Recent content by wetwilllie

Clear coat is on.

P.S. none of these pics are of clear coated helmets. I am still cutting and buffing these. I'll get the final pics up soon.

Thanks all. I hope to get this going as my full time gig strictly in helmets and bike tins. Let me know when your ready, I'd love to help you out. I will have a website up soon with pricing. If you need to know ASAP, send me a PM. thanks. Thanks! I am using water based paint for all the...

Hey Kiddos, I am turning my painting hobby into something more. I have been building bikes and doing paint for myself and friends for a while and want to see if I can make it my main gig. Here is a look at what I am working on now. This is a new Shoei RF-1100. I wanted a vintage paint job on a...

Just finished painting my new helmet. Before: After:

Thanks for the input all. I can see through all of them now but, I will give them another clean. Anyone have any leads on where I can get a more complete rebuild kit (diaphragms, etc..) The few I've found and the one I bought were just o-rings and a new needle.

I bought a CB400ti that had some bad gas in it. The tank has been cleaned and so have the carbs. I have also rebuilt both carbs but they have the stock needles in them. I can only get it to run on starting fluid. The bike fires first kick and idles until the fluid is gone. gas is getting to the...

Cleanly done.

we both have a cb and an xs?! i need to get to your new place.

finally got the CB out of the house. It looks good, but,It will only start on starting fluid and only with the throttle pinned full open. once it gets running there is no throttle response. The timing looks fine, the cam looks fine, your mom looks fine, the carbs/diaphrams look fine... any...

Thanks for the responce. Excellent info, just what I needed. Now if I can just find the passenger pegs I ripped off.

Any idea what #8 hooks to?

This is a little embarrassing, I tore my CB down a few months ago and now I have forgotten how and which spring is the return for the rear brake pedal. The one I thought was it I know dont think is it.... Does anyone pictures of the brake assembled or even the parts right off the bike? ? I...