Race Bike Rebuild

tescr500 · Post by **tescr500** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:14 pm

good Job there Luders wouldn't mind seeing that hack round a track top banana

mj43 · Post by **mj43** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:29 pm

looking good Ben

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:35 pm

Thanks guys, it's getting there and I'll keep the photo's coming as I know you all like pictures

dandan0162 · Post by **dandan0162** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:34 am

nice one ben it looks ace!!if that was mine i would look like this

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:28 pm

This is by far the trickiest paint job I've ever tried

john-b · Post by **john-b** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:10 am

looks good so far, if it helps its normally easier to do it all one colour then mask off and put the other colours over if that helps although it might be a bit late. It looked like you were just doing green and white

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:12 pm

To be honest, that's how I normally would have done it, but I think when Wayne did his, he masked each colour off seperately, so I thought I would do the same.

It's more work from a masking point of view, but it will all be worth it in the end.

I'm about half way there now, just the blue and white left to go.

mj43 · Post by **mj43** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:31 pm

Ben that is going to be a very good looking bike

Make sure you don't fall off it

Bikemike · Post by **Bikemike** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:17 pm

That is looking great.
Well done.

SP_BOTT · Post by **SP_BOTT** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:42 pm

Very nice job again, trouble with a fancy spray job is matching it up if you fall off, have you used rattle cans or spray gun?

Post by **500bernie** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:44 pm

Nice work Ben =D> =D> =D>

Top-shaggy · Post by **Top-shaggy** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:58 pm

That looks brilliant for a track bike!!

My concern if it was mine now would be the three seconds a lap I lose because:

A: I'm getting older
B: it looks too good to drop
C: the time it would take to sort it out if I crashed
D: oh and crashing hurts more as you get older..

Did I say I'm getting old

mj43 · Post by **mj43** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:19 pm

Ben - have you put any heat shield on the belly pan. I suspect the expansions are going to be a pretty close fit and the heat will bubble the paint.

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:28 pm

not yet, can you suggest anything?

scooble · Post by **scooble** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:19 pm

that'll be well worth a magazine article once its all done