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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:02 | [?] |
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Here's where it sits so far. Just started putting her back together last night! Not too bad for about 3 hours of work.
There's the paint booth I set up in the shop at work. In hindsight I would have doubled the size and ran two pipes in there to hang the parts from. There was a lot of un-needed shuffling around. 
Here's the parts all done in primer. 
The frame, basecoat complete. 
Here's the first attempt at clear coating the frame. All the other parts went great, I goofed up the mix for this batch though. I ended up re-scuffing it, shooting another 2 coats of black, then 2 coats of clear. 
Air box cover in primer. 
Completed (minus the mesh) 
Here's a couple of the parts I had professionally done. The first try they were the wrong color, they are supposed to match my truck. The second attempt (seen here) has got a bunch of shit in the clear coat, one of the seat supports has a 4" long hair in it. 
Finally, Me, looking dead sexy in my Tyvek suit. I did however still manage to paint my hair gray with the primer. It washed out though. 
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:05 | [?] |
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I'd like your guy's honest opinion on the flat black.
During the assembly I'm really starting to doubt my choice. I think I would have like the look better if I had done the whole thing the same as the primary cover and cam cover. Those are both just Dupli-color rattle-can bed liner. |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:06 | [?] |
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Damn, It's looking good. I dig that color you're using.
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:11 | [?] |
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I'd really like to see it put together. I was thinking a similar color scheme with black, flat black and some accents in copper.
Looks nice. |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:13 | [?] |
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I forgot the pics of the Primary.
A little advice, if any of you want to try re-doing a primary cover. Go buy a painted one and re-finish that. It took me about as long to strip that thing down to bare metal as it did to spray the whole damn bike. I went through 2 cans of aircraft stripper trying to get that damn powder-coat/rubbery crap off there! But at least it was all nice and shiny! 
Here's what it looks like now, rattle can of Duplicolor truck bed liner. I think it turned out pretty sharp. The cam cover matches. 
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:27 Last Edited By: Stevenc150 | [?] |
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Hard to get the full effect with everything scattered between frames, but I'm like Dave, I'm digging that chin cowl color.
Edit: On a side note, did you tape off your ground connection holes/places or just going to sand them off before assembly? Either way, it's coming along great. |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:35 | [?] |
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10/10
Can't wait to see the finished job. awesome skillz bro! |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 18:43 | [?] |
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| Great job. Looks like a professional had done it. | |
| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 19:16 | [?] |
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I'd do it gloss black, or at least semi gloss.. I had done mine quickly with some plastidip (rubberized spray that will peel off if you want to remove it), and it was flat black.. I generally like flat on everything, but it didnt look quite right on the bike
I peeled it off, and its yellow again, but I'm gonna scuff it down and do it gloss black with regular paint |
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| Posted: 12 Jun 2009 19:53 | [?] |
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Cryptic;
Yeah, Thats what I was thinking... should look good, but it just doesn't look right on the bike. But I have all summer to think about how I want it to look.  Now I just want to get some riding in!
Stevenc; I did try to tape everything off that was bare when I started. The masking fell off the one up front so I just scraped it down. The ones on the rear subframe should be OK because the dink that painted it didn't spray the insides. |
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| Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:24 | [?] |
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Someone stick a fork in this bitch, cause it's done! (well, for the most part)
I'm not really happy with how my license plate/blinker mount turned out so I'm going to take another swing at that, I'm missing a screw from the front fairing, there's a rattle under the front fairing, and I need to get the rest of the front fender on. All in all, I'm extremely pleased with how it came out. I think the orange REALLY sets off the flat black. I'd love to hear opinions! Good, bad, or otherwise. This has been one hell of a project... |
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| Posted: 20 Jun 2009 19:37 | [?] |
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Right on!!!
Congrats on getting it all back together! It looks great. |
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| Posted: 20 Jun 2009 20:40 | [?] |
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| Nice job, defiantly one of a kind now. | |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2009 22:19 | [?] |
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| hey buellysses, not able to really tell the difference of the orange parts with the amber lighting. Maybe you want to take some pictures with some outdoor lighting. Just a thought. | |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2009 03:23 | [?] |
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| I really dig the airbox cutout w/ mesh. that'd be something I'd like to do | |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 | [?] |
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| Yeah, those lights really mess with the coloring. I'll definitely get some better pics for you guys. | |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 06:18 | [?] |
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get the mesh in the airbox painted like your tailsection 
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 14:17 | [?] |
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I like it! +1 on what Trill said, I was thinking the same. I think you need to tie in something orage into the front end. Maybe the fender or the light housing?
What brand of flat black is that? I was thinking of using hot rods flatz, and am curious if I would need a additive for ABS plastic. Let us know how that bedliner holds up on the primary and timing cover. I have used that product to paint my plastics, seems to harden pretty good once its cured. I am just curious how the heat will effect it. Overall I like it a lot. I am not a fan of orange, but I think the way you used it looks good. Like I said maybe a just something to tie in the front end a little. |
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 16:08 | [?] |
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Journum, Trill;
You are absolutely correct, there needs to be more orange in there. The original intent was to paint the mesh the same color orange, but I didn't get it in time to get it to the painter. And in hindsight, I would have painted the flyscreen orange as well. As far as the paint, I used Napa Parts brand. I used a high-build urethane primer, a gloss black base coat, and a flat black clearcoat. I had originally planned on using the SEM Hotrod Flatz stuff, but a painter around here convinced me that a plain basecoat with a flat clear over it would get me closer to the results I was looking for. |
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2009 16:11 | [?] |
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| I think the orange/black combo looks Great. Especially like that shade of orange. Since you asked for opinions - Maybe paint the headlight housing & the new screen behind the airbox that Awesome orange color. I think the front fender would be too much. Again, Very nice job. | |
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