Restoring 87 VFR

I broke down and purchased the blue from Color Rite. I can personally attest to the fact that it is on the pricey side.

The white I'm using is a Ford "Pepsi" white...in other words "fleet" white. Personally, I couldn't justify spending a lot more $ on the correct "Shasta" white from Color Rite. Something close is fine by me.

I don't have the paint codes off hand, but...you should be able to find them around here without much difficulty. If nothing else, go to Color Rite's web site, enter your bikes information (make, year, model) and you should find it.

If there is enough paint left over, my brother has a golf cart that might wind up with a 65 Shelby GT 350 paint scheme...white with blue stripes.

 

I've got the paint codes and the formula for the white, but there are no formulas around for the candy aleution blue, so that is what I'm trying to mix. I have access to the Dupont/Diamont computer which does all the mixing.

I'll checkin into getting a touch up bottle of the Color Rite stuff to match it.

Thanks for the help.

 

^Old honda tri color paints can be hard to match. I had a dupont match my magna came out really weird.

 

It's been awhile since I last posted, mainly due to the fact that this project has taken a little longer than anticipated. Don't they all?

With all the body work finally done, the day has arrived for paint. I'm planning to complete all of the body panels that are to be white, then move onto the tank, front fairing, and front fender. If I have enough of the aleutian blue left, I'm going to waiver from the factory red front fender and go with blue like we see in the 25th. anniversary Interceptor. I'm doing black wheels as well.

I'll be taking pics through out the process and will post some as things progress.

 

Please do.

 

I was able to order new stickers for '86 700 lower fairings from a Honda dealer about 3 years ago for a VERY reasonable price.

 

First 4 pieces painted and clear coated. The seat cowl fell on the floor when I was painting it, the right battery cover has a couple of imperfections, sand, paint, clear it again.

Gas tank, front fairing and fender are getting attention today. My goal is to get a white base down on those 3 pieces today, repaint the seat cowl and left cover.

 

Body parts look nice, progress is a good thing. I'm waiting for my VFRChuck Rt. Lower then I can prime and start painting all the peices. I'm doing the same as you 87 VFR700 Blue/Silver to RWB scheme, all my body and tank parts are ready to prime. Bike itself is showroom new now, I've had time to clean, polish, service, update and check everything (only 5K orig miles) on it. I've allways wanted the RWB 700 or 750 so when this came along I had to do it. I was lucky and got a Seat Cowl on Ebay for $40 shipped near mint cond.

 

If complete "correct" decals were available, I'd have stayed with blue/silver.
The deciding factor for me was finding a complete set set reprodcution r/w/b decals. Aside from that, I like the r/w/b as well.

 

Hey vfrf2 I see you have a RZ350 project, I allmost picked up 2 of them to restore. There were 2 for 2 grand, seemed like a good deal, cool bikes. The RG500 Gamma was a cool Suzuki too. But then I looked at all my projects and decided not to go there, but I'll allways miss 2 strokes.

 

The RZ project is waaaaayyyyyy on the back burner right now. Once my VFR is done, I need to refresh the top end on my 200. At least I have one 2smoker to ride now.

Regardless of what my current stable is comprised of, I'm not entirely a Yamaha nut, love anything with 2 wheels.

 

1st. piece completed and mounted. Good to see something back on the bike, even if it's just one component.

 

Looks really good so far! Keep us posted with your progress!

 

Damn, that tail's clean :thumbsup: I wish I could find a piece of plastic in that kinda shape, mine's all cracked right around the lens on the sides...

 

I have 2 extra tail sections that have been plastic welded. I plan to keep the around, just in case.

This afternoon I finished everything that needs to be painted white.
All remains is the blue on the top portion of the tank and front fairing. Oh, and decals of course. It's getting closer...inch by freaking inch.

 

I just finished shooting the blue on the tank and front fairing yesterday. Only thing left to do is the front fender and the paint portion is done.

 

Last of the painting. I just need to color sand and buff everything, then throw it back on.

 

Looks good.....What about the front fairing??? The blue goes off the fairing. The factory paints the bike white then applies the decals and tapes 2-tone (blue) at the decal edge and sprays the bue. The blue is supposed to go along the decal edge and leave whit along the front edge of the fairing. Looks a little dark also.

You guys need to check out PPG/NEXA for your paint. I also work for them as a tech rep. I have been painting vintage bikes for 9 years now and found them to be the most reliable on color match then anybody out there. I have the formula for the white and blue. The blue I have is a base coat and not a candy. The candy is very difficult to match because the shade is off from bike to bike because of the number coats and how thick they are applied. Let me know if I can help you guys!!

 

If this were a factory paint job, it would look like a factory paint job. Actually, I did everything by design. I want it to stand out a little from a crowd, thus...little details to make mine, well...mine. I've never been a lemming.

Oh, and I won't be doing one of these for a long time to come, if ever.

No more faired bikes for me...give me something naked and flat black.

 

Oh oh i was not dissing your paint job. I was simply trying to help with some of my experience in painting vintage bikes for so long. If you like the blue to protrude past the decal off the fairing then that is your choice. I personally would like the decals to do the same but they unfortunatly dont. Gives me an idea to request afe to extent the decals a coupe inches on both ends. You are going to clear over the decals right? Make sure you blocksand the paint lines down so they disapeer and wont be seen after decal application. I agree on being "different". I am going to shave my blinkers off the upper and use mirrors off a blackbird for mine. I am having afe (cbdecals) delete the signal cut-out from the upper decals. I am also going to paint the lower part of mine blue instead of leaving white.(ala 25th vfr). Anyways just trying to shed some insight and good luck with everything. I am still gathering parts.