Repaint on GS1000G

[tkent02]

Looks good!!
Personally I liked it better without the graphics(stickers).
BUt thats just me, I'm a "less is more" kinda guy.

+1, a simple stripe here or there is enough for me.
I just found a gallon of silver paint bought for a car I never got around to painting.
Guess I'll be making silver bikes for a while.

Silver skunk with black stripe?

Maybe a silver and red 550?

[Octain]

+1, a simple stripe here or there is enough for me.
I just found a gallon of silver paint bought for a car I never got around to painting.
Guess I'll be making silver bikes for a while.

Silver skunk with black stripe?

Maybe a silver and red 550?

I LOVE silver!!!!
Quite possibly the most diffecult to apply and make look good though. Although I've never done a single stage. May be easier.

[MiracleMax]

Saweet.


Mo-lassess. . .like, real molasses?

[nvr2old]

I agree with everyone..looks great. I really enjoy watching people learn to paint. You jumped in, took proper steps, had a few setbacks probably, and now you have a nice finished product. Feels good, eh?

Decals are a bitch. I've used them in several restorations for people. They're always too thick, and to bend them around curves, on the front of the tank especially, is almost always a white knuckle experience. Even taking all the precautions, having the right tools, following all the directions, they still want to fold there it seems. I would much rather paint them. It's actually easier for me.

I applaud your results.

[landshark]

+1, a simple stripe here or there is enough for me.
I just found a gallon of silver paint bought for a car I never got around to painting.
Guess I'll be making silver bikes for a while.

Silver skunk with black stripe?

Maybe a silver and red 550?

I very nearly left the stripes off and just went for the big blue piece with a little gold around it.
I really like the red shocks with the silver bike, so i look forward to seeing a 550

[landshark]

I agree with everyone..looks great. I really enjoy watching people learn to paint. You jumped in, took proper steps, had a few setbacks probably, and now you have a nice finished product. Feels good, eh?

Decals are a bitch. I've used them in several restorations for people. They're always too thick, and to bend them around curves, on the front of the tank especially, is almost always a white knuckle experience. Even taking all the precautions, having the right tools, following all the directions, they still want to fold there it seems. I would much rather paint them. It's actually easier for me.

I applaud your results.

Thank you,

Setbacks is one word for it, even with the sidecovers and ducktail sanded back too bare plastic and a few litres of wax and grease remover the primer and paint bubbled from the blue that had leached into the plastic from the old decals. That was a long process.

Actually the folds ended up on the straight sections while applying the curves.

Saweet.


Mo-lassess. . .like, real molasses?

Yep, do a search. I did a thread on it.
If it is gone or you cant find it let me know.

[DanRS]

Thank you,

Setbacks is one word for it, even with the sidecovers and ducktail sanded back too bare plastic and a few litres of wax and grease remover the primer and paint bubbled from the blue that had leached into the plastic from the old decals. That was a long process.

Actually the folds ended up on the straight sections while applying the curves.

Yep, do a search. I did a thread on it.
If it is gone or you cant find it let me know.

Hey mate don't you mean the Glue not the blue?

[landshark]

Hey mate don't you mean the Glue not the blue?

It could have been blue glue, but you were there, you should know.

[retro]

looks sweet heap better than my bodgie job lol

[samboss260]

that seat...... is that a "John special". the herringbone vinyl looks familiar !!

[landshark]

that seat...... is that a "John special". the herringbone vinyl looks familiar !!

It's a Steve Special. He is pretty well known around Gold Coast.

A lot of the photos have disappeared from this thread.

[samboss260]

It's a Steve Special. He is pretty well known around Gold Coast.

A lot of the photos have disappeared from this thread.

Ok. Looks a lot like the seats that a guy John does up here in Brissy. He is also well known and been around for ages. He just did the seat on my GS650 Katana and it looks awesome.