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N[]vA
Grey Hound
Sooooo as many of you know I have had a very bad run with my bikes as of late :
After the 690 died and then my drz height seized properly and is now my second project bike :mwink: I kinda had a bit of a wobble and a minor identity crisis, please note I dont care that its petty or shallow that bikes are such a big part of my life. I love em simple as that :deal:
So any how I decided that in order to retain my metal and emotional health I need to build a bike for myself
this will be the story of that
I figured I would start with the tank as polishing is one of those things that has always worked for me, it calms me down and allows my mind to processes allot of things in the background while staying chilled out to the max O0
I Picked this tank as the inside is very clean, it had been sitting with a tank cleaner fluid in the tank for a while. inside its new :thumleft:
100914_100734 by N[]vA, on Flickr
It has some minor surface rust but over all not to bad, and best no dents
100914_100744 by N[]vA, on Flickr
I started carefully stripping the tank down as much as I could so I could clean it bit by bit
100914_121207 by N[]vA, on Flickr
Was clad to see it cleaned up well with some MX cleaner and a stiff brush, very nice paint under the side covers
100914_122116 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_122559 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_122611 by N[]vA, on Flickr
Side covers still look great
100914_122131 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_122620 by N[]vA, on Flickr
After it was clean I started stripping the paint off with some heavy duty paint stripper from the local hardware store. this stuff is insane! within 3 minutes of brushing this gel on the paint was cracking and bubbling off.... dont get it on your skin btw : no pics of that part sorry
so this was after I had washing the tank after stripping the paint, still a few paint spots here and there
100914_140245 by N[]vA, on Flickr
the underside of the tank was gonna need some serious elbow grease
100914_140258 by N[]vA, on Flickr
In order to get off the paint that was still sticking to the tank I employed a hi-tech solution, works very well if your not in a rush
100914_142201 by N[]vA, on Flickr
let the zen begin (very glad to have found something as zen as polishing)
100914_150925 by N[]vA, on Flickr
these badges are awesome, nice allow of some sort
100914_153238 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_153251 by N[]vA, on Flickr
And sand and sand and sand and sand
100914_153313 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_174651 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_174701 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_185002 by N[]vA, on Flickr
so after the first day and 8 hours of sanding zen this is where I am at :mwink:
100914_201945 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_202011 by N[]vA, on Flickr
For tonight the tank is in a black bag covered in wd40 to stop it rusting, im like 10meter's from the sea, until tomorrow when I can carry on as there is still loads of sanding needed.
At this pace I think by next week Monday I should have the tank painted in primer and ready to go onto a shelf till I decide what colors I want to paint it.
After the 690 died and then my drz height seized properly and is now my second project bike :mwink: I kinda had a bit of a wobble and a minor identity crisis, please note I dont care that its petty or shallow that bikes are such a big part of my life. I love em simple as that :deal:
So any how I decided that in order to retain my metal and emotional health I need to build a bike for myself
this will be the story of that
I figured I would start with the tank as polishing is one of those things that has always worked for me, it calms me down and allows my mind to processes allot of things in the background while staying chilled out to the max O0
I Picked this tank as the inside is very clean, it had been sitting with a tank cleaner fluid in the tank for a while. inside its new :thumleft:
100914_100734 by N[]vA, on Flickr
It has some minor surface rust but over all not to bad, and best no dents
100914_100744 by N[]vA, on Flickr
I started carefully stripping the tank down as much as I could so I could clean it bit by bit
100914_121207 by N[]vA, on Flickr
Was clad to see it cleaned up well with some MX cleaner and a stiff brush, very nice paint under the side covers
100914_122116 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_122559 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_122611 by N[]vA, on Flickr
Side covers still look great
100914_122131 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_122620 by N[]vA, on Flickr
After it was clean I started stripping the paint off with some heavy duty paint stripper from the local hardware store. this stuff is insane!
within 3 minutes of brushing this gel on the paint was cracking and bubbling off.... dont get it on your skin btw : no pics of that part sorryso this was after I had washing the tank after stripping the paint, still a few paint spots here and there
100914_140245 by N[]vA, on Flickr
the underside of the tank was gonna need some serious elbow grease
100914_140258 by N[]vA, on Flickr
In order to get off the paint that was still sticking to the tank I employed a hi-tech solution, works very well if your not in a rush
100914_142201 by N[]vA, on Flickr
let the zen begin (very glad to have found something as zen as polishing)
100914_150925 by N[]vA, on Flickr
these badges are awesome, nice allow of some sort
100914_153238 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_153251 by N[]vA, on Flickr
And sand and sand and sand and sand
100914_153313 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_174651 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_174701 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_185002 by N[]vA, on Flickr
so after the first day and 8 hours of sanding zen this is where I am at :mwink:
100914_201945 by N[]vA, on Flickr
100914_202011 by N[]vA, on Flickr
For tonight the tank is in a black bag covered in wd40 to stop it rusting, im like 10meter's from the sea, until tomorrow when I can carry on as there is still loads of sanding needed.
At this pace I think by next week Monday I should have the tank painted in primer and ready to go onto a shelf till I decide what colors I want to paint it.
