Restoration and customization project "Operation Blackbird"

[maxkart]

Hello, my name is Maximiliano, I'm from Argentina and for two years I have a 1993 Suzuki GS 500 EP ....

I present the bike when I went to get





with my father about to leave for home, we were short walk 600 kilometers



and at home




and I must admit that at the first exit to Route surprised me the smooth ride is a beautiful bike








Until here everything was beautiful, but the years did damage and neglect of previous owners were beginning to look at the bike so I decided to dismantle it entirely replace him and the goal is between 80% and 90% of the parts for me so a bike almost new

I apologize for the grammar but the fault of google translator jajajaj it would be impossible for me to post here as well as translate your post

[Watevaman]

 Good looking bike. Pretty clean for a 1993. I can understand wanting to redo everything. My bike is a 1990 and it was looking terrible when I got it, but I'm slowly cleaning it up.

No problems with your English. If the translator works, no shame in using it.

[maxkart]

thank you very much for your words, I did not know if encouraged to write lol but hey here I am: p

The first thing was the instrumental restore it was pretty ugly

so was before starting work










this is what I'm after disarming



the idea was to replace the needles and black faces, but not get them here in Argentina, I had no choice but to use them again





and this was finally not a wonderful job but remained better than before lol

[Higgins13]

Gauges look much better. Good Job. Have you considered putting red LED's behind them? that would look sharp.

Here is a pic of mine, there blue but you will get the idea.

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=62193.0

[maxkart]

Thanks man! beautiful bike you have! to envy



My idea in this project is to create a single GS, with its own style... but in their lines more basic remains the old GS, is not easy to achieve a balance between everything... but little by little is achieving!

Soon upload more photos q I have many!

[maxkart]

Here photos of my early work with paint. painting q I use is the PPG mark BILAYER


before














After sanding











painted with primer

















fixing details



















black paint and varnish

freshly painted









48 hours later, first contact with the sunlight... but unpolished yet















I hope you like the photos!

[rharding91]

Did you photoshop all those light marks on the new paint in? haha looks amazing though, makes me want to repaint mine. how long did it take you total to do all that?

[codajastal]

Awesome work

[maxkart]

What time is is to prepare the surface... sanding... can be very very very very tedious... I take 2 days only sanding to make their best to paint... (I should clarify that I'm not painter or anything like, spend a few days watching videos of how to paint and encouraged me to do it... There is no better reward than the congratulations of others when they see your work!)

Thank you!


lol many told me that whether it is photoshop lol

the truth is that with luck I use pc to surf the internet xD

I leave you some pictures of the stator cover polished by hand










The pickup cover







soon more photos!

[BockinBboy]

Just a few more angles, and we will be able to piece together all of Argentina with the reflection from those polished surfaces!

- Bboy

[gsatterw]

makes me want to do this...

[Higgins13]

makes me want to do this...

I was thinking this as I went through pics. It turned out really well.

[maxkart]

I'm glad you like the pictures, that means it did not turn out so bad lol

leave some photos of other things to paint, paint bilayer also ....... although this was my first job with metallic paint

handlebars newcomers from Spain








applied as the primer for aluminum













at the front shock absorbers had a somewhat deep scratches q forced me use a filler primer PPG brand

terminated and the primer










it was time to paint and varnish!!

first layer of paint, metallic gray











second layer of paint












varnish layer














expect at least 48 hours to dry the varnish .......... it's time to see the work in broad daylight!














I hope you like the pictures and apologized for the amount of pictures lol

[BockinBboy]

Never apologize for the amount of pictures, this is exactly what we crave! I can't wait to see how this turns out.

- Bboy

[gsatterw]

I love this guy, with all the pictures and what not

[maxkart]

thank you very much for your comments! I promise to keep uploading photos to complete the project "Blackbird" .... the project is currently stalled .... the financial situation is not the best, plus they decided to change the "traditional" style of gs for something more streetfighter.... probably the most faithful followers of the original, did not like the idea. My idea is to take it to a more radical, esthetically speaking

When it starts to tell them about mechanical insurance reforms complicate the translation much but will try to do my best ....

I am currently in the process of shopping, most in USA via ebay .......

Greetings from Argentina

[Funderb]

this is awesome. those covers are so incredibly bright you can barely discern the color. that is some hard work, my friend.

looking forward to seeing more updates as the project continues. Good luck pulling money together for the bike, I know mine frequently empties my wallet even without me knowing.

[maxkart]

time to start cleaning the engine!

would be a mission impossible!

so was all dirty with years of accumulated dirt







my ace in the hole ..... degreaser ..... is useless!




over half an hour scrubbing and dirt not removed ...... and began to curse in other languages ​​haha





and now with nothing to lose ..... try a brush and oil gas









and already seeing results, I gave a second washing

[adidasguy]

What did  you use for polishing the side covers? They look really good.

A little late....   but.....  when I repaint the clips for the handle bars, I first file off the seam from the metal casting process so they are smooth all the way around. Though they do look really good.

Just for reference on color and appearance, here is what a brand new set of 1989 clip-ons look like. I found a new set at a bike warehouse in Israel a few months ago.

[codajastal]

Bloody fantastic work. Please keep the pictures coming.