japstar
Been Around the Block
Started grinding the fins. Indeed, very sensible to chipping. Got a few small chips. Not too worried about it, they started chipping very soon anyway when you ride it a lot I guess.adventurco said:You gotta be pretty gentle when sanding the fins to avoid chipping...ask me how I know
Anyway. I promised pics of my progress, here they are:
Painted some parts in gold, to get some nice accents.
repainted the ingnition lock (the areas around the mounting holes ar bad, but because of the bad steelwork. You don't see those areas anyway).
To get a view of some of the gold accents: (I painted the front brake cylinder cover in gold too in the following hours)
Repainted the side covers and started assembling everything:
The painted cockpit, very happy with the result (paint looks waaaay better in real life )
Started making the mold for the rear hump with foam:
installed the chain: (Gpz has a neat feature the makes sure you can not shift to second gear at standstill, so I'm not worried about cracking the engine when rolling the bike and ruining the pistons )
Making the rear hump out of polyester:
And we've got a roller! (fual tank is not painted yet, it's spray putty that you see)
Tommorow I'll be busy plastering the rear hump to prep it for painting.
Still waiting on a special switch to repair my baking oven, to bake the cylinder, cylinder head and valve cover. Can't wait to crank the engine to see if it still runs like I've dismantled it 8)