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25 May 2009 00:16 - 25 May 2009 00:30 #293802
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1979 MK2, new paint was created by Tony
Earlier this year I sent my MK2 body parts to Sabatini Autowerks for paint. For those of you that don't know him, Arai59(known as Greg for the rest of this post)is the owner of this business.
Greg was having trouble matching the luminous blue due to lack of paint samples. So, in exchange for sending him all my mk2 body parts for sampling, Greg repaired everything, installed the decal kit and painted them for free!
I don't want to over simplify what Greg did. Luminous blue is a complex color that requires more than just scanning and replicating. I don't know what's involved in reproducing this paint but I do know the paint that was on my bike, that was in good shape, took on different colors depending on the light. Anywhere from brilliant blue to black. This is exactly how it looks now.
When I sent these parts to Greg they where dinged, dented, scratched and scraped and the paint on the tank was faded to purple. I would have to say that the paint and body work now is perfect.
Greg, you did a fantastic job on this stuff. Your work is second to none! Thank you.
I still don't have a great picture of my bike with the new paint job but here are a few pics for now.
A before and after pic.
Before
After
Greg was having trouble matching the luminous blue due to lack of paint samples. So, in exchange for sending him all my mk2 body parts for sampling, Greg repaired everything, installed the decal kit and painted them for free!
I don't want to over simplify what Greg did. Luminous blue is a complex color that requires more than just scanning and replicating. I don't know what's involved in reproducing this paint but I do know the paint that was on my bike, that was in good shape, took on different colors depending on the light. Anywhere from brilliant blue to black. This is exactly how it looks now.
When I sent these parts to Greg they where dinged, dented, scratched and scraped and the paint on the tank was faded to purple. I would have to say that the paint and body work now is perfect.
Greg, you did a fantastic job on this stuff. Your work is second to none! Thank you.
I still don't have a great picture of my bike with the new paint job but here are a few pics for now.
A before and after pic.
Before
After
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25 May 2009 00:21 - 25 May 2009 00:24 #293803
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25 May 2009 00:34 #293805
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25 May 2009 01:47 #293807
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Michael
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1978 KZ1000A
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Exquisito!
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25 May 2009 06:26 #293820
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Looks great Tony - nice work Greg
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25 May 2009 07:53 #293832
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1977 KZ650-C1 Original Owner - Stock (with additional invisible FIAMM horn)
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Beautiful!!
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25 May 2009 10:43 #293874
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77 KZ650 C1 with ZX7 forks, GPZ mono rear, wider 18 police wheels and Yoshimura motor.
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That looks great, nice job.
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25 May 2009 11:27 #293881
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79 KZ 1075 MKll
79 KZ 1500 MKll dragbike
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Tony, beautiful MKll. The blue is my fav this week...where did you get the stripes/decal kit that the painter applied for you? I've seen them for the 74/75 Z1's but never for MKll's. Again,nice job.
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25 May 2009 16:01 #293942
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77 KZ650 C1 with ZX7 forks, GPZ mono rear, wider 18 police wheels and Yoshimura motor.
Yorba Linda Cal.
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Jesus loves you Everyone else thinks your an ***
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25 May 2009 16:05 #293944
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oh WOW....WOW.....i like it a lot!!! good job gregorio.....and beautiful bike tony...just spectacular...wow...
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25 May 2009 18:23 #293990
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Thanks guys, I'm pretty happy with my new look.
Jack,
As Mark posted the decal came from Reproduction Decals. I also purchased new badges from them for the side covers and tank.
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Jack,
As Mark posted the decal came from Reproduction Decals. I also purchased new badges from them for the side covers and tank.
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25 May 2009 18:44 #294015
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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gregs gonna have to get a bigger helmet to fit his head if we keep telling him how nice of work he did! :laugh:
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