2 Strokes Down Under

>Bit like having a welder in one hand and grinder in the other while learning to weld, spray gun in one hand and sanding block in the other hand!

LOL, weve all done that!

Here's some pics as it currently sits.

Thanks guys for the positive comments, You know in every task there's always one problem child; one bolt that doesn't want to come out, one spring that goes flying across the garage etc. Well for this project it's been the fairing! Over the etch primer I used a high build primer that I made sure was...

Thanks,

There's actually not a lot of RZ350 left, just tank, frame and engine.

Thanks Jon, Hanging space is limited in the booth, especially allowing room to walk/spray around each piece, so I've ended up hanging one side piece underneath the other and then the weights under that. It seems to hold them all better and means that I can do the painting in two batches; top fairing...

Two coats of white basecoat have been applied yesterday & today and worked well on everything except the fairing. Despite using prepsol before every coat I somehow managed to have some faults in the paint on the fairing. Here's a pic before the second coat going on, with some sanding on the fair...

Hi Jon, PM sent with more details. First colour basecoat on the tank tonight. Finally, something's not Grey, but a long way to go.... At least two base coats, then pearl coat, then fit pieces onto the bike and mask up for two other colours. Then red coats and black coats, then stickers and finally s...

Hi Jon, I'm not using a separate clean air system, but have clean air pumped in and extracted air out. I'm also using a full face 3M 6000 respirator with organic and particle filters. The respirator works really well and I cant even smell a hint of fumes until I take the mask off. I have a clean air...

Cheers Jon,
I'm using 2k paints so want to contain the fumes as well.
I've also fitted an air exractor with a particle and carbon filters.
Phil

Pushing on to get the painting finished despite having the flu last week. Spray booth setup again inside my garage. Final primer applied this afternoon. After final sanding it will get the white and pearl basecoats. Outside: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4416/37281814651_259551b724_b.jpg Inside: ht...

Haven't posted for a while as work and life got in the way of bike building.
Five pieces (tank is out of frame) now cleaned up and primer 90% finished, ready for painting in a couple of weeks.

Hi LB,
I've refitted the oil pump and will try again to prime the pump to see if it's still got an issue producing air bubbles in the rhs oil feed tube.

I'm currently focusing on prepping the bodywork for painting in a few weeks.

Cheers

Thanks Mark, Ozzie & gman. I've definitely re-caught the 2T bug since my rd350lc when I was about 19. I'm not sure if my neighbours are sharing my joy in the smokers! The RGV is a nice tidy bike and I'm looking forward to getting it back on the road. New set of tyres and rear disc/pads go on thi...

Sidestand fabricated this weekend in between lots of sanding of the fairings.



Here's the planned paint scheme.

Hi, Been a bit distracted lately with an RGV250 that came up for sale at the right price. Hope to get it registered and ride around a bit before maybe changing to a lucky strike colour scheme. All major plugs are wire locked so it has likely seen some track time. Also been working on the final paint...