My New Project Build (Pictures)

[tarzan]

Tahts gonna look nice.It should sand out nice.One thing I found out about sanding clear is,you want to sand it pretty soon after it dries.It gets really hard the longer it sits.It took me a week to do my daughters car.It had some runs and a little orange peal too.But it came out nice.

[turbo3g]

Update!

Hey everyone!
I've put the project on hold for a while cuz its so cold.
but heres the pics of the tank and tail being painted

http://airbrush.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=382087

still need to be wet sanded to get a smooth finish, but its coming along...
I'll probably have it back my the end of the week.
Im puting some costume air brush work put on it.
its gona gave some blue smoke flames with some tribal designs and probably some marbleizing or something.

[bikerphil]

paintin' carbs

I've brush painted my carbs on both my bikes with 500F aluminum engine paint, at least the outer 2, and they look great. Although not gas proof paint, it isn't a problem if carbs are working perfectly. No gas should ever get on them. I did have a mishap once where the paint did get gas on it, but took about 10 minutes to touch up. People think they're new when they notice them.

[turbo3g]

Yea you need paint that with hold up gas. thats why I didnt paint my carbs yet. i think i wont paint mine, I like the look.
i have to take some better pic. too lazy to take the bike out the garage.

[fredintoon]

Not high temp, but gas proof. Here in CA, that is NOT available in spray can. A two part paint is the ONLY thing I've found that will work with gas. you will need a spray gun of some type, well vented place to use it, and a respirator. The good news is you can get almost any color you want, and in 1 quart sizes.

Hi Ray,
it only takes half a gunful of paint to cover four carbs.
It's been my experience that once a can of paint has been opened and some has been poured out the rest of it won't stay good all that long, say months rather than years for a full can.
Korr had better have something else in mind to paint that same colour in the next short while or the rest of that pigment could go bad on him.

[DiverRay]

Not high temp, but gas proof. Here in CA, that is NOT available in spray can. A two part paint is the ONLY thing I've found that will work with gas. you will need a spray gun of some type, well vented place to use it, and a respirator. The good news is you can get almost any color you want, and in 1 quart sizes.

[Korr]

Speaking of painting carbs... If i were to paint them would i need a high heat paint?

[turbo3g]

Update!

Hey everyone I've been working on the bike today. I put most of it back together and now I'm waiting on the paint shop to finish the tank, tail, and side covers.
I painted the engine black cuz I dont want to polish it.:P I also changed the handlebars for some drag ones.







thats it for now.

[turbo3g]

yea THIS is a parts carb that the PO gave me so I put the caps from the parts carbs onto the carbs on the bike and now it runng good. it was actually my fuel flow problem. there was a bug in the line.

[turbo3g]

sorry man im in school right now and finals and everything its been crazy for me. I was trying to get back to you.

[devilschld]

Hey TC
thanks for all the info. The Carbs one the bike have 4 holes in the inlet. so i guess its the newer year ones. the covers on the parts cabs was actualy on the carbs that is on the bike now. I dont think it makes a diffrence if it does ill change it back to the origonal.
I had the bike running good for 2 days. But now the carb on the outer right side of the bike is poppinga lot of whit smoke. I heard the bike do this a couple of times but no smoke came out. I think I nead to clean the carbs again fot the 3rd time.:P I dont know if the intake valve is bad or bent but its realy weird. and now the bike wont idle. it will run at full choke but nothing else. Help me!

wow that sound familair. i just gave up and sent mine to one of the guys in the forum who does them for 200.00

[turbo3g]

O ok then ill just paint over them. thanks Ivan

[Ivan]

there are some holes that have ball baring tooking things inside of them. do I have to plug them befor I paint? there so dirty that i dont thing they are venting, if thats what they are supose to do.

If you and I are thinking of the same things, the small steel balls are there to plug the port. Lots of times there is no way to drill a hole without drilling through from some place they don't want a hole, so a small steel ball is pressed in to plug that hole.

[turbo3g]

there are some holes that have ball baring tooking things inside of them. do I have to plug them befor I paint? there so dirty that i dont thing they are venting, if thats what they are supose to do.

[blackchop2]

I got enough paint left over to paint the carbs. I thinks it'll make it look so much better.

it will believe me cause my midnight spec carbs are black as is my motoprt- loooks so0 much neater.

just make sure to plug all little holes/ports on the carbs before painting .