Just mentioned to someone else about dreaming of wet sanding before the gloss and going too far, turned into a nightmare

For The Bold - dreegez haha just use a block, be very careful on any edges/ridges and use a spray bottle with soapy water to keep it wet

Amazing, enjoy the build.

Congrats and good luck, have fun.

Thanks, won't be long now, best luck with yours.

Thanks, hopefully it'll be nice with a new leather also.

For The Bold - dreegez you have to look for a leather in this brown 😎

Thanks, I think it's nearly there.

Thanks, I powdercoat the frames but never tried the tank.

Thanks, excited to try it after all this time.

Thanks, glad you like it.

I concur.

Thumbs up.

Thank you.

Thanks, hopefully not long now.

Thank you :)

Thanks :)

Eager to get the bike on the road now, no relaxing, all work and no play won't make Jack a dull boy!

Have faith in the colours, ha. Strangely enough I had a dream last night of wet sanding in preparation and going too deep.

I agree there is a fine line between one's dreams and one's nightmares.But you'll be fine. As suggested by markdeedee below, wet sand down the paint very lightly with 1000 grid paper just to dull up the surface. Then put on three coats of clear (first coat very light) with enough drying between coats. You'll end up with some orange peel effect in the clear but can sand it out easily with the 600/800-1000-2000 routine. The fine grid won't burn through the clear. Make sure you don't push too hard when you sand it down. Don't use your hand/fingers directly on the paper but put the sandpaper on a light and flexible pad. Believe me, it's a lot of fun and not dangerous at all. There is also a gazillion videos on KZfaq to show you how to do it.

Ha, show's I'm thinking too much about the bike when I dream about it. I've done this technique before on the original colour of the bike, back when it was orange and grey, sanded it with 2000 at the end and then buffed up with polishing compound, it does work well, very scary half way through but does polish up fine.

Thanks. It’s in the Suzuki GS500 build playlist

I'm glad to see people watch it all the way to the end.

Thanks

Thanks, it's fun to do it ourselves, even if we don't always get it right.

For The Bold - dreegez I study car bodywork and paint refinishing at college but it's super good to do it at home with a little compressor

Thanks, I got the seat from caferacerseats.co.uk, and the hoop was off ebay, the cowl didn't fit the kick up or the shape so I had to heat up, shape and cut to fit.

For The Bold - dreegez Okay! Thanks!

Andrew Lynch no 100% the previous paint. Tried different tests etc. It's happened to me before. The rattle can paint just doesn't react well to any kind of solvent and cellulose paint does shrink.

I'm 6'4. The seats I tend to build are all roughly the same length. I think what makes a difference is the bike frame. The CB750 customer is taller than me and the GS550 and CX500 frames would have been too small for him.

Glad you like it, 'bout time for the change.

thank you.

It would indeed

Came from caferacerseats.co.uk

The plastic itself is fine, it's only wherever the old previous paint was, I've noticed that rattle can paint does the same for fuel when spilt on it. Horrible stuff.

Ethan Stevens I've never seen it done but doesn't mean it's not impossible. You'd have to be one good engineer and aluminium welder. Look at new shorter forks to get it lower to the ground. Personally I'd choose an easier bike for one

I'm up for the challenge. I'll see what I can do.

I use a grease remover before painting, dust tack cloth first then the grease remover for all finger prints.

This one is from caferacerseats.co.uk

The seat came from caferacerseat.co.uk, but needed modification after.

Thanks, the crack is only in the paint when it dries, once dried it's as solid as anything, so no fear there. I think they do the same process with crackle nail polish, not that I know much about nail polish!

+For The Bold - dreegez hahahaha thanks for he explanation about the cracked and the nail Polish hahahah. good continuation on the project :) ha...just a question....will you show a photoshop project of the third bike? that will be cool :)

Thanks

Thanks. The overspray is only like dust, dries before it hits the ground, if there's anything left over a light dust gets rid of it, the bikes are covered.

Sorry, somethings, sometimes, must change :(

For The Bold - dreegez no reason to apologize I hear ya

I might do one day, at the moment I'm short of time for a design video, they take a few weeks to create. But perhaps one dy.

any good page to find good tires for my suzuki 750 GT

For me I prefer to go direct to local tyre suppliers as then you can talk about the choices regarding swing arm clearance etc.

Good good, can't have bleeding ears.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Give it time, it'll happen to this one.

Good shout, I need to invest in a longer hose.

Doh.

Thanks, It's cool, I've sat on it before ,it's ABS plastic so really flexible but strong. The bottom is snug against the bracket I've placed to tie it down.

For The Bold - dreegez great job.

I did think that originally, and I do clean everything with a tack cloth and degreaser first, but after trying a few samples a few months ago it's the rattle can paint that affects it. If I try and put stripper or thinner on wherever the rattle can paint is it just turns to like a tacky glue like substance.

For The Bold - dreegez it may be the mold release wax??

Congrats and thank you.

Not sure what the leaned back stance is. The rider leans forward and the bike is straight

@@forthebold I mean.. I saw Jish's cb 125, his bike stands bold and straight.. But most of your bikes.. The frame after the fuel tank seems to be bending downwards as it reaches the rear...

Sumit that’s the style of the fuel tanks used. So the CX500 and CB750 tanks slope down. The GS550 doesn’t. If you look at the frames of all from the side they’re straight by raising the height of the rear and front shortened.

@@forthebold Ok.. Now I see.