No, I haven't tried that. Thanks for the advice

 

Sure! Occasionally, I've been pleasantly surprised when the "simple" solution actually works! Doesn't happen often, but every once in awhile ya get lucky...

 

It seems like the weather and my health is fighting against me. It's not supposed to be this cold and wet in South Carolina. Anyway tomorrow is supposed to be the big day. Jim's Cycle in Darlington is coming to get the Hurricane. Free safety inspection then to the fun stuff. I've found the decals for her. Pretty sure I have the paint scheme figured out. It took a long time but as you know. All things must hide from the Hurricane. Coming in the spring of the new year.
I'm going to try to post a picture of what I hope she looks like when she's done. Let me know what you think.

 

That will be very sharp looking!

How much are you going to do vs. the shop? I know you said you aren't too mechanically inclined, so you might not be interested, but there seem to be an increasing number of traveling mechanics (at least around my area) and they can be great to learn from.

I was lucky enough to find one a couple of summers ago and "apprenticed" with him for an afternoon working on my bike. Learned a little but mostly raised my comfort level with getting into the top internals. 6 months later, in my cold, cold December garage with parts everywhere and me freaking out over not being able to get one of the camshafts positioned correctly, I was having serious regrets. Getting it all back together and starting it up? Totally worth it!

 

That will look really smart, hope all goes well and plenty of pics would be great

 

Yes, glad to see another Hurricane being brought back to life! I have a '91, been picking away at it for at least 3 years I think. Carburetors suck, can see that you will be learning all about that soon! With this stuff you need to get involved and have a lot of patience.

Even the "smart" people won't have all the answers and definitely can't source all the parts perfectly. Luckily a Honda is reliable, durable and long lasting at it's core. And you are fortunate that the plastics are in good shape from what I can see - But make sure to reinforce and repair cracks now.

Yes, that commercial, very cool. A buddy of mine showed me that after I bough my bike.

Anyways welcome and happy trails with your awesome bike!

 

That commercial was excellent. Having owned a 1987 CBR1000f ( I still have it ) and the ZX10, I can tell you though that ZX10 probably could probably outrun that Hurricane pulling a boat trailer. It's a much better race between the Hurricane and a well tuned 750 Ninja. I witnessed one of those between two friends. The guy on the Hurricane was heavier, but it was pretty much a dead heat until way over 100 mph, and they shut it down..

 

Haven't been here for a while. I've had a lot going on but I wanted to let everyone know how it was going. My "bargain" Hurricane is turning into an expensive project. All 4 carbs has to be rebuilt, I don't know how it passed inspection before I bought it both tires needed replacing, it had to be taken apart to get the seat off.
I was able to find the proper decals for her. I think I'm going to try to do some of the bodywork myself. When we took the fairing off there was a few cracks that I didn't know about.

 

This is the best adhesive I have found for the fairing plastic: Plastex Repair Kit. It's not cheap at about $30, but it actually bonds and can fill in gaps. It's the only thing I have found to hold mounting tabs on permanently... It's a powder you apply, and then a catalyst you put on the powder with an eye dropper.. It's strong and actually chemically bonds with the plastic by melting/fusing with it. I have tried epoxy and a host of other things, but nothing else I have tried works anywhere near as well as this.

 

Were you able to get the paint codes? ColorRite seems to carry most of the Honda paints.