another 87 brought back to life

I just aquried this 87 back from my bro who recently passed away . wich i sold to him 10 yrs ago. it needed the tranny fixed so he had it rebuilt and it sat in his basement ever since . and it was all in bins just a rolling chassis with the motor installed. I spent 2 wks putting it back together nights after work . ( without a manual ) now its done and running. and it runs great. im sure ill be hitting u guys up with some ?'s im getting ready to paint it. and im thinking of go candyapple im not really into the white. anyone on here might have any pics of a red one?

 

Yay, a success story! Congrats.

 

Not a red one but I never get tired of showing off my black one I painted last year:biggrin: It started its life white and then was neglected for years, sitting outside, uncovered, untouched for the past 3 years until I saved it. I will try to find my pics that I gathered while deciding on my color. I'm pretty sure I have pics of a red and a maroon.

 

Red one

Here is Ghosts bike. Reds nice but braking up the red with some kind of accent, I.E. white accent, makes the red actually stand out better IMO. Thanks for bringing one back. Sorry about your bro.

 

Cool

I am glad to see another back on the road. :thumbsup:

 

black aint to bad looking . but i wanna see a nice burgundy red or a candy before i macke my decision . im gonna keep this bike so ill always have something to remember my bro by

 

tire shopping

went tire shopping today and found their wererent to many options on my end any body help me out on sizes as far as width and a good tire alls my guy could come up with was conti's ?

 

nice job doug the black looks sweetnow i gotta think about the blue seat.?

 

thanks Tex.

Here's a better quality picture... sorry for the gratuitous "curve shot"

 

Sorry to hear about your brother man. I think i remember seeing a custom painted one in the gallery. I am sure you have to go far back, as far as tires. uuuhh. i am sure there are some out there, but not a lot of selection, which is why so many convert to radials.

 

I dont remember where I got this pic, but it gave me the idea for the grey rims. This is the same lettering I am putting on my red one.

 

Here is a red and a maroon I found.
Doug

 

Nice, glad to see it was put back together and not parted out. I vote black.:thumbsup:

 

im thinking black with gold graphics thanks for the pics everyone ill post some pics after after i paint it.

 

well i was gonna go black but changed my mind a nd went and bought some porsche red paint or should i say ducati red i think it will go nice with the white rims and some white graphics . ill gets some pics up as soon as its done think im gonna shoot it this weekend . heres acouple pics of it now i didnt put the lowers on it im missing whatever brackets go to the very back bottom by the footpegs if some one could post up a pic of what should be there that would help me out.

 

Hows the bike looking?


Just checking .........

 

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! leave the pearl white and gold that was awesome, you don't want the viffer to look like everything else, by the way the supertraps were great on that bike..do you have open end caps?? and sorry to hear about your bro hope everythings ok for ya..

 

Some new shots .....I was bored over the weekend and decided to re-paint all black. I never liked the flames anyway. I had some booboo's with the buffer in a few spots so i just re-painted the whole thing. I took my time and used plenty of clear with lots of air pressure and a little heat....no buffing needed now!

Also, agfirecat- I posted a few shots of the lower fairing brackets. they are different on each side. They can't cost that much if you can find them. I'm sure someone on here can hook u up!

 

Lower fairing bracket part numbers........should still be available from the dealer or Service Honda online

50536-ML7-000 LH SIDE
64510-ML7-700 RH SIDE

 

nice model with centerstand & seat cowl.