New paint

we all know mark is a damn fine painter.
his work is flawless. better than oe. even ron has to agree.

but here comes the $64,000 question.

how much?

edit:
bike looks sweet. one would never know you wrecked. YOU did a damn fine job rebuilding her.
gentlemen, THAT is love of a bike john shows in his work right there.

kawsakiman wrote:

we all know mark is a damn fine painter.
his work is flawless. better than oe. even ron has to agree.

but here comes the $64,000 question.

how much?

No money involved Steve. I had gotten a free 78 650 awile back and Mark needed an engine. He asked how much and of course I said not a penny. He then said he would do my painting. Worked out well for both of us. His bike is back on the road and mine's purdy again! I went to his house to pick up the painted parts and the rolling chassis. He asked if I wanted the rest of the bike back and I said not really so I gave it to him. He has a project in mind. A few small items and she is done but the paint and seat bring it up tp 95% done.

Oh John that seat looks GREAT, nice score. That seat really brings the bike together.
I don't think Ron likes any repaint, he must have been burned by a bad paint shop once so we're all bad.
I was just going to do the tank and tail but I couldn't get the side cast to look right so I painted a pair of side covers to get it all one color. I found my problem with one of the covers John gave me , it had a purple base with candy blue over it. Now I can match that Luminous Blue spot on.

Mark

Oh, NOW you figure it out! LOL :laugh: Seriously, I actually like this darker blue much better!

Mark since you have the luminous blue figured out I need my 650 done. Pm me with what you would charge if I pay shipping to and from. Mama wants a blue like that. We had agreed on Bridge Hampton blue which is a Corvette color from the early seventies. Saw it at a car show and it was beautiful but your formula looks excellent too.

Bluemeanie wrote:

It's always puzzling to me when folks put body parts & chrome parts directly on concrete. Especially nice parts. Although it doesn't apply here, more so when they're trying to sell them. :blink:

JMKZHI wrote:

Bluemeanie wrote:

It's always puzzling to me when folks put body parts & chrome parts directly on concrete. Especially nice parts. Although it doesn't apply here, more so when they're trying to sell them. :blink:

Just set them down softly and don't let them slide around.

Mark

I did it like that so there was a uniform back ground to make the parts stand out. New paint? Damn right I was VERY careful! Lol

That looks great John!
Awesome work by Mark as usual.


Bluemeanie wrote:

....Also have some wear on old tank where seat contacts it. That scares me but am thinking it's normal with these bikes?

Yes, it's fairly normal. A small piece of moleskin attached to the underside of the seat in the front will prevent / limit the rub marks on the tank.