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Drew's 850 L Restoration

Gauge faces

Gauge faces

I could have done a whole thread on the work that went into these gauge faces. So glad to finally be done with them. First, I took pictures so I could re-create the artwork in CorelDraw. Once the artwork was done, I burned the image into a pre-coated silk screen I purchased. Then, I sanded the faces down to bare plastic and re-painted the brown. Finally, I was able to squeegee the ink through the screen onto the faces. Not a professional job, but they look pretty good. Here's the before and after:



 
Also, painting has begun! Just got the side covers in prime before the weather went bad. Primer sanded smooth with 600. Waiting till this weekend to shoot color if the weather cooperates.
 
gauges complete

gauges complete

Sorry guys, I've been terrible about posting updates. Here is something from a few months back.

 
Fresh Clear

Fresh Clear

Just sprayed the last of the clear a few hours ago. Got a couple small nibs and a run on the left side. I'm sure I can fix all that since there is plenty of clear on there. Thanks for all your help and patience with all my newbie questions, guys!





 
I just went through your resto posts. Great job thus far. I wish I knew how to post several photos like you have done. I would have posted my resto if I could have worked that. My bike was a real mess to start with. Congrats on a great job
 
uteman said:
I just went through your resto posts. Great job thus far. I wish I knew how to post several photos like you have done. I would have posted my resto if I could have worked that. My bike was a real mess to start with. Congrats on a great job
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Thanks. I actually need to update my thread as the bike is all but finished now.

The trick to posting pics is to use a 3rd party image hosting site like photobucket. Then you copy and paste the image link into your post.
 
All that is left to do now is to re-paint the tank and side cover emblems. I'll post some pics when they are done. It hit 68 degrees here, so I went for my first ride of the year! It's supposed to get up to 74 tomorrow, so you wanna guess what I'll be doing?
 
Photos

Photos

jsandidge said:
Replaced the cush bushings today. Had to take the old ones out to powdercoat the wheel. It was a bit fiddly, but this worked to press them in. Should have the rear wheel on by tomorrow!

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Can you put up the image of what you used to install the cush bushes I'm having the same problem
 
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