Though new to me, this bike had been introduced previously by forum member "oldguy". He made a great find with this bike, did most of the hard work, and left me with a pretty easy finish. When I bought it late June, 2009, my goal was to keep it looking as original as possible. There were various fasteners, plastic bits, and brackets that needed replacing and/or installing. The biggest work was in the cosmetics as the bike had been layed down years ago on it's right side and the center cowling, mirror, turn signal, and lower right pipe were rashed. Under closer inspection, every body panel had a scuff or scratch and decal condition was such that it would never be completely correct as is. I kept what original paint I could, bought a complete set of decals from RDDecals, and had the various panels resprayed and/or decals replaced as necessary and then all the panels were clearcoated. Hope you enjoy the nearly finished product.
That black cat below follows me everywhere! You'll see it in another pic...
The lower right pipe was "leaded" over the rashed area and then shaped to reasonably resemble the original contours. Not perfect but lower right pipes in good shape are a little hard to find.
Replaced rear turn signal and mirror and another angle of repaired body panels.
Tidied up rear with a little polish and replaced tail light.
Red paint and tank decals were saved. Black paint on tank resprayed due to what looked like bird dropping damaged finish that could not be buffed out.
Plan to participate in the forum and thanks for the encouragement thus far.
, no really, great finish to a well restored bike!
