| Author | Message | ||
     Bads1 |
Some of you seen some of his work from the 25th Buell Homecoming. When he painted a XB set for Erik. This is a Kawasaki H1 he did. Kept it Retro. I did the body work for him as it was a mess.  | ||
| Bads1 |
  It was just cleared. Tomorrow we'll wet sand it and buff it out. My buddy is going to love this. I didn't think I'd get the tank straight. It was so covered with little dings. But its just like brand new but better. | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Dana, I owned a H1 and when the paint started to fade, I took it apart and to a body shop to have painted "Candy Apple Red".It was a good looking red but it didn't have the factory lettering or the stripes on it and I never really liked it after the paint job. But that one your son painted looks great! I just wished I would have done mine like the original paint looked. | ||
| Spiderman |
I think I know who is going to re-paint MJ  | ||
| Spatten1 |
AWESOME! | ||
| Hughlysses |
VERY nice! | ||
| Bads1 |
Thanks guys... he'll appreciate this one. Atleast this paint job he'll get to see on the bike. | ||
| Rich |
Nice! | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
Very nice. If he's lookin for work, I may have a Kawasaki KZ tank that needs painting in the future. | ||
| Fast1075 |
Very nice work, guys...very nice!!! | ||
| Bads1 |
Mike I think hes working on a helmet next and thats it for the Summer. Back to school for his senior year. Sorry to say but I keep him focused on school. Hes shooting to go to www.miad.edu/ . These paint jobs are alot more time consuming when hes juggling school,work,etc etc. If he does some work for anyone its usually unplanned. | ||
| Mortarmanmike120 |
I understand that. Just pass a 'good job' on to him. | ||
| Gowindward |
Cool! I love the old two stroke street bikes. | ||
| Oldog |
Nicely done,  Quite a tallented young man ! | ||
| Indy_bueller |
Nice! Let the good times roll! | ||
| Pushrodpete |
Cool! I love the old two stroke street bikes. Me too! (Although H1's are for puzzies -- REAL men ride H2's!  ) 1975 H2c:  1976 KH100:  1982 Honda MB5:  Ying ying yiiiiiiiiiiiing!  | ||
| Bads1 |
This H1 will smoke a H2. Lets just say a company by the name of Purple Haze breathed on it. | ||
| Pushrodpete |
D'Oh! Okay, you win that one...  | ||
| Bads1 |
Don't get me wrong the Pete I like the 750 better. This bike is actually a KH400. The frame was set up by some other company to hold the 500 powerplant. Something about the 400 chassis was better then the others I guess. The bike is fast though. | ||
| Pushrodpete |
Too bad your son's not in the biz -- my H2 will be needing a repaint once I sort the functional end. File this under "stupid prior owner tricks": My tank paint developed a bubble -- after peeling off the paint, I realized that the p.o. had drilled 3 holes in the tank to pull a dent, and then instead of sealing the holes, merely Bondo-ed over them and repainted. Kid you not -- you can still see the three Bondo "plugs" in this shot:  (Message edited by pushrodpete on July 24, 2009) (Message edited by pushrodpete on July 24, 2009) | ||
| Pushrodpete |
And as far as "better chassis", the difference is between limp spaghetti and al dente....  Still wishing tomorrow brings a Buell 2-stroke streetbike... 10 years straight... | ||
| Bads1 |
I actually had 2 big dents on both sides of that tank. Drilled some holes,had them welded closed,smoothed out the welds and then some body filler. The tank is straight as a arrow. I bet I have 7 solid hours in shaping it again. | ||
| Pushrodpete |
Nice job! Never woulda guessed... | ||
| Firebolt32 |
Senior in highschool? Your boy is extremely talented. I see a bright future... | ||
| Panhead_dan |
I know a painter. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Niiiice! Smoke em if you got em! | ||
| Daves |
My first street bike was the 400cc version. I had a lot of fun on that bike. Rode it illegally without a drivers lic for 2 summers before I turned 16. | ||
| Fast1075 |
A buddy just finished a ground up H2 restoration...his has a set of Paul Gast cylinders...it is a wheelie machine. |
