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Maybe one for Nigel Eaton....Where can a person buy....?
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1mm(ish) thick metal (aluminium ideally) sheeting?
I doubt the DIY type places would stock such a thing, but I've an idea
for something, and want to buy a piece at least 20cm x 80 cm.
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and many, many more, all pretty expensive for what you get, mind.
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Road signs. It's what most pikeys nick these days ;-)
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I've been following the 635csi "rebuild" by Neil Ronketti [1] and a
recent post of his shows the difficulty of getting hold of such a thing,
he ended up using the sides off old washing machines, which isn't a bad
idea.
When I was in the paint spraying trade we just used to order sheet metal
from our paint suppliers, they generally supply everything you'd want in
a bodyshop, I can't see why they wouldn't deal over the counter. I
thought .8mm was the norm, but it was a looong time ago now.
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Who is one of the pixies....
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Rob mate, just shave it off, dye it or buy a hat.
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Not exactly, more a "here's where the heat shield finishes too early for
using my big panniers, and I could do with 2 bungee points." idea I
thought worth testing.
The whole 10R mudguard arrangement is held on by 4 bolts and it'd
actually be a 10 minute job to drop it, bolt a sheet in above, bent in
such a way that it ran above the existing pipes & heatshield, then
dropped down so the pannier could rest against it without touching the
exhaust.
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Get some solder shields from the local DIY store.
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It's just an idea really, and something that would be fairly easy to
drop on in advance of a touring holiday, if it worked out.
Of course, this may be a non event, as it may turn out the carbon
Akropovic pipes I'm likely to recieve soon are actually cool to the
touch, and won't burn panniers.
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They run cooler than metal ones, at least you can touch them
reasonably comfortably when the bike has been running.
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I think you'll find the cat is in a Y piece further forward and the
Akrapovics won't run any cooler. I dumped the standard can off my bike
because it contained the cat and got vf hot vf quickly.
I'm going to get some heat resistant sheeting when I get back to work
and try it out on Adies bike so if it works I'll liberate a bit extra.
We can get hold of fibre type stuff or plastic and I reckon the
plastic will do the job.
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You'd be surprised. B&Q do aluminium splashbacks for kitchens that
would fill your requirements.
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from the weight of the one I just fitted, I'd say they are steel
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Run home now.
You've fitted an RSJ to your sink & your new window is being held up by
a splashback.
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Hmm, I just looked at the finish. And bought good old fashioned
tiles.
Speaking of kitchens... http://www.flickr.com/gp/98085804@N00/A2426n
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More likely he's going for a set of trainer wheels.
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An Audi and a tin opener?
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