I found this old girl on Craig's list back in June and thought it would be a fun project. The guy told me it was only good for parts. Now that I have it all together and running, I was thinking of stripping it down and having it painted.
I found this old girl on Craig's list back in June and thought it would be a fun project. The guy told me it was only good for parts. Now that I have it all together and running, I was thinking of stripping it down and having it painted.
Ebay has the old decals foir this, Im in the process of re-painting my NC50, Already got the tank done and put the decals on it. So far the tank looks brandy-new.
I considered doing it myself, but I thought for the size of it and if I removed all the paint myself, I could have it done on the cheap. I even considered powder coating, but I don't think you can do that with steel. What kind of paint did you use?
Looks pretty good as is, what is wrong with it? Starter spring?
Steel is pretty much the only thing you would consider powder coating.
Nothing wrong with it now. I did start in the transmission area. The last person to reassemble it, did it wrong. I was going to convert it to a kick start, but the spring start still works. The return spring is weak though. Evrything functions good except for the rear left turn signal. A break in the wire, they are pretty frayed. I also need a rear fender. I've put about 30 or so miles on it ptting around the neighborhood so I'll be ready to a tag here for it soon.
Cool that it runs well, try buy/sell forum for fender. I would leave it be if it were mine, seen way rougher examples! Enjoy!
Concerning a do it yourself paint job, I don't agree.
Unless you're a Pro yourself and you have compressor with a paint gun (and a dust free room), you should definitely have it done by a paint shop.
I've had it done myself and my bike looks like a million bucks.
(of course, a pro job will cost $150)
Ok, strip it, sand it, prepare it yourself, but don't paint it yourself.
Perfect job = 1 base coat, 2 coats of metallic car/motorcycle paint, 1 coat of clear coat.
It's ultimately a question of budget.
Thats kinda what I was thinking. The previous owner sprayed it some awful teal colour. The white in the middle was me shooting some primer on it because I was sanding the paint to see how hard it was to remove. Living near the beach it did not take long to show some surface rust.
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