo Grey without the highlights, and use components to add the colour - which is a shame! I’m going to speak to the painter this week and see what he thinks.
All in, though, it’s a fantastic bit of early DH kit. Oversized everything and multiple machined parts. The rear brake callipers arch is 3 pieces that bolt together through the swingarm, bolt-on dropouts. Bonkers.
) Ultimate Green is an awesome colour, but the Norlando Grey would look more awsomer on this frame.
