The weather was favorable for working on, and painting the motorcycle. I set up a temporary, make shift, paint booth. I did paint some plastic parts, the front forks and front caliper - but, there were issues with the final product. The caliper, seemed to have the base bubble under the new paint - even though it was smooth and clean. The plastics, well let's just say "tiger striping". I'll have to let it set, and sand down, and attempt to paint them again.
I did bondo, sand, and spot prime the fuel tank. I also began to build up the front fairing with ABS plastic. One work of caution - because I am laying it on so thick, to rebuild missing sections, it takes forever to dry - and is liquid under the surface, even after 3 hours. I thought that I was OK to move the part for the afternoon, to set up, and to my surprise, there was a huge "puddling" of material.
Some pics of "progress"...
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... can't stop updating the bike!
Last futzed with by spent_too_much; April 20th, 2016 at 07:35 AM.
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