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Post by maverick on Nov 28, 2009 16:49:35 GMT
Well the time has come to get rid of the god awful kawasaki purple and pinky mauve colour. Got the tank stripped and ready to prime, fingers crossed it'll look ok when done, but then again it cant look much worse than the original colours.
Not sure whether to just paint it solid black or go for the red and black of my old gpz600 (i liked that combination), still undecided on the frame colour aswell, silver like standard or matt black.
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Post by greenman on Nov 28, 2009 18:20:09 GMT
silver for frame sounds like to much black [signal red as to many reds when sprayed on look like pink ok ducky ahah [catch you out mav somewhere
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Post by maverick on Nov 28, 2009 18:48:08 GMT
Yeah the red on the XJ650 caught me out, looked good on the tin but more orange once sprayed. I'm also thinking silver for frame so it breaks it up a bit.
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Post by maverick on Dec 30, 2009 22:18:31 GMT
Well paint work is in the final stages and hopefully not looking to bad for an aerosol respray. Picture of tank after Lacquer coat had dried.  Tried to get a close up of the finish and this was the result, Should look good when polished up.  Should all be done in the next couple of weeks, then leave it for a few weeks to harden off. |
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shocx
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Post by shocx on Dec 31, 2009 0:39:50 GMT
Im glad you've posted this actually, I did think about spraying mine black before, because its easier to get a decent looking finish with black as apposed to lighter colours, instead of paying hundreds of pounds to get it done at a shop. What paint did you use? Oh yeah, its looking good btw  |
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Post by Lee on Dec 31, 2009 9:48:27 GMT
hey, now that looks really good ! You ve got a proper shiny finish there. When you flatten it at the end then polish it we are all gonna need sun glasses
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Post by greenman on Dec 31, 2009 11:32:03 GMT
very nice
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Post by maverick on Dec 31, 2009 14:05:50 GMT
Im glad you've posted this actually, I did think about spraying mine black before, because its easier to get a decent looking finish with black as apposed to lighter colours, instead of paying hundreds of pounds to get it done at a shop. What paint did you use? Oh yeah, its looking good btw I used cellulose paint from John Davey on cannon park. (Thanks greenman) www.johndaveypaints.co.uk/homeI was just going to use cellulose for the tank as its quite resistant to petrol, but ended up using it for the whole bike. I used a good few coats and then flattened the paint with 1200 wet n dry before the lacquer coat and it comes up like glass. One problem with the lacquer is its not very petrol resistant but the paint marks to easy without it, to give it a bit more protection i will be using insulator wax so it will have that bit of extra protection. shop.autobritedirect.co.uk/collinite-845-insulator-wax---1-pint-118-p.asp |
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Post by maverick on Jan 17, 2010 11:44:56 GMT
Things are moving along slowly, had a few reaction problems with the paint but got most things painted now. Belly pan giving me some problems but hopefuly sorted with this next attempt. Front mudguard still needs to come of and be painted, so started to refit what i can to make a bit of working space, still need to finish t-cutting before polishing but its easier when parts are fitted. Looks better than pink and purple i think.  |
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Post by dalton on Jan 17, 2010 13:20:54 GMT
What a difference looks  mate |
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Post by greenman on Jan 17, 2010 20:15:00 GMT
thats nice
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Post by maverick on Jan 17, 2010 21:23:54 GMT
Thanks lads, its defo not perfect but i`m quite happy with it. Had a carbon fibre tankpad coming for it but some bigfooted chimp at royal mail stood on it and broke it.
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Post by maverick on Feb 16, 2010 15:36:12 GMT
Well finally got it all back together, even rebuilt front brake callipers (Front brake feels a lot better now)   Just waiting for the not so cold weather now so i can get out for a good blast. |
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Post by greenman on Feb 16, 2010 16:51:21 GMT
very nice /600 decals look good
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Post by maverick on Feb 16, 2010 16:59:27 GMT
You got yours back together yet Ron.
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Post by greenman on Feb 16, 2010 17:05:43 GMT
no still no forks or wheels ,but getting there
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Post by Lee on Feb 16, 2010 17:06:49 GMT
Christ, it looks brand new. I think you have really done a great job there. The new colour has really freshened the bike up. Have you had a go at the front fork lowers as well ? They look brand new as well. Great work
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Post by maverick on Feb 16, 2010 17:23:20 GMT
thanks, resprayed fork lowers when i got it, fork seals were leaking so they had to be stripped anyway.
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Post by Lee on Feb 16, 2010 17:35:52 GMT
what else did you find wrong with it once it was in bits?
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Post by maverick on Feb 16, 2010 18:05:28 GMT
Nothing really it was in quite good nick underneath. Front brakes were sticking a bit so put new calliper seals in, the rest was just regular maintenance stuff really. Next time i have to do the fork seals i`ll probably replace fork bushes at same time.
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