are you painting the rear of the motor, e.g. the alternator housing, starter area, and other nearby spots, love the black wrinkle. What a good job you got going so fare. best of luck.

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78 Nekid
73 Shovel
73 Tiger
71 Commando
67 305
70 450 Scram
2002 Spirit 750
mbs.

The folding table is a great idea. A temp paint booth!

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---- Bradshaw Bikes offers polishing and upholstering for your Wing!

Tell me you didn't use sand or glass beads to blast the engine? That is something that really shouldn't be done. Walnut shells or soda is best for engine parts.

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1976 Goldwing Super Sport
1982 GL1100 Standard Bagger (in progress)
1985 Honda Elite
1976 KZ900 Dragbike
1992 ZX7 Dragbike (KZ900 style motor w/NOS)
and a rotation of various purchases

great pics
looking good

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the whir of the motor, the clunk of the gears, the screech of rubber on the pavement....no better therapy on the planet

1984 1200 standard

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It has to be more user friendly than paint-stripper, which is what I used!

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nor all your Piety nor Wit
can lure it back to cancel half a line...
so....probably best use Tipp-Ex in future?"

1976 GL1000 "Mitzi"
1976 GL1000 and Héchard sidecar "Mitzi 2"
1977 GL1000 'The Parts Bike' now in bits
1976 XT500 'C'
1976 TT500 'C'
1980 Paris-Dakar XT500 (replica)
1992 Grinnall Scorpion SC3 prototype
1993 'Big Valve' BMW R1100RS "Red Sonja"


Hal's Nalbum

@abert51- the entire engine is painted. Might not look like it in the sunlight though

@robin1731- yep. Used black diamond blast media. I've had excellent results with that. I didn't take it all the way down to bare aluminum in most places. Just roughed up the surface enough for paint to adhere.

Thanks Sunnbobb, duke182 & Hal

A polished final drive would really set off the black of the engine.

Greg (suggestor of evil thoughts) Foresi

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2006 GL1800 (Brutus Maximus)
1978 GL1000 (White Trash)
"My Effort" The White Trash Album
....Sharing some thoughts....
"Venting GL1000 Rotors" Hole templates for front and rear (45 holes) and how to use them
"Side Stand Indicator Light" For those of us who can't remember...
"GL1000 RearSets" Photos, CAD drawings and instructions (click "No Thumb" and then "Download Doc")

Hey, I'm Italian. Of course my wiring looks like spaghetti.

First I would like to say I love the work you've done so far, the black wrinkle and polished parts look great. And I hate when someone says "no offense" because its always followed by something offensive. So here goes NO OFFENSE, but you do realize that kamikaze pilots were basically suicide bombers that killed American soldiers. I've said my piece now I will leave it alone. Again great looking bike so far can't wait to see how it turns out.

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Not all who wander are lost

1971 cb 350 (gave away)
2007 xl 1200 nightster (sold)
1979 gl 1000 daily driver work in progress
1976 gl 1000 under the knife, or wrench

@gregforesi- nice one. But I think that might take I bit longer than the intakes with mixed results. I agree...would look sweet.

@jafo- I do realize they were essentially suicide bombers. But from what I've researched, they followed the code of Bushido - loyalty and honor till the death. Sounds like they were modern day samurai. I've always been fascinated by that, so I figured why not. Glad you like the look

Hand sanded and painted the radiator today. Same black wrinkle high temp finish. I'll snap a pic tomorrow.

And I had an epiphany tonight! Got a sweet idea that I hope works out. I'll fill all y'all in later.

MMMM......Very nice Black Wrinkle finish..good idea...can you get it in a MATT version ??
Alb.

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EUROPEAN PROPER 'RAT-BIKE'
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Haven't had much time in the last week or so to do much on the bike. Here's that pic of the radiator with new paint. Cleaned up the heat shield today and hit that with a little bit of gloss black (sorry, no pic). Hopefully this week I'll get a new thermostat and all the plumbing back on her. Then the carbs!

@whittmann- not sure if VHT makes a matte version, but my block has low sheen. Looks to be a satin finish. And it won't take long for dirt and grime to turn it flat Also, you could use this wrinkle finish, then apply a coat of flat hi temp over it. That should do the trick.

Really looking good. Just enough shiny bits to make it pop!

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Retired: 1971 Triumph Blazer, 1970 Triumph Trophy, 1969 Triumph Trophy
1981 Suzuki GS650, 1970 CB100

Thanks. I'll just call you Steve

Update?

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God bless those who protect our freedom, at every level


the whir of the motor, the clunk of the gears, the screech of rubber on the pavement....no better therapy on the planet

1984 1200 standard

click pic to see my gallery

vote in my poll