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little bit of progress finished up the paint on the tank and got the badges permanently mounted light kinda plays weird with the color on this one

well been on hiatus for a bit, starting to get back into the swing of things.. slowly.. and cheaply.. Got my muffler back from nickel plate a while back And decided that I would change direction entirely paint wise and go traditional racing colors... this was about as close to British...

Made a bit of progress. Finished up the muffler, goes to the plater tomorrow for nickel plate. got the bracket welded on and a gusset added, I've had mufflers rocket off at 70mph before ;) also drilled a hole for a safety cable. Managed to stumble across the perfect hardware in the box O'...

Id certainly be up for it, im not on fb though Cheers

Ok here is the 'final' product After the first layer I added a second to increase the depth on the badges First layer went on pretty clean, this one .. eh .. i used less resin so as to play it safe and not spill over the edge so it took a while to level out to the edges and I ended up...

Thanks man I sure hope so, the hardest thing is not touching it while it cures... lol the decals I used for the resin are laminate free (it's what they had used with similar situations with marked success ) I also have a laminate version (the one mocked on the tank above) worst comes to worst...

Re: san diego` TON`UP - Ahh ok i gotcha, nothin like a lil adrenalin boost cruisin past the 5 0 lol

And here's a 'mock up' of the would be badge, this is one of the extra decals I had made as a back up lightly taped on, conveys the idea anyway.

Ok part 2 - The actual badges Need to make sure it's level and everything is held down tight its a self doming self leveling resin. The actual resin used it's a one to one mix And now the waiting game. After this dries I'll go over it again to create a higher dome on the resin to add...

Ok So I have the benalli wards riverside tank with the "360" badges.. well now no self respecting 500cc Triumph Twin can have "360" plastered across the tank so it simply must be remedied. So I contacted the good folks at Squier Design.com http://squierdesign.com/ and worked with them to find...

Re: My T100R cafe build yea ill have round one of pics tonight after I get off work and upload, so far I can handle the test run vinyl its still pliable but its my understanding it goes rigid.. worst case scenario ill back it with something to stiffen it up takes a few days to fully cure and...

Re: My T100R cafe build Well no pics this go round yet, got a load of brackets being cut at a local cnc shop should be picking those up on sun at a little vintage shin dig here in town rear set plates scitsu tach mount among the like. In the meantime started the experiments on making tank...

Re: san diego` TON`UP - Haha yea i used to play a game see how long i could go fully expired before i got picked off now im just lazy lol http://cafetrumpet.blogspot.com witness the tragic trepidation that is my T100R

Re: san diego` TON`UP - Yea its really a bummer you guys got some awesome roads out there http://cafetrumpet.blogspot.com witness the tragic trepidation that is my T100R

Ah bummer, hopefully it makes it in time rma's are always a pain.. http://cafetrumpet.blogspot.com witness the tragic trepidation that is my T100R