this is more just to show my progress and keep some form of record for me showing what i have done and your all welcome to help with suggestions and comments and such...
well here goes this is my bike
and well to me it is not actually my bike i may own it and i may ride it but i have done nothing to "define" it as mine for example if i was to park in a carpark at the shops and another gpx 250 parked next to mine same paint job how would a mate or anyone tell whos is whos besides mine having a noticeable dent in the tank??? understand what im on about now there is nothing to define it as "my bike" so to speak
so i decided i dont really like the red so at first i was going to sand the tank back to fix it myself as im a tight ass and dont want to spend the money on buying a new tank then i was simply going to remove the red wheels and all the stickers and there ya go a black bike as i do like black
but once i started on the tank i found out there was so much more hiding under the paint i was expecting a few surprises but not so much bog and the fact that a siff has less holes then my tank i mean i knew there was the dent and that it had a tiny leak down the bottom on the right side as i could see a small bubble in the paint starting to grow as it had gone from a pin prick size bubble to about a 5cent piece in around 4-5 months so i went stuff it the whole tank back to bare metal and thats where i found out this is going to be fun but im not planning on just covering it in bog like the previous owner im going to silver solder it all up good and proper like and attemp to remove as many dents as possible then use minimal bog to touch it up before primer and paint.
i have a few photos which ill upload of the tank later
also i started remove the stickers on the from off the side and have given it a rub back with some wet rub sandpaper as there were a few chips in it yes i have been slack and have not got those 2 side bits ready to be resprayed yet as there are a few cracks that im hoping to fix up first
also have removed almost all the stickers of the front fairings the gpx down the bottom the red stripes te big fat kawasaki sticker and some of the paint on the front and rear wheel just because i was getting bored of carefully using mums hairdryer to remover the stickers then using some glue remover crap that removes all that sticker left over stuff so i used some polishing block thing to remove the paint and polish the wheels at the same time till tea was ready then have left it
so ill continue this as i do more and ill add photos of what ive done so far later tonight or sometime tomorrow when i get the chance
so things willl be a lil rushed ill upload what ive done in the past 2 days if i can find the pics
