rebuild journel

[GAXB9R]

Cool cant wait to see the finished bike.[cool]

 

[TXgold]

allmost done the painter had messed up two pieces the airbox had some buffing needed to smooth out the clear coat and the solo seat cal needed to be repainted so im waitn on that and the bike will be finished

 

[TXgold]

pictures cant give justice to the candy paint it is out of this world in person my friends are more in love than me haha house of colors candy apple red with a extra course flake silver base coat and house of kolors micro flake in the clear

 

[cpatt]

thats awesome man. i love the color. whered u get those mirrors? they match the wheels perfect.

 

[GAXB9R]

When are ou gonna install the calipers. The anticipation is killing me

 

[netty2424]

When are ou gonna install the calipers. The anticipation is killing me

Killing me too! Your bike looks great! That gold POPS combined with that paint color!

But I keep returning to this thread TO SEE THE DAMN CALIPERS!

I've got this on my future mods list, but want to see it on the bike first!

Nice work TXgold! Hard work pays off!

+1 for effort and creativity!

 

[TXgold]

i know i was starting to install the brakes today and i relized my friend took my tool set and i now have to wait on him to install and bleed the brakes im in a hurry to see what they look like sometime in the next 2 days they will be done

 

[GAXB9R]

It's all good..... Now hurry up!!!

Sorry my terrets kicked in. Looking good![cool]

 

[GAXB9R]

How much did it cost to have it painted?

 

[TXgold]

350 dollars for supplys and 400 to the labor im a car dealer and the guys that painted this do all my body work on wrecked cars so we have a relation and its a hook up price a custom shop quoted me 1500 dollars for everything,, i wont have the other parts tell saturday it looks like thier fukn busy for now [mad][mad][mad] but brakes are goin on tonight
[smirk][smirk]

 

[TXgold]

thats awesome man. i love the color. whered u get those mirrors? they match the wheels perfect.

ebay bar end mirrors universal 30$$ + 3 weeks for shipping from china good quality too hard to install but all good i like them !!

 

[GAXB9R]

Dang 1500 is a chunk of change, but that's cool you have that connection. Can't wait to see the brakes.[cool]

 

[TXgold]

theres the brakes finally but they have alot of oil on them from bleeding the brakes and its night pictures from my cell phone and all the plastics are off for the most part i will take pics tomrow with fairing on i wont have the rest of the plastics (airbox, solo cal, udertail) tell saturday or monday

 

[netty2424]

Youre so close! Bet your dying the get it done! Looks good man! As you said, the pics are a little dark so they'll look betting the the light. You can tell the calipers pop though! Me likey!

 

[TXgold]

took it for its firs ride since june 4th 2011 its all good just need the other plastics from paint and im done

 

[GAXB9R]

Those calipers are bad a$$!!!![up][up][up][up][cool]Nice job

 

[netty2424]

Looks great man! [up]

 

[netty2424]

Txgold, how did you prep the calipers? Other than cleaning, did you prep them in. Any way? Use any primer?

 

[TXgold]

i used a spray caliper cleaner and wire brush over and over again for about 1 hour i sprayed then brushed the hell out of it set it down got the other one and repeated about 6 times then taped them up really good and sprayed a medium coat for the first coat, let sit 24 hours then sprayed 2nd coat at a distance to get a rough texture let sit 24 hours 3rd coat about 3 inches away from the work piece sprayed a even thick coat when i say thick i mean as much as i could with out gettin a dripp,, let sit 24 hours 4th coat same thing just a little less lick but good coverage let sit 24 hours , 5th coat medium coat to get it glossy let sit atleast 1 week i let it hang up in the garage for 2 weeks then installed do a high temp (500+degrees) clear coat 2 coats
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there is some spots were they chipped or whatever like edges around the screws that i had to remove and then tighten to install but im going to wear them in hard heating up the brakes pretty good for a few more days then take them off and add 1 coat but only to the areas that chipped taping of the good areas

 

[TXgold]

ooo and its bitch to bleed these brakes takes some time and took me some trial and error i thought the back one was good but i rode and it was no bueno had to redo but i say its a must to take them off if u r gunna paint them!!!!!