Author Topic: S.J.K HURRICAINE (PIC HEAVY) (Read 7883 times)

sawzall · « **on:** October 16, 2010, 09:35 PM »

I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE OF THESE FOR OVER 6 YEARS AND HAS BEEN 16 MONTHS IN THE MAKING
BUT I HAD TO FIND ALL THE RIGHT PARTS TO BUILD IT AS CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL BIKE AS THEY WERE BUILT BITD
I PICKED UP THE FRAME FORKS ETC FROM ONE OF THE GUYS THAT ORIGINALLY BUILT THEM,HE WAS GOING TO BUILD IT HIMSELF BUT GOSSA HOOKED ME UP WITH HIM AND HE DECIDED TO LET IT GO,THE FRAME HAD BEEN BADLY SAND BLASTED THEN CHROME PLATED :idiot2:BUT IF MUST HAVE LOOKED SO BAD IT WAS PAINTED SATIN BLACK,I STRIPPED PAINT THEN HAD CHROME REMOVED
AND THEN SPENT WELL OVER FOURTY HOURS SANDING AND POLISHING FRAME TO REMOVE ROUGH SAND BLAST FINISH BEING CAREFUL NOT TO REMOVE BRAIZED WELDS BEFORE RE CHROME,THEN I HAD BOTTOM BRACKET-HEADSET-RIMS-HUBS-CRANKS-RE ANNOD AS PER ORIGINAL FINISH.ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS THAT WAS MISSING WAS THE S.J.K STEM AND THE CHANCES OF FINDING ONE WAS SLIM TO ZERO SO I DECIDED TO FABRICATE ONE,I ONLY HAD A SMALL PICTURE OF ONE TO WORK FROM,I USED CDS TUBE AND 3MM PLATE THEN I BRAIZED IT TOGETHER AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY,THEN I HAD SOME ALLOY STEM TOPS MACHINED UP AND THEN SHAPED EDGES BY HAND,ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALANGES WAS RE-CREATING THE DECALS AS WE ONLY HAD A FEW SMALL PICS TO WORK FROM BUT STEVE (FIREBIRD) STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND WORKED HIS MAGIC AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESULTS
BIG THANKS TO STEVE(FIREBIRD)FOR PADS AND DECALS
STIDDS FOR WHEEL BUILD WEEKSEY FOR ANNO ON STEM
AND MASSIVE THANKS TO GOSSA FOR SORTING OUT THE PROJECT FOR ME

FRAME AND FORKS-S.J.K CRO-MO
BARS-S.J.K
SEAT POST-S.J.K
BOTTOM BRACKET-S.J.K
HEADSET-S.J.K SEALED SYSTEM
STEM-S.J.K REPOP
TYRES-COMP II NOS
GRIPS-JOHAR RADGRIPS NOS
BRAKE DC 900 NOS
SEAT CLAMP-SUNTOUR NOS
SEAT-JAGUAR AERO NOS
RIMS-ARAYA RE ANNOD
HUBS-S.J.K SEALED RE ANNOD
CRANKS-SUNTOUR VX RE ANNOD
PEDALS-BM10s NOS
CHAINRING-SUNTOUR 44T NOS
WHEELNOTS-HOMEMADE AS PER ORIGINALS

dan-dare · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:40 PM »

lovely phil.

M5AT · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:42 PM »

Magic our Morris.

mattfx81 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:44 PM »

Great fabrication work with the stem and a top restoration.

Matt

kdw712 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:45 PM »

hubba

top job as always Phil

Dark Diggler · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:46 PM »

I am stunned by this, absolutely well done young man. The story, pics, result...just amazing.

firebird4130 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:51 PM »

Amazing! You got a pic of the original stem?

firebird · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2010, 09:56 PM »

Great job Phil,
Glad to have helped out on this one for you.
Steve

Rodgy1970 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2010, 10:18 PM »

Totally awesome

Really look forward to your builds

sid1972 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 16, 2010, 10:29 PM »

that is top draw - just stunning!!!

aerostylie · « **Reply #10 on:** October 16, 2010, 11:00 PM »

Phil, love your dedication and passion with these restos, what skills

Another unique build/find, what sort of year we looking at Phil?

Wouldn't mind having a look for some ads for this from bitd having never heard of this before.

HUTCHMAN · « **Reply #11 on:** October 16, 2010, 11:06 PM »

a masterpiece!

bobafett · « **Reply #12 on:** October 16, 2010, 11:24 PM »

Phil when I saw this bike at MK10 as I said to you at the time it's one of the greatest builds I've seen - the pics don't begin to do it justice - the restoration work is outstanding as per usual and some of the unique parts are fantastic - just look at that headset for starters

Top draw - one of a kind - love it

poolysheriff · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2010, 12:38 AM »

Quote from: bobafett on October 16, 2010, 11:24 PM

Phil when I saw this bike at MK10 as I said to you at the time it's one of the greatest builds I've seen - the pics don't begin to do it justice - the restoration work is outstanding as per usual and some of the unique parts are fantastic - just look at that headset for starters

Top draw - one of a kind - love it

Yep ,what John said

hunterdubber · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:02 AM »

Glad to see it ended up in the right hands

Immaculate ressurection

Funnily enough I was at my cousins wedding in Wareham in August
, had know idea at the time these were made in that village

, is that where you picked it up Phil ?

SteveG · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:36 PM »

Thats a really nice restoration. There was an article in Action bike at the time they came out and I really wanted one.

I was forever getting loose headsets and the thought of having one that was a bit more heavy duty plus it was different was quite appealing.

Nice to meet one of the guys involved with building them as well.

Gashead · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:47 PM »

You are just too good at this............................ awesome Phil

monkian · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:49 PM »

Truly amazing work

rooski · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:53 PM »

saw this at mk it is trully stunning

awesome resto ,awesome build

southern andy · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2010, 04:33 PM »

Quality...... real quality. Nice brazing aswell, i used to have brazing like that on one of my framesets.

Also nice to see someone taking photos of their bikes against different backgrounds, i remember Phils Vincent had a Jap flag as a background. This photo complements the bike very well.

Bigplinky · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:04 PM »

Really nice that Phil, total dedication to the British BMX cause

dirtskirt · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2010, 08:02 PM »

What a fantastic restoration Phil

. Well pleased that you managed to source one after all that time!
Reckon all these old local british manufacturers are the dogs nuts , and im looking forward to the next one mate.
keep em peeled for that illusive Mud Cruncher

!