almost done the summer project

bought this 87 a few months ago for 400.00. Bought about 100.00 worth of used parts on e-bay. Spent a few hours getting it running right by removing the carbs a couple times and finally getting them just right. Replaced a few odds and ends that had been broken or worn out through the years. It runs great and has 23,000 miles. The guy that I bought it from got tired of it and let it sit outside for about 2 years. It got stolen and was found less than 100 yards from its parking spot, in the ditch. Finally he got tired of looking at it and took my ridiculous offer.....sight unseen. I brought my truck to work the next day and loaded it up! The plastics were trashed from numerous drops. I have worked on it a few weekends throughout the summer and this is what it looks like tonight. The paint is DuPont Chromabase color and Chromaclear. I wasn't sure what to do with graphics and I wanted it to look different, so I made some cartoon flames and faded them in with silver. I will order a set of silver VFR decals and use some of them. Im gonna paint the wheels either dark silver or black.

 

nice looking machine you have there, congradulations on the good deal. Take her out for a ride!

 

Good job. Now take her out and flog her.

 

That might be the best looking $500.00 dollar bike I ever seen, I'm envious of all you guys that can turn water into wine :thumb:

 

thanks

thanks! Here is the bike before it sat outside for 2 years. I forgot to take pics before I took it all apart. Then there is some progression photos that I took during the project.

 

Looks like you painted in the living room!

 

SSHHHHHH! Don't tell the wife!

 

Nice paint booth.....:smile: Box fans work great for dust filtration. Very nice looking bike though.

 

Wow! That looks good. Can I send some of my projects your way? :smile:

 

I bought one for $400 as well but yours looked a hell of alot better than mine did. Good find. I have to find plastics since it came with only the front section. Thinking of fabbing my own.

 

Thats the exhaust fan you see in the pic, its a nice 3 speed too! The intake fan is on the other side of the garage and it has a filter duct taped to the back side of it!
Sometimes you just gotta do with what you got! I always put plenty of clear on, so I can sand and buff it to look like it was done in a booth. I have built plastic booths in the past but only for the really nice cars.

 

had to add pics of the other side. Still not together enough to take it too far but I rode it around the neighborhood and it feels really nice!

 

Very nice job, Impressive............Now take her out for a ride

 

She is a machine you can be proud of.

 

Nice job, youll have a blast on her..................