Materials list

The "paint job" on this bike is laughable. For the most part, the frame, with its chipped and spattered black paint job was not enough to make me want to put that much work into it. Someone, in their infinite wisdom, decided to paint the engine a gray or silver-ish color using spray paint. For what ever reason, laziness probably, they neglected to remove the engine from the frame or mask anything off. You can image, but luckily, I have pictures.

Notice the drips of paint next to the exhaust

I've known for quite some time that I would not be giving this bike a "professional" paint job but I was certain that I would be cleaning it up. I looked briefly into having it sand (or other media) blasted and then painted by a shop but my budget would never allow that. For the time being, I've resorted to the below products and the number of cans I've used in parenthesis.

• (2) Rust-oleum Auto Primer - Fast Drying & Wet Sandable - 2089 Dark Gray Primer
• (3) Rust-oleum Specialty High Heat - 7778 BAR-B-Q Black
• (3) Jasco Premium Paint Remover

Progress on paint [The little things]

I've been slowing stripping and cleaning up the parts I would like to repaint. The little things such as brackets, kickstand, center stand and such are going easily...

...while the frame is remaining to be a huge pain. I thought I would be able to spray on some stripper, scrub a bit and start priming in much the same way I've done other pieces. I was wrong. Parts of the frame are bare metal and look really good. Other parts are not.

I am really happy with how the headlamp bucket turned out. It gives you an idea of the flat black with a little chrome concept that I'm moving toward.