V50 Guzzi re-paint ie: Therapy

[nvr2old]

I haven't done a paint job since the green V7 Sport for Simon and the black BMW for Tobin last summer. The 40 years of sanding and painting took it's toll on my shoulder and surgery followed in November, followed by the freekin' heart attack in December. Months of rehab have finally gotten me to the point where I'm gonna give this a shot. It's for my good friend, Jim. He's been an avid Italian and British collector bike fiend every since I met him almost 20 years ago. I've painted several of his bikes and am looking forward to this one, too. Not sure what year it is..mid-70's I'm thinking..I'll have to ask next time I talk to him. :-\\\ Here's what a finished one looks like.



This is what $850 worth of quality PPG materials looks like..argh.



Parts to do..tank, side covers, gas fill cover, fenders, and tail section..oh, and I thought, what the hell I may as well get this factory S fairing I got from Rich repaired and re-painted too. The one on mine is an aftermarket one. It came with the original windscreen, and even all the correct screws.









The tank and metal rear fender were soda blasted. Thanks Jim. But all the old filler will need to go. Start fresh, and no future problems.

 

[nvr2old]

Slather on some filler..







And sand..

 

[GS1150Pilot]

Such gorgeous little machines!

 

[nvr2old]

These parts are in really good shape for being 40+ years old. 4 hrs. of straitening filling and sanding turned out really well. I'll start on plastic parts repair next week. Both the Guzzi fairing and tail section have breaks and cracks. As does the S fairing.

That's it for today..my shoulder is killing me..but it's a good pain..

 

[jsandidge]

I'm subscribing to this thread. I don't want to miss a thing.

 

[nvr2old]

Thanks, man. I hope it's worthy of your attention. I couldn't do any of this w/o the kindness of the owner of Route 66, a body shop here in Sandpoint. He gave me a key after only knowing me for a couple of days. The paint booth is amazing. So very grateful.

 

[Guest]

Ah another Larry paint thread, wouldn't miss it for the world! I have a big soft spot for those Guzzi's also...

I didn't realise you've been through some health issues Larry, so it's great to see you're through the other side and recovered, hopefully some smooth sailing now!

 

[steve murdoch]

These parts are in really good shape for being 40+ years old. 4 hrs. of straitening filling and sanding turned out really well. I'll start on plastic parts repair next week. Both the Guzzi fairing and tail section have breaks and cracks. As does the S fairing.

That's it for today..my shoulder is killing me..but it's a good pain..

An interesting form of physio-therapy. haha.
Looking forward to the process.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

I'll be following this thread. Looking for detail tips.
Bill

 

[nvr2old]

Ah another Larry paint thread, wouldn't miss it for the world! I have a big soft spot for those Guzzi's also...

I didn't realise you've been through some health issues Larry, so it's great to see you're through the other side and recovered, hopefully some smooth sailing now!

Thanks, Pete. I mentioned the shoulder surgery and heart attack in the Campfire, and got some great support from the members here. Shoulder recovery and rehab is something I wouldn't want my worst enemy to go through. The heart attack was a breeze compared to it. This project makes me realize how much I still enjoy doing it. Bill, I hope I can show you what you're in need of. She's gonna be a beauty when done. Porsche red with black accents, gold decal emblems. Plus, I'll finally have a factory fairing for my Cooley.

 

[Guest]

Ah ok, I tend to skip the Campfire, maybe I should keep a closer eye on that

Glad you got a bunch of support, this forum (like the Katana Australia one) is absolutely awesome when it comes to moral support with tricky situations. Glad to hear those are behind you and you're looking forward, colour scheme sounds good too!

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Waiting for update on your progress. Hope your health is much improved.
Bill

 

[nvr2old]

Thanks, Bill. I'll get to work on the plastic parts tomorrow (Saturday). It's the one day a week that I can get into the shop and get some stuff done. I look forward to it also. It's still strange not to be doing this daily as a business anymore where I was working 8-10 hrs. a day on bike parts. More of a hobby now, and that's fine.

 

[nvr2old]

I went to update with photos, but flickr seems to have gone the Photobucket route and is now screwing up subscribers. Stopped right in the middle of my posts and refused to let me copy and paste pics. Pi$$es me off. Anyone recommend a different photo share site ?

 

[Buffalo Bill]

I went to update with photos, but flickr seems to have gone the Photobucket route and is now screwing up subscribers. Stopped right in the middle of my posts and refused to let me copy and paste pics. Pi$$es me off. Anyone recommend a different photo share site ?

I'm using imgur.com
No problems, and it works way better than photobucket ever did on a good day.

 

[nvr2old]

Thanks, Bill. I'll try your suggestion...tick tock, tick tock..30 minutes later..

I got to the shop yesterday to start work on the plastic parts for the V50 Guzzi and the GS fairing. Both have numerous cracks and breaks. The GS fairing must've been dropped on the right side. The lower mount is cracked all the way through and the upper corner is broken off but a very clean break. The part fits together perfectly.

My 2 go to tools.

V groove the cracks..

Fill with 2-part epoxy..

Let dry and sand.. Missed filling one tiny spot, I'll pick that up when I do the inside.

 

[nvr2old]

The Guzzi fairing was pretty ugly. The worst areas are where the turn signals mount. This was a bad fix from the past.

V-grooved the cracks and removed most of what was used to repair

This side wasn't nearly as gross.

There was also this lovely repair between the fork openings..

Ground and filled..

The fairing has been repainted at least once with who knows what kind of materials, so I just sanded it off. It was also skim-coated with plastic filler for some reason, but when I removed it all, it looks just fine..hmm.

 

[nvr2old]

The tail section was also cracked in one place.

It, too, was V'd, sanded, filled and finished.

I spent a lot of time sanding the front fender and fairing's trailing edges to get them perfect again. No pictures will show that until some primer is sprayed on. Next week I'll repair the insides of everything then on to primers. Thanks for looking, and thanks again, Bill for the tip on a sharing site.

 

[Guest]

Nice work Larry, the repairs look good!

I've had good success with Flickr myself so far, and a while back they advised they were capping the free usage at 1000 photos which I'm now very close to. They only want $US40 per year last I checked (unlike Photophucket's no notice $US400 ransom note) so I figure later this year I'll pay up to keep it going. I think they went about it the right way at least... anyway, let's not let me distract us from your work here, glad you found somewhere to host your photos

 

[nvr2old]

I really liked flickr, too, Pete. It was easy and always there for me, also. I noticed in their Help Section a LOT of people complaining about not being able to upload pics. I futzed around with it for almost 2 hrs. yesterday afternoon to no avail. It was extremely maddening. I don't have anywhere near 1000 pics in there, but I'll keep my options open with it. Imgur was a breeze to use and worked flawlessly for these posts.