I hate painting..... But did it anyway....

[Richard Z]

The one thing in life I don't have patience for is bodywork and painting. However, on occasion, I seem to put myself through the stress anyway.

 

Anyway, the past year I've been running with a National Cycle tinted windscreen as pictured. It works well but just looks out of place. So, I painted it. Two weeks of evenings, I primed, painted, sanded, painted, color sanded, painted, sanded more, painted, clear coated, buffed and finally put wax on.

 

The problem. I couldn't get the edges to hold enough paint. Every time I slightly sanded near an edge, the paint was too thin. Even with 2000 grit paper and wet sanding very delicately, I still got thru the base coat. I finally sanded all the edges round to eliminate the sharper edges of the windscreen.

 

before:

 

 

after:

 

I'm waiting for the emblem to get here to put on it. Can't wait to get my first rock chip.

 

Richard Z.

[joe camarda]

Looks very nice...and I'm sure that it required a LOT of effort.

 

I wouldnt worry too much about the rock-chips, just keep the speed below 28.7 mph and you will reduce the chance of a rock-chip by 96%.

[Pierre]

I like that ... a lot. Much elbow grease, I'm sure. Paid off. Nice.

[antonio carroccio]

Richard, where did the eagle go?

Nice job there anyway

[Richard Z]

Richard, where did the eagle go?

Nice job there anyway

 

I ordered an Eagle Decal. It hasn't arrived yet. I would really like to find the Eagle Emblem that is on the new 1200 sport.

That would be cool.

 

Richard Z.

[Dan M]

Good job Rich, looks great.

[BRENTTODD]

I dig It

[Steve G.]

I like that! It works well.

Steve

[macguzzi]

neat

[badmotogoozer]

Looks really good! Hope you have better luck than me - I did mine up perfect only to gouge the crap out of it when the bike fell over only a couple weekslater...

[drewscura]

I agree, it does go great with the bike. Nice job.

Have you thought about a 3M clear stone guard. I know they don't have a pre cut sheet for that but you can form it like window tint and possibly do it yourself, or find an installer. Just a thought. I hate paint and bodywork too, and i'd hate to see you waste your efforts.

[Richard Z]

I agree, it does go great with the bike. Nice job.

Have you thought about a 3M clear stone guard. I know they don't have a pre cut sheet for that but you can form it like window tint and possibly do it yourself, or find an installer. Just a thought. I hate paint and bodywork too, and i'd hate to see you waste your efforts.

 

This project was a trial and error thing. I don't have much in it. The windscreen is about $50 and I have plenty of paint now. I thought I would buy another windscreen and do it a little differently. I'm think of purchasing a set of fairing mounted mirrors and taking the Bar ends off. Just wanting something a little different.

 

Thanks for the compliments.

 

Richard Z.