'84 FJ1100 resto mod

[stou]

Sometime you find really weird things when restoring an old motorcycle. I replaced the clutch master cylinder for a no name model. It look similar to the Nissin on my Honda CRF1000. Probably a chinesse copy of the Nissin that is sold $135 US for the front brake only! But the weird thing is when I bleeded the clutch, the oil was leaking all around the bleed screw and not by the hole in it. I tought the hole was blocked. But look what I found!!!



An moron welded the hole in the bleed screw!!! Fortunately, I had another bleed screw in a lot better condition!

[stou]

Back from vacation, now it's time to attack body repair and paint!

I did some plastic welding




Sanding and finishing







Primer done!


After thinking again about colors, I think I will go for a metalic red and not yellow 

[CutterBill]

Awesome! That will look fantastic.
Bill

[stou]

Thanks Bill!

I'll try to find a metallic red that look in this style:



This one is from House of Kolor, but can be hard and expensive to get here. So I will go to my paint store and see what my
paint guy can mix to get something in that style.

[fj1289]

Looks good!  Think about going black on the belly pan (or even no belly pan with the short tail).  If you really want a decal down there maybe go with a Yamaha tuning fork. 

[Dieselman7.3]

Can't wait to see it all done.  Looks great

[mtc]

enthusiasm, in the fj hobby

[stou]

Looks good!  Think about going black on the belly pan (or even no belly pan with the short tail).  If you really want a decal down there maybe go with a Yamaha tuning fork. 

There's a big chance that I will go with no belly pan. I have 2 but they are in very bad shape. One is broken all over and on the other one, there's some big parts missing.

Friday I went to buy the paint at my Cmax store. I choose a nice metallic red. Like every time I bought paint, I'm always surprise with the price. One quart of red metallic with pearl ... $239  I painted a part Saturday and I was really disappointed of the color. It look more orange than red. So I need to go to the store this morning. I dont know if the guy at the store made a mistake or if the paint formula is wrong, but there's no way I'll paint the bike with that color.

[Millietant]

Just one thought on the paint scheme - on the tail section, wouldn't the black/white not look better starting from the front lower corner and heading up as it goes to the rear - that's more in keeping with both the original style and the lines of the rest of your design.

[FJ_Hooligan]

Just remember to add some stripes on the front fender

[stou]

Just one thought on the paint scheme - on the tail section, wouldn't the black/white not look better starting from the front lower corner and heading up as it goes to the rear - that's more in keeping with both the original style and the lines of the rest of your design.

It's not easy to do because of the shape of the bike but I want the tail stripe to look like it is the end of an imaginary stripe that flow through the seat. (sorry for my english writing, I hope it make sense)

See the black line over the seat:

Just remember to add some stripes on the front fender

I don't think I will do stripes on the front fender, but I'll think about that.

[mtc]

wish my frame was black

[FJmonkey]

I could see a single white stripe on the front fender dividing the red and black. The line will be similar to the white above.  I could also see the fender all red to support teh arc of the colors.

[mtc]

the original was kinda orange it is loud... too loud

[stou]

I finally got the color I wanted. I sprayed a bright solid red and then a small coat of the metallic one. The effect under the sun is really nice!



Under the sun, it give a nice gold/orange pearl effect