My old lady got a make over
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Thank you all.
Great suggestion on painting the bike seat. I didn't know you could paint vinyl, but there is a flat black paint and I agree, that would make the bike look better.
As for stickers, they are coming. I'll be adding one more:
This will go on the back and top of the tank so my magnetic tank bag doesn't scratch it.
As for the bike, it is an 87 CBR1000F Hurricane with 77000+ km. Still runs great.
By the way, this forum has been a tremendous source of information. Diagnosing problems and fixes have been a lot easier because of all the post.
Cheers,
Kenan
London, Ont
Great suggestion on painting the bike seat. I didn't know you could paint vinyl, but there is a flat black paint and I agree, that would make the bike look better.
As for stickers, they are coming. I'll be adding one more:
This will go on the back and top of the tank so my magnetic tank bag doesn't scratch it.
As for the bike, it is an 87 CBR1000F Hurricane with 77000+ km. Still runs great.
By the way, this forum has been a tremendous source of information. Diagnosing problems and fixes have been a lot easier because of all the post.
Cheers,
Kenan
London, Ont
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thanks guys.
As for how long it took: the tank, front fender, lower cowl, and the two small plastic pieces, that was very quick. It took a total of about 2 hours. The paint covers very well and flash time is about 10 minutes, so by the time I'd finish last piece, it was time to paint the first one again. Four coats total.
The bike was completely stripped down.
To plastic weld the cracks and there were lots of them, took a fair bit of time. Then came manual sanding and that was time consuming.
The entire bike was primed as every piece needed some plastic welding.
The fairings I tried painting in my shed (with a HVLP gun) and even though it looked ok, it certainly wasn't the best. My wife teaches at a high school, so auto shop tech teacher offered me the use of their paint booth. WOW! What a difference. Perfect light, pressurized booth, basically, state of the art booth, and I got to use it for free.
I put on two coats of this mustardy yellow base, and then finished it off with 4+ coats of paint because the paint was almost transparent. To paint all this took almost 4 hours as the paint took a long time to flash.
Start to finish, including rims, was about two weeks. I used a charcoal primmer and to be honest with you, looked awesome on the bike.
As for how long it took: the tank, front fender, lower cowl, and the two small plastic pieces, that was very quick. It took a total of about 2 hours. The paint covers very well and flash time is about 10 minutes, so by the time I'd finish last piece, it was time to paint the first one again. Four coats total.
The bike was completely stripped down.
To plastic weld the cracks and there were lots of them, took a fair bit of time. Then came manual sanding and that was time consuming.
The entire bike was primed as every piece needed some plastic welding.
The fairings I tried painting in my shed (with a HVLP gun) and even though it looked ok, it certainly wasn't the best. My wife teaches at a high school, so auto shop tech teacher offered me the use of their paint booth. WOW! What a difference. Perfect light, pressurized booth, basically, state of the art booth, and I got to use it for free.
I put on two coats of this mustardy yellow base, and then finished it off with 4+ coats of paint because the paint was almost transparent. To paint all this took almost 4 hours as the paint took a long time to flash.
Start to finish, including rims, was about two weeks. I used a charcoal primmer and to be honest with you, looked awesome on the bike.
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