36. PROJECT UPDATE

 Dragged her outside again today for a dose of vitamin D
Lots of progress recently due to enforced Covid19 'holiday'

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35. WHAT A TEASE

Trial fit of tank & seat

After a bit more assembly I temporarily

added the tank & seat to get a bit of an idea of where things are headed
It's certainly rather different to my usual build style.
I decided to do the complete opposite of what I would normally do ie black frame complete with lots of polished alloy...  NOT THIS TIME!!

34. FRONT WHEEL FACELIFT

Decided to tart up the front wheel today so after a good wash & hose down,sanded most of the scratches out & after spending what seemed like hours masking off the tyre/ rim I finally spent about 10 minutes actually spraying the black PA 10  etch primer on.

Masking off front wheel

 I also gave the hub cover a tickle up, white primer ,a few coats of red then several clearcoats.Added some stainless steel M8 button headed capscrews & on to the next job

Finished front wheel/hub cover

Finished front wheel disc side

33.HAD A SQUIRT

Spray painting would have to be one of my favourite activities.
Not so much the all important prep stages but I just  cant wait to get some top coat  color on.
This is where the whole project takes on a whole nuther life of it's own.
Being old school I still prefer to use good ole acrylic lacquer cause its reasonably priced & dries so fast.The only downsides are that it's not as durable as 2 pak & ya need to cut & polish for to get a nice gloss.

Primered fairing

Primered tank & seat

Bodywork awaiting gloss clearcoat

32. RED REAR END

  Sorry but not what you were thinking.
Heres the recently repainted rear brake plate & a pic of the rear end.
 I did this plate at the same time & the same way that I did the diffy.

Rear brake plate after painting

Rear brake plate B4 paint

Left hand side rear end assembly

31. NOW THATS DIFF ERENT

Repainted rear end right hand side

With a burst of energy today I finally delt to the diffy.This was a job I'd been putting off cause of the messy state of it.

Degreased it then hit it with paint stripper,then white primer then gloss  red followed by a generous coating of clear.

Once more to the polishing wheel for the inspection plug &  then fitted a couple of nice shiny bolts.

Diffy B4

Paint stripping diffy

Finished diffy

30. SEAT V2.0

After having the frame powder coated the original blue seatcover no longer matched so it was onto Aliexpress & I found a fake snakeskin that matches the frame really well.
It was relativley thick & stretchy so was a doddle to fit. Now both the frame & seatcover,in certain lights both turn from a dark blue to a little bit of a purplish tinge.

Snakeskin seatcover