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Nice job. Good work.
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I'm glad you're getting it back to the way you want. I am still kinda partial to that blue though....
Looks really nice. Which way is it now... the painted, or the chrome headers?
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Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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I have painted my headers. They were in rough shape and I am not sure if I want to go to MAC.Comment
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paint looks great. also, really like the looks of that front fender - what is it from? or did the po cut, reshape, and paint the original?Comment
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From what I can tell, the front fender is from a 79F. It was chrome but the PO actually did a decent metal prep and prime.
I have to say, I liked the PO's color. Blue looked good on this bike. I like original and and I said three years ago, it only feels right if its original. A lot of work goes into that scheme. Be understanding of the cause.Comment
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it only feels right if its original.
Agree to that,
once you mod tho....anything goes
my G is showing it's age, especially next to yours
mro
btw, did you re-do the emblems too?
look great in picComment
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I did the emblems, as Mr Talbot has outlined. His method is very close to my process except I used urethane clearcoat and he used lacquer clear.
They look great. I will post some close ups of them because they need to be proudly displayed!!
Here is a link to Ken's tutorial. Great pictures and wonderful instructions. I have been in the crashed car industry for 30 years and find this technique similar to mine. Follow accordingly and Ken will treat you right.
http://rctvonline.net/~xs11/emblems2/emblems.htmlComment
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