z650 Cafe Racer

[thunderzy]

my $0.02. if youre going to do gold as an accent, then do all the accents in gold. I like the first one!

 

[metaltriumph]

Last coat of clear

 

[valvesprung]

Gold baby gold!!!!

 

[BCBarker]

Paint it GOLD!!! I have a 350F that I did gold and I always get stopped complemented about how sweet it looks. GOLD!

 

[metaltriumph]

 

[metaltriumph]

 

[metaltriumph]

 

[lonelywolf8588]

OOOOOHHHHH, Perty.

 

[valvesprung]

Oh hell yes my friend, that shit is dialed...

 

[metaltriumph]

 

[rjz5400]

aww come on lets get a look at her. i know its gonna be sick!!!!!!!!!

 

[BCBarker]

glad to see you went with the gold! Now lets see the rest of the bike!

 

[Docta Jones]

Seriously... Not Fair!!! Show us more pics. No one likes a tease.

 

[boomshakalaka]

oh wow, thats a sick color combo..

 

[metaltriumph]

the iphone takes shitty pics but....

Things left to do

- brakes (got braided lines, need to clean up calipers)
- Electrics (clean up and re-install loom, install indicators, headlight, buy a tailight, already got a new battery)
- ignition (relocate and make custom warning light bracket)
- Connect fuel lines to carby and tank.

 

[Docta Jones]

That is awesome!!

 

[metaltriumph]

That is awesome!!

cheers mate!

 

[metaltriumph]

so i had the handlebar clamps sand-blasted when i got the frame done. They were all shitty and dusted crusty. I hit em up with some green brillo pads, then some steel wool, then some Autosol quick action metal cleaner, then some mother mag and aluminium polish. Also a healthy amount of elbow grease. Came up nice - same process for the top triple tree section. (except wire brush on a drill instead of sand-blasting). the fuel cap needed some polishing too.

Came up a treat.

Once again.... milk crates = win

Thre are also new indicators on there. 12V though, no LED.

 

[JRK5892]

that paint is just insane!

 

[metaltriumph]

havent posted any pics in a while - thought i would show that i have actually been making progress!

its coming along slowly but surely.




A nice Sunny day in Australias capital...

Loom back on and given a once over. Ahd to insulate a few wires and replace pne or terminals. no big deal

I placed the tankl on to make sure everything fit under there.

and these headers need to come off again because i have copper shims to install, but the fins came up alright. They had been sandlbasted so where rough as shit, Just gave em a hit with autosol metal cleaner and brillo pads. i didnt want to paint em. This is what they came out like