| Author | Message | ||
     Xbjelly9s |
I finished this up awhile back so i figured i'd post some new pics! Thanks to the Badwebbers who gave me info on some of this project. Frame, wheels, and other pieces were painted about 5 years ago. When new:  Disassembly:    And it's out:   Worn gear:  New gear:  Homemade tool:  Painting parts:   Shiney parts!:  Dirty:  Clean.....er:  Assembly:      Done!............for now.......again.....          | ||
| Lostartist |
nice! wanna come over and do mine? | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Very nice job! Looks cool , and you gotta respect a guy with such a nice clean organized work space .  | ||
| Boney95 |
Top Notch! | ||
| 1324 |
Very nice. I just had mine apart over winter for similar work. And actually, it's back apart again...but I digress. What did you use to clean up the aluminum parts so nice? I started off with Dawn, then moved to Deep Creep, Honda cleaner, etc. They are better looking, but nowhere near as clean as yours. Seems like those 17k miles have taken a permanent home on my parts. | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
nice job! | ||
| Buellmeister57 |
AWESOME. Great work. | ||
| Jbolt |
Damn.... That looks good. Did you do anything to the motor besides a good clean and paint? (Message edited by jbolt on April 15, 2011) | ||
| Xbjelly9s |
Thanks fellas! I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I got new tires on after those pics too.(pilot roads) 1324-I used purple stuff cleaner, a toothbrush, and the big pipe cleaner looking brushes. | ||
| Xbgeorge |
That's a lot to go through just to change a gasket.lol Looks good. | ||
| Xbjelly9s |
I figured while i was taking it apart i may as well do the things i wanted to get done. I would have hated to take it apart just to paint stuff. I would really like to get it tuned now. It's got a map from Al @ american sportbike but i would like to make sure it's where it needs to be. I don't really trust anyone locally to touch it though. | ||
| Ripdog28 |
What kind of headers are those. Looks nasty. | ||
| Nobuell |
Nice job. What kind of paint did you use on the engine cases? | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Very excellent. Certainly one of the very nicest XB9's ever. If I might take the liberty of making a suggestion, it would be to try and find an older cast "Pegasus" timing cover, painted to match of course. The current one looks just a bit unfinished to my eye. Congrats!  | ||
| Xbjelly9s |
Thanks again for the compliments fellas! Ripdog- It's a Micron full exhaust ceramic coated black. NoBuell- I used Duplicolor high heat ceramic. Primer, color, and clear, lots of clear and then wet sanded and buffed out. The frame and plastic parts are the same minus the clear on the frame. It's just Duplicolor low gloss black. Jon- Your opinion will always be taken into consideration as lil blackie was one of the best pupose built and good looking bikes out there. That cover is the stocker just turned around and polished out. I tried to leave some silver, chrome, or polished parts here and there to break up the black. I may black chrome the seat rails, timing cover, and wheel lips. Possibly getting the forks anodizied black. | ||
| Skully |
Jeremy, Your bike looks great! Keith | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Nice job! | ||
| Earwig |
No shirt, no shoes no service... har har har. I wish I was talented enough to rip a bike down and put it back together so well. Nice pics & bike. | ||
| Gunut75 |
Looks great! How many miles are on it? | ||
| Xbjelly9s |
Was out riding all day today! I love riding this bike! Compliments everywhere i went. Gunut75- It has just over 20k now. | ||
| Jstfkndi |
Very nice!! On another note, where can I find some of that Hop Hound to try?  | ||
| Xbjelly9s |
It's made by Michelob. I bought it at Foodlion. I always try different beers and that one was alright. Usually have no less than 5 different kinds in the beer fridge! |
