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Paint - The blurg defeated
Seabeowner:
I couldn't make up my mind on my 500K1 as I had a brown in 74 that I got resprayed blue in 76. Wanted gold this time, but was worried by the many variations and thought I might not get what I wanted, soooo I've got a candy ruby red 500. Looks lovely.
MrDavo:
Good choice!
Tank badges - do I just pop them of by getting a knife blade under them? Do I need to get new fasteners to give the painter?
MCTID:
Great choice - I ummed and arred for a while what colour to go for but eventually plumped for Candy Antares Red for my K4 (a 1976 colour but bollox to concours)......it turned out even better than I hoped for. I bought the Tank Decals (different to yours I grant you) from Sunrise graphics (my neighbour funnily enough) and he threw in a tank sticker with black typeface and also one with white typeface - which is the one I used....the painter sprayed a clearcoat over it and it looks the business against the red paint. Lovely.
MrDavo:
I decided that having bitten the bullet and ordered the red, that to use the bike for now I had nothing to lose by following the advice above and taking a fine needle to the big new bubble, and it has largely worked.
The 2p sized blurg is still there, but the large new angry pea size part has gone down. I minded to put just a blob of clear coat from my touch up over the pinhole. It is back to being livable with for now, rather than plain hideous.
Despite having spent £ stupid on the red paint and vinyl, we go away to Canada just after Crich, then a couple of weeks after we come back I'm off to the MGP. What I dont want is to miss being able to take the CB750 to either because I'm either awaiting paint to be done or trying to get the discombobulated wiring back together.
So it may well have to stay blue until the Autumn. My question is, how long will the vinyl tank stripes keep for, I've read how they should be used while they are fresh? Any tips on storage?
Green1:
Too right use it and enjoy it :) You wont want to get it dirty when it has a nice new paint job.
If the vinyl's are kept in a cool dark place they should keep for sometime. I think the problems arise when there years old
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