1981 GS 450 L project

[bakirkwold]

Yes they are. More pics coming later. Have a wonderful day!

[pete]

Good stuff, they look like they were made to fit

[bakirkwold]

Tonight I got the tank stripped down. I also got some powder coating on the carbs done.









Here is the rear I got all put back together.

[GateKeeper]

What did you strip the tank with ? paint stripper, wire wheel, sandpaper ? or a combination of all ? Have to do mine soon as well, I tried some cheap paint stripper, it didn't even take the clear coat off....LOL

[bakirkwold]

http://www.amazon.com/3M-SandBlaster-9681-2-Inch-Clean-N-Strip/dp/B000BQURDI

[GateKeeper]

interesting.....Thanks....

[pete]

Man I wish I had've known about them when doing my paintwork! I used about three separate coats of stripper before the bulk of the paint was removed, then finished with hand sanding.

That set my whole paint job back a day just because it took so long to strip...

[lmrmllr89]

have you tried that wheel on any plastic parts yet???? It says it does plastic but im wondering if it messes it up at all....

[bakirkwold]

No idea I haven't tried it.

[brslk]

I never understand why people feel the need to strip things down to bare metal.
I have been painting cars for about 25 years and very few cars get stripped down to bare metal.
Unless you have a car or bike part that may be filled with filler or questionably welded then why?
Factory paint is most often bonded to the metal VERY well but when you strip that you have to apply some sort of primer to do the same thing a lightly sanded original paint would do.
Paint bonds very well to likewise paint if it is sanded down to remove the shine. (320 grit will do).
When people sand things down to 800 grit the paint will often fail (flake off)
I just never understand this desire to strip things down to bare metal...

Sorry for the rant but this has always bugged me.

Bruce.

[bakirkwold]

It needs bondo work. And I needed to get rid of the pin striping. It was slightly higher than the rest of the paint.

[GateKeeper]

I never understand why people feel the need to strip things down to bare metal.
I have been painting cars for about 25 years and very few cars get stripped down to bare metal.
Unless you have a car or bike part that may be filled with filler or questionably welded then why?
Factory paint is most often bonded to the metal VERY well but when you strip that you have to apply some sort of primer to do the same thing a lightly sanded original paint would do.
Paint bonds very well to likewise paint if it is sanded down to remove the shine. (320 grit will do).
When people sand things down to 800 grit the paint will often fail (flake off)
I just never understand this desire to strip things down to bare metal...

Sorry for the rant but this has always bugged me.

Bruce.

Hey Bruce.....

So I can just sand my tank down with 320 grit, and then smoother ? and then prime, sand a bit more and paint ?

or

just use the 320 grit and paint away ?

I don't have a body shop, or all the tools and such, no air compressor, no paint gun, probably use rattle can to do the job, but, I was also thinking of doing all the prep work, and then take it to a body shop to do the painting.

What do you think...

and sorry if I am hijacking your thread bakirkwold

[bakirkwold]

I got the carbs done.









Here is the cam chain tensioner.




I started body work on the tank too.

[brslk]

Those carbs look really nice man. Very clean.

Bruce.

[mike-s]

Your tempting me to get some killrust and attacking my carb caps.