82 850GL Resto...here we go

[Sci85]

Welcome back to work GT. it's tough during the summer months no? That's why so many of these things are "winter" projects no? Anyway, wheels are looking great. Keep plugging away!

Wheels and disks painted.

Build back on.

Thread resurrected!

Before Paint:





After Paint and polish:







Back at it!

That 2% is hanging on like the last Spartan and if it's not going to affect the paint job then I'm good with it. If I can't blast it off and the paint remover isn't budging it then what's a little primer and paint going to do to it other than dress it up and make it look goooooood. lol

What only 2% left to do and your going to give up...hey that' not the GT I know...

If it's getting to you, leave it for a day or 2 and work on something else, get your mind off the rims for a bit, and go back at them fresh....


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That's why I did a nice light scrub, and painted right over what was left....

I took the easy way out, and I wasn't changing the colour..

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I'm about ready to do the same. I've got 98% of the paint off. If I did get it clean I'd be tempted to soda blast the inside, polish the lip and clear cost the whole thing. Don't think I'm going to get it that clean though.

That's why I did a nice light scrub, and painted right over what was left....

I took the easy way out, and I wasn't changing the colour..

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Stripping all of the paint off the wheels has proven to be quite the challenge. I've been rotating soda blasting and using ACP remover. You would think it would come of pretty easy, but some of that stuff is really stubborn. I'll get it though!!!

Church this morning....fishing tournament this afternoon... no wrench time today.....

Other things are encroaching on my project time. I'm going to have to get focused!

I didn't read the entire thread, but jumped to the last page, so if i ask a dumb question, let me apologize in advance....here's the dumb question...are those oem shocks your re-installing on your bike? why?

No good reason. Just didn't know that replacing them with aftermarket was a good idea until after I had them all cleaned up and the springs powder coated. I've been riding on them thus far with no complaints.

I didn't read the entire thread, but jumped to the last page, so if I ask a dumb question, let me apologize in advance....here's the dumb question...are those oem shocks your re-installing on your bike? why?

Thanks FB. He'll be ok. In the meantime, while he's healing up, he told me to ride his bike.

I am going to get the wheels finished today. Think I'll soda blast the remaining paint. Should come of quickly. There's not much left. I decided that a $3 box of soda was cheaper than one or two more cans of ACP remover.

Ouch, sorry to hear about your buddy, glad he is ok.
That bike of yours is looking bitchin' she sure is going to be one sweet ride, can't wait to see her all together.
Keep up the good work.

Didn't touch the bike today. Shopped for and bought couches with my wife. Disassembled and removed a ventless corner gas fireplace to make room for said couches. Got word that my buddy laid his bike down today. Went to see him in the ER. He's ok except for a broken collar bone. It was warm today and he decided to take a short ride without his jacket or gloves. A little road rash on his arm. Amazingly it didn't do anything other than scratch his tail pipe and the crash bar on one side. I rode it home and cleaned it up a bit for him and knocked the crash bar back down with a rubber mallet because it was tweaked a little. Hit the pipe and bar with the buffer just to clean it up as much as I could. Didn't do much for it, but I feel better about it.

Elderly Lady cut this corner and was in his lane. He was coming in a little hot and hit the pot hole as he tried evasive maneuvers. She just kept right on going. There was an ambulance right behind her. He said they were out by the time he stopped sliding.


The back end kicked out from under the bike and off he came while the bike leaned over and slid to a stop.


This is a picture of the side that slid. Can't tell there is any damage in this picture. The bottom of the pipe is scratched in about a 4 inch area. His saddle bag was chaffed a little on the bottom, nothing a little polish won't fix and the crash bar was ground down on the bottom bend of the bar. That's it.

Thanks Sci. I'll be glad when that motor is running down the road. Looking good is one thing, running good is next.

You're wheels doing like that will work well with the bike. Can't wait to see them.

[Sci85]

Making great progress GT. I too will be doing my wheels in black but with a red/orange striped where the aluminum would be around the circumference as the Kat had red/orange accents on them. Anyway, you've come a long way. And I'm still jealous of that engine paint job. I just love it every time I see it.