Jennifer's Makeover

Thanks....

GK, I used, believe it or not, a BMW motor car OEM colour, called Cosmic Black, it is a two part, base coat/clear coat, but the magic is, if you don't apply the clear, the base coat does not shine, giving you a finish somewhere between gloss and satin, I reckon about 70% gloss, which is what they were fom the factory.
Also, I can't remember the 750ES, I don't think it is the same though, it has plain black if I remember correctly, but the G's, and I think the other litre bikes '80 - '81 actually had a very fine metal flake in the swiches, which you could see if you look carefully, they were not just flat black, the Cosmic Black has the same metal flake.

How it will hold up??? I have no idea, we shall see, but I doubt it will be an issue, it certainly won't chip off when tightening up he pinch bolts.
As for brake fluid, I am afraid there is no paint that will stand up to it, no matter what anyone tells you, the only thing is anodizing or powder coating.
I still have my calipers and master cylinders to do, and I am not sure what I am going to do yet, if budget allows, when I get around to them, probably black anodizing, otherwise a good 2K paint, and just be very careful during assembly and bleeding, I guess the trick is to keep the brake fluid inside the system, after all.

Unfortunately the light is not good and my cheap camera is no better, so it really does not show up nicely, but trust me on this, this is about as close as you are ever going to get to the original OEM colour, it is a dead ringer, seriously.
I am super happy with it.

looks good, can I ask what you used, and how well will it hold up...

I have just stripped down my right and left levers, and their housings, now they are shiny aluminum, and was not sure what to use to paint them with, all the stuff so far that I have used and painted, chips really easy, and it makes me mad, so I am wondering is there something that will hold up a bit better.......I mean the moment I tighten up a screw on any part, there goes the paint.....

I also need to do the master cylinder for the front brake, so it will have to stand up to brake fluid as well.....

any thoughts....?

No GK, I never fed the bug....

Unfortunately the light is not good and my cheap camera is no better, so it really does not show up nicely, but trust me on this, this is about as close as you are ever going to get to the original OEM colour, it is a dead ringer, seriously.
I am super happy with it.






Mounted the bars for chits and giggles, so I could sit and make vrooom vrooom noises.




Oh yeah, and I said a while back that i got the little storage locker under the tail done.

Sheeesh and all I did was wrap my harness up in some new electrical tape, dabbed some di-electric grease on all the connections, cleaned them up and and called it a day....

very nice work.....should be good as you say another 30 years.....

did ya feed the bug ?????

Ok, finally got some work in, and a few pics for y'alls perusal, been tinkering along with the wiring harness mostly, since the last update, but its been slow going as life has a way of keeping one otherwise occupied from time to time, and so it has been.
Luckily it is pretty clean work, so to speak, so I have been able to do it in the house in the evenings small bits at a time, today it was into the garage to carry on with it on the bike, as there is a lot that needs to be done on the bike itself and a wiring diagram just isn't good enough.
So, just like reading the Sunday paper, I started at the back and worked my way forward.

Yes, yes, I know, I have to loosen the rear mudguard to route the wiring under the steel brace....


Electrical panel all wired up




Then I decided that a few of the peripheral bits that plug into the harness need to be in place to get things right properly as they should be, actually I got bored playing with the spaghetti so I turned my attention to the handle bar controls, started with the left.

This is what I have to deal with






Yep, that is some form of wildlife on the corner of the steel backing plate, I know, I know Dale, "leave him be, he don't eat much".....sorry, not going to happen.
And yes that board is cracked clean in half.......don't ask.
Luckily along with zip ties and duct tape, this stuff holds the world together.


Beware the pinggones, yes, one, I will be spending the better part of next Sunday morning on my hands and knees on the garage floor.


Much better


Even some new connectors and new sleeving.

[rustybronco]

Well then, we''ll have to keep up the ruse for the 'fun governors' benefit won't we!

Stan, your not going to disappoint me if you don't have the time to come over here in July

Shhhhhhhh don't let the minister of fun hear that, she thinks otherwise.

[rustybronco]

Dan, everyone is considered more important than pilots, even the dogs that keep the birds off the airfield, pilots are considered third class citizens by most of civilization, reprobates and scoff laws, I tell you, pilots are only cool dudes in the movies.

Not in my book!

Stan, your not going to disappoint me if you don't have the time to come over here in July. Get your son fixed up, your projects finished and your bank account replenished. I am saving up to make it over your way the early part of next year, we can always swap lies then.

There will be no apologising on my thread, its a free for all, crack a cold one and help yourselves you are both right, my full time job as charter pilot is a salaried one, no matter if I fly one hour or a hundred for the month, so it is stable income, but times are hard, the market is quite so salaries are not great, so I moonight two other jobs to make extra cash, I give part time flight instruction and I do lecturing of the theory subjects for the Commercial and Airline Transport lisenses, both of which pay by the hour, so the longer I am in front of the white board or in the air, the more I earn.

Dan, everyone is considered more important than pilots, even the dogs that keep the birds off the airfield, pilots are considered third class citizens by most of civilization, reprobates and scoff laws, I tell you, pilots are only cool dudes in the movies.

Did not realize that he was a salary man, my apologies... new you were a pilot just did not know that it was a salary job, I kind of thought that pilots were paid either by the hour or the trip. Consider me educated.

Paul

Damn Flyboy,

With hours like that I would think you have joined the military. I went through that about three weeks ago. Was at work for way to f@@@@@@ long and home way to little. Other than the bill though the operation for the little one will probably go well un-noticed. They had a clown come in and play around with my brother when he did his back in the day. He said the dude was making silly jokes while they were sedating him then, he broke a out a big air filled mallet and pretended to whack him in the head and that was the last thing he remembered, till he woke up in the recovery room and the nurse asked him what flavor of ice cream he wanted. I won' t even get started on the Insurance Company people. Good luck bro keep hanging in eventually it will come to an end. At least you get paid when you work a lot of extra hours, lol, my pay check stays the same.

Paul

Flyboy.....as they say it always gets better......hang tough, and the little one will like the ice cream, all he can eat......


I can help you out with the polishing wheels, I have a nice 8" bench grinder I can put them onto and try them out for you.....

Shame, Scott, I feel for her, obstructive sleep apnea is the most dibilitating things a person can suffer from, it leaves you like a zombie and brings with it a whole bunch of other problems like high blood pressure, slows the metobolism to a crawl, I would not wish it on my worst enemy, ask me how I know, I have suffered from it for years, and not a damn thing I can afford to do about it, I guess I will just have to wait for it to eventually kill me.
Someone who does not suffer from it can not even imagine how dibilitating it is to a person.
I know they are not cheap but the cap machine will really change her life around like she will not believe, please do it, as soon a you have the means.
There are other things you can look at that can help as well, that are less spendy, have a look at getting her fitted with an oral fitting that she wears at night, it looks just like a gum guard, that fitts over the teeth, and it holds the lower jaw forward while she sleeps, thus not allowing it to recess back and block the airway, a lot more comfortable and less bulky than the cap machine and a whole lot cheaper.
Unfortunately it did not work for me, I grind my teeth and broke three of the things before I realised it was not going to work for me.
But they have worked for a lot of people, maybe something to look into.