85 FJ1100 refurbishment/custom

[Joe Sull]

Thanks guy's. My son camera phone does strange things to the color. It must be the flash. I got the frames and the engine home today and brought the engine right in to the spare room. It says on the can, 7 days to cure. The frame is cured and hardened right up and will stay in my shop.
I took some pics with my camera to show the color better. My flash shines orange back but it shows that is red and not a Burgundy color.



I can still see a few black spots I missed but I'm good with it.

[Joe Sull]

I've been looking into another color that's pearl for the body. I'm thinking something even brighter than "hot rod red"
Looking up this color on google/ images you find all different shades of hot rod red. Some are redish creamy pinkish and
some are bright red on the orange side. This is what I ended up with and happy about it. It's a crazy color. In low
light it looks like it's on the pinkish side and I've been looking at even brighter reds on the pink side.

The fararri red is on the pink side. I can't afford a thimble full of that stuff so I was looking at colors that are close to it.
Scarlet is a close match (from what I've read).

fararri red

Scarlet


This pic of my frame with a close flash shows red /orange



I really dont want to make a mistake here. I rather just paint the body the hot rod red.

The engine shines red / orange in lots of light but it does the same thing in low light, Red / pink.




Now I'm looking at this "Toxic tomato pearl"



$80 quart kit. You get a quart of the paint, a quart of the clearcoar and all the hardeners and redusers.
It needs white primer.

[Bones]

I can still see a few black spots I missed but I'm good with it.








Hey Joe, You can't leave the motor like that, all that time and effort you put in to get all the old paint off and make it shiny, it'd be wrong not to touch it up. Your other parts especially your wheels look great.

Keep up the work, it'll be interesting to see the finished product.

                                                                                       Tony.

[CatTomb]

 

Wow, Parts look fantastic Joe. I really appreciate anyone that can do something unique, creative and enchanting. That color is enchanting. A whole bike that color is mind-boggling. Are you still planning on painting the fairing and the tank solid?

Enjoying your thread, really looking forward to seeing it all put back together. 

Jeff

[Joe Sull]

I got to draw the line somewhere, Tony. This whole thing's seems kinda crazy. Soaking all the hardware in pine sol and scrubbing them with a toothbrush? Come on, I must loosing it. Of corse all heads of the hardware have to be painted red and after dry be lightly oiled.

Hey Jeff, What I want to do is paint the body (tank, fairing, fender, side panels and duck bill) A brighter pearl color than the frame. The only paint I have found so far is the "Toxic tomato pearl" but its a little to orange. If I cannot find a pearl, I'll use the solid "hot rod red".



Take a look if you like at these really nice colors.
http://thecoatingstore.com/pearl-colors/
My old 83 suzuki was suzuki pearl red. Thats $186 a quart now.
This looks similar.
I'll look around some more. Thanks for the replies. Joe

[Joe Sull]

A little preview. I guess I'm go'n for it. I got this done and ready to clearcoat. I leaned it against a wall to dry and it fell.

It fell, what, 18 inches but it hit everything in the room going down. Mared the hell out of it.  The Rain!

What I'm going to do is make my own fork seal covers like these.

I've got the neoprene and the fabric paint. That will cover the tubes and red them out, They might even
help the fork seals.

[rktmanfj]

Are you going to red-tint the mirror glass?

I noticed that these tires still appear to be available:

[Joe Sull]

That would go good on this bike. I bet there $200 each though. I did see flourscent blue green and yellow in a pic. I'm gonna look in to it for next year. They would look over the top

[Joe Sull]

I thought the body of the shock was silver painted steel but it's aluminum. I sanded it and I'll clearcoat
the whole thing after I spray the coil. I might try the fabric and vinyl just to save money.
It should work. It's flexable. I got a little aggravated getting the paper inside the coil.



I figure I have about 20 hours left before I start assembling.

[Harvy]

I am hanging out to see what your bike looks like with all that RED Joe........this has been and will continue to be a much anticipated re-build in my book.

Cheers
Harvy

[keand3]

I am hanging out to see what your bike looks like with all that RED Joe........this has been and will continue to be a much anticipated re-build in my book.

Cheers
Harvy

I agree! 

[Joe Sull]

All morning and into the after on these two.

Can't spray paint again today. 5* outside.

[Joe Sull]

Went thru the foot pegs and the speedo today. The pegs are kinda rusty inside. I cleaned them good with paint thinner. Sanded the chrome and the painted parts then cleaned them again with alcohol. I have some Permatex rust treatment. It's a etching primer/ rust killer. I sprayed the rust and then painted the red. Later they'll get the metalcast on the chrome. The rear pegs are done to but there's nothing to paint.



Took the speedo apart and cleaned it good but the worm gear is held into the housing with, what looks like a roll pin pressed in to a blind hole.  I wont bother with it now, it seem ok. I cleaned the cable with paint thinner and made something to wipe out the cable jacket.

I painted the motor mount standoffs and the motor / exhaust mount.

I went out in the shop and gathered up the rest of the parts.  Not much stuff left. I'll be doing the oil cooler next. That's the last big thing that needs to be done.

[simi_ed]

Painting the oil cooler?  Doesn't sound like a good idea.  An added layer will slow the heat transfer.  Black is the best color to radiate heat as well.  Painting it red is probably not the thing to do.  Sorry to rain on your parade.

[FJ_Hooligan]

Joe,
Not to criticize, your craftsmenship is apparent in the quality of your work and dedication.  However, that's a LOT of red.  Are you considering some alternate color or a striping/decal scheme to contrast with all that red?  I'm trying to picture the finished product in my mind, but it's just this huge ball of red blending together.  I'm no expert on esthetics, but that's a lot of red!
The Monkey must be green with envy.