Body Panels not so good on all of them

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So while waiting to get to painting I decided to take inventory of the body panels to see what is good, bad and or needs to be fixed or replaced....

the good, are the front fenders, and the large side panels, except one has a nub missing, this I can easily get fixed up.

the bad, is just about every other panel, broken, cracked, chunks missing and so on.....

I guess after over 25 years parts get damaged by those who don't care, and now I need to fix and or source out some replacement parts, somehow somewhere....

Maybe I just run the bike naked......










 

and a few more pics















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prepped parts

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Well got some more parts prepped for painting, figured might as well prep everything first and then paint all at once, I am limited to the cheap paint brushes I have, and I don't want to stink up the house many times, hopefully just once, well maybe twice....LOL

So lets just add to the pile....





















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prepped frame for painting

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Well, it's back on once again, finally had some time today, and the weather was somewhat warm enough to venture into the unheated garage and do a bit of work. Today I took a sponge sanding block and went over the entire frame to smooth it out a touch, I then hit the entire frame with the wire wheel, and then used the POR products to clean the entire frame and prep it for painting. Even though it was cold out I think it worked very well, probably not as well as if it was nice and warm, but it was above freezing today, nothing froze, and once the chemicals did their thing, I rinsed the frame down and brought it into the house. Have to let it dry or as POR say the patr must be bone dry.....LOL

So it's in the basement, and drying out....and getting warm, I will wait a day or two, and put it on the painters tarp I have, and paint indoors, it's too cold still outside and it won't get warm anytime soon....

I just hope the POR paint won't stink up the house too much....I will paint let dry a bit and take it out to the garage to cure until I am ready to start adding parts back to it, I am sure curing in the cold garage will be OK....

Well a few pics of a clean frame

por-15

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Well after a bit of time, I am getting back into this project...

I found a local supplier of the product we all know and that is POR-15, so I decided to order their starter kit, which includes the metal clean, metal prep, and the gloss black paint, which is going to go on the frame and the rest of the bits...

I had good luck with the appliance enamel paint on the GS, but wanted to try something different, I was going to powder coat, but it's too expensive, so the POR-15 is a happy medium...

Well let's hope so...

I will pickup some rattle can paint for the engine at my local Canadian Tire, the same stuff I used on the GS engine, it's held up really well, and it actually came out really good, no sense in using something new on that part.

Hope to have everything in place by the weekend, and get in some painting, pics of the actual painting to follow,,,,for now, it's a few pics of the POR-15....

Engine Cleaning

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Well back at this,,,,finally.....after a long time I am getting back to this rebuild. Still not decided on what or how to do the frame, paint or powder coat, so I decided to tackle the engine, get it cleaned and ready it for paint.

So with a wire wheel in the drill, and a few hours of time to spare, the entire engine got the brush down, and I do mean all of it. Next is to put the alternator back on, the water pump, and what ever else I took off, clean them up a bit, and then figure out a way to suspend the engine so I can paint the whole thing at once, and let it sit, until it's ready to go back...

I was going to do a period correct restore, but have changed my mind, and the bike will be all black, a mixture or mate, gloss, and anything in between...

I think the majority of the engine will be gloss black, it's available, and it will be the same as the GS engine I did, and it's holding up well....

So here are a few pics of the almost completed cleaned up engine....





















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Well I have been slacking off on my rebuild, but my good buddy Spyug has finally gotten his on the road, it's been a long run for him, but after many days weeks, he was able to get in for Certification, Plated, and he is on the road, hopefully no more wrenching for him for the next while as he has missed a few weeks of great riding weather already...

Well here is his bike in all it's glory...

SPYUG is on the road.........YAY

Nothing to write or add unfortunately.....

Project is on hold for a bit, I have run into an issue with my Suzuki GS750E bike and I need to get that sorted out first.

Also seems I can't get the parts powder coated until the end of August, not sure if I want to wait that long so I just might as well get the rattle cans out, prime and paint as I have in the past, and get this project back on track....

I have some time off work comming up, and if I don't get tied up with things to do around the house I will get back into this project.

Have a few pieces left to sandblast (forgot to do them the last time), I have washed down the engine, she is ready to go back in the frame...

So progress will be back on track soon...

Thanks for reading and sticking around....

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Clean Frame

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Well, it's raining and what can you do, but work on a motorbike.....

So off to the garage to see what I really have done to the frame, armed with a sanding sponge, drill and a wire wheel I proceeded to start sanding and cleaning and getting into all the nooks and crannies, nothing crazy just some light pressure with the sanding sponge, and afterwards used the wire wheel, and........

I am happy to say, the frame has actually come out not bad at all, no more rust, almost down to the bare metal, and about as smooth as a newborn's behind.......

I will have to be quick and get some primer on it now, since it's damp out there, but then it's a pain to prime with the humidity in the air so it's a bit of a pain at the moment, but Wednesday it's supposed to be nice, hopefully it will hold and not rust on me until then....

I believe the rims will be fine as well, it seems I am just below the first coat of paint on them, someone painted them white, right over the factory black, so there might be hope, if not, I can at least take them to a pro get them blasted even more and powdercoat that should get them looking OK once again....

so a few pics of a naked frame.......