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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 21 Sep 2016 23:12 #743162

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I'm torn in-between doing vinyl pinstripes and clearing over them or painting the pinstripes on and then clearing. I'm worried that if i paint them they wont be very crisp and the red will take many layers to get it bright over the grey. Vinyl is so easy to apply. I bought this vinyl pinstripe but the red is semi-transparant and not nearly as bright as I want it to be. maybe hand pinstriped?

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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 22 Sep 2016 22:07 #743275

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Im finally tackling another one of the things I have been dreading to deal with. When I had the machinist make the caliper mounts he made them so there was not enough clearance between the fork bosses and the holes he milled. Every time I bolted them on they would sit in a different position and didn't seem to be parallel to the disk. I realized the mounts were binding on the fork tubes so I sanded them down so they wouldn't bind. After that the calipers hit the spokes. I put them on the shelf for 2 years.

I drew up a new bracket in CAD and laser cut the profile out of .060" acrylic so I could stack them to get the correct spacing. After some tweaking I have finalized the design. I think its better than the original as i put the bracket behind the fork bosses and caliper so everything tucks in tighter. I am taking one out of Slikwilli's book; I'm going to have the bracket waterjet cut out of 7075 and then manually mill the rest.





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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 23 Sep 2016 06:52 #743301

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very nice work :evil: !

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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 09 Oct 2016 20:44 #744887

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So i decided to paint the pinstripes with 1 Shot sign paint. they make a special hardener (4007) and reducer (6001) so that it can be applied under urethane clears. I sprayed a test piece out and prepped the rest of everything.



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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 12 Oct 2016 23:51 #745097

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laying down pinstripe tape and wondering if i should do the fender?



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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 13 Oct 2016 05:55 #745109

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yes!

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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 13 Oct 2016 08:27 #745123

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Looks good either way, but I personally think it's a bit busy and that it's cleaner without pintripes on the fender
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I agree with Tusch.......I personally would omit the fender stripe (the fender is really cool btw).......I would also look at omitting the stripe that follows the rear of the seat on the tail piece and have the stripes that run around it fade into the seat bottom edge. I think the verticals chop up the flow of what is a very beautiful bike. My 0.02
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Doctorot's '78 KZ1000 build 15 Oct 2016 11:41 #745283

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bluezbike wrote: I would also look at omitting the stripe that follows the rear of the seat on the tail piece and have the stripes that run around it fade into the seat bottom edge. I think the verticals chop up the flow of what is a very beautiful bike. My 0.02


Good call. I was doing the vertical stripe because it needed visual balance with the tank. I changed up the stripe to compliment the lines more but retain the visual balance. pics soon.
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The paint turned out pretty good. there are a few blemishes here and there that you will only notice if you really scrutinize the paint, but I'm OK with it. There is some weird stuff going on with the clear around the stripes so I'm going to do a light sand to knock back the high spots and then another coat of clear before I buff it out.




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here's a few shots of the process








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Looks good to me. B) I was telling my brother about the paint job on my tank in 13. I complained about a speck in the paint. He said it wouldn't be noticed but it probably looks like a B 17 to me. Got a good laugh out of that one. :lol:
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