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  • #1

    Project Bike

    Hello all:
    The old '80SG is nearing the completion of its second wind. I found this old bike here locally in Bozeman, MT last year. It was stock right down to the ugly buckhorn handlebars and huge round mirrors. I did a quicky rattle can paint job on it last summer and rode it. This winter I decided to do things a little better. Here are the results. I still have to have the seat recovered to update its look, and I will be getting a Kerker 4-1 this week to finish things out. Now if the mud and snow would just dry up, we would be in business. Things are a little treacherous out there now.
    [IMG]<a href="http://s717.photobucket.com/albums/ww180/t71ford/?action=view&current=bike003.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww180/t71ford/th_bike003.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" ></a>[/IMG]
    Last edited by T99Ford; 02-07-2009, 06:53 PM.
    Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

    Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson
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  • #2
    The Pictures

    Here are the pictures!







    Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

    Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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    • #3
      GAWD that is a sweet looking bike!

      First bike was an: 1978 XS1100
      Second bike is an FJR1300.
      Now I'm restoring a '79 XS1100.

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      • #4
        Thanks for the compliment, RUSH. I got into airbrushing late last year, and this is my first attempt at a full bike tank. Most of my time was involved in that. I also added the brakelight, turn lamps, headlamp and the rest of the black paint then. The mirror got put on after I couln't see the Belgrade City Police cruiser behind me...
        I think the airbrushing came out pretty good. It is hard to see the fire and metal tear effect in the photos, but that is the way it goes. I like it anyway.
        Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

        Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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        • #5
          very cool!

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          • #6
            nice work,
            the airbrushing looks xsellent,
            is it hard 2 do?
            pete


            new owner of
            08 gen2 hayabusa


            former owner
            1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
            zrx carbs
            18mm float height
            145 main jets
            38 pilots
            slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
            fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

            [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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            • #7
              The airbrushing is not really so much hard, as it is figuring out light sources, color mixes, etc. Airbrushing is mostly really strategic making and placing of stencils. Other things, like the skull, are done mostly free hand. I bought a couple of books, and watched a couple of youtube videos, and as you know, a picture is worth a thousand words. I also found out it is worth spending money on good brushes and paint. Then the rest is just practice. I have done quite a bit of automotive painting, so the black base/clear was not bad.
              I have not yet figured on a style of this bike yet. It is definately not a cruiser, sport, or cafe bike. I am leaning more toward street fighter? I learned that .40 caliber Smith&Wesson bullet shells make perfect engine hardware caps, when cut down and polished.
              Last edited by T99Ford; 02-08-2009, 09:26 PM.
              Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

              Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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              • #8
                wow...what's goin' on with your head in that 2nd picture? Now that's a scary reflection...maybe you shouldn't be smokin' (bad for ya and all...)

                Nice bike.
                Guy

                '78E

                Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

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                • #9
                  What videos did you find on that? Any suggested readings??
                  Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

                  When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

                  81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
                  80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


                  Previously owned
                  93 GSX600F
                  80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
                  81 XS1100 Special
                  81 CB750 C
                  80 CB750 C
                  78 XS750

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                  • #10
                    The book I found the most helpful was a book by Jo-Anne Bortles, I think. It was called something like "Airbrushing techniques" or something. As for recommended videos, just look for what you want to paint (if you want lightning, search for "airbrushing lightning), etc). There seem to be youtube videos on airbrushing just about anything.
                    I didn't notice that reflection until after I posted. But you ought to see me in the morning!I have found that all the women around (wife included) do not seem to be very impressed with my artwork. They did suggest butterflies....
                    Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

                    Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by t71ford View Post
                      It was stock right down to the ugly buckhorn handlebars and huge round mirrors.
                      Actually, the stock mirrors for the 80 Special were rectangular.

                      Stock XS1100SG Photo
                      Tim Ripley - Gaithersburg, MD
                      1981 XS1100 Special "Spoiled Rotten" Just sold - currently bikeless!!
                      23mm float height
                      120 main jets
                      42.5 pilot jets
                      drilled stock airbox with K&N
                      Jardine 4 to 1 Exhaust
                      spade fusebox
                      1st and 2nd gear fix

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                      • #12
                        I stand corrected. But the round ones that were on it were ugly, IMOP! The one thing that they were good for, was that you could see the police behind you.
                        Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

                        Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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