The gold accents are so distinctive to the FZ, looking good GK
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you are correct....but gold is so expensive.....so it will be black....LOL
Thanks for the kudos, I try to strive to your caliber, I get close, but just that wee little bit off....
This FZ is going to be next seasons ride.....I think I need to retire the GS for one season, she is a burning some oil, so it's gonna be time to do an engine overhaul......
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Watching this one.....
About a 3 hour drive for me
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Nice,,, but it seems pricey....?Watching this one.....
About a 3 hour drive for me
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-...orcev4exp=true
I am looking at this one
but this one is nice also
and the Euro color scheme
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In 87 we got the 700's which are somewhat unsightly. Love that Euro paint schemeNice,,, but it seems pricey....?
I am looking at this one
but this one is nice also
and the Euro color scheme
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por-15
Well after a bit of time, I am getting back into this project...
I found a local supplier of the product we all know and that is POR-15, so I decided to order their starter kit, which includes the metal clean, metal prep, and the gloss black paint, which is going to go on the frame and the rest of the bits...
I had good luck with the appliance enamel paint on the GS, but wanted to try something different, I was going to powder coat, but it's too expensive, so the POR-15 is a happy medium...
Well let's hope so...
I will pickup some rattle can paint for the engine at my local Canadian Tire, the same stuff I used on the GS engine, it's held up really well, and it actually came out really good, no sense in using something new on that part.
Hope to have everything in place by the weekend, and get in some painting, pics of the actual painting to follow,,,,for now, it's a few pics of the POR-15....
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GK, did you pick up the kit from Stevens in person?
I have been there 5 or 6 times and they always have something interesting in the shop.
They work on cars and bikes. Good bunch of guys.
I has some bushings made by Rob? in the machine shop. Very pricey but quality work.2@ \'78 GS1000Comment
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Now you tell me......LOL
If I had known this I probably would have made the trip out there, but being it's not so close and I have a co worker who lives just around the corner from them, she picked up my order and brought it down to me, we both work in the same office.....
It saved me a trip, but I see now it would have been a good trip to make out on my own....ohhh well, next time for sure.
They sound like a good bunch of guys, answered all my questions, gave me tips and tricks on using the product, and an overall great experience, even though it was all done over the phone.
Maybe one day if I am in the area I will have to stop in and say Hello...
Thanks for the heads up...
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POR-15 Tank liners are the best on the market IMO..Comment
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prepped frame for painting
Well, it's back on once again, finally had some time today, and the weather was somewhat warm enough to venture into the unheated garage and do a bit of work. Today I took a sponge sanding block and went over the entire frame to smooth it out a touch, I then hit the entire frame with the wire wheel, and then used the POR products to clean the entire frame and prep it for painting. Even though it was cold out I think it worked very well, probably not as well as if it was nice and warm, but it was above freezing today, nothing froze, and once the chemicals did their thing, I rinsed the frame down and brought it into the house. Have to let it dry or as POR say the patr must be bone dry.....LOL
So it's in the basement, and drying out....and getting warm, I will wait a day or two, and put it on the painters tarp I have, and paint indoors, it's too cold still outside and it won't get warm anytime soon....
I just hope the POR paint won't stink up the house too much....I will paint let dry a bit and take it out to the garage to cure until I am ready to start adding parts back to it, I am sure curing in the cold garage will be OK....
Well a few pics of a clean frame
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prepped parts
Well got some more parts prepped for painting, figured might as well prep everything first and then paint all at once, I am limited to the cheap paint brushes I have, and I don't want to stink up the house many times, hopefully just once, well maybe twice....LOL
So lets just add to the pile....
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Body Panels not so good on all of them
So while waiting to get to painting I decided to take inventory of the body panels to see what is good, bad and or needs to be fixed or replaced....
the good, are the front fenders, and the large side panels, except one has a nub missing, this I can easily get fixed up.
the bad, is just about every other panel, broken, cracked, chunks missing and so on.....
I guess after over 25 years parts get damaged by those who don't care, and now I need to fix and or source out some replacement parts, somehow somewhere....
Maybe I just run the bike naked......
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and a few more pics
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You going to brush paint the frame? If so, I suggest experimenting with some of the smaller parts first. It might be tricky getting the paint to brush out smoothly, particularly if you do two coats.Last edited by Nessism; 12-29-2013, 03:00 PM.Ed
To measure is to know.
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Yes, I was going to brush paint, I don't have a spray gun, and since I was going to do it indoors, I really didn't have a choice, I have good ventilation and all but if I spray in the basement the wife would really kill me...
And I will take the parts back into the garage to cure, they are inside just long enough to paint them....
I will start then with the smaller parts and see how it goes, I have brush painted many times and have lots of hands on experience, unfortunately it was never on a bike frame....
Thanks for the tip.....
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