So I have decided to do a complete restoration on a 1992 GS500 E
I bought the bike for a deal and I have been working on it since November.
I have been doing things a little at a time. and I try to document my progress although I'm bad about remembering to get pictures before I finish a project.
I will be posting pictures of what I have done along the way and I welcome any helpful suggestions on things I might want to try.
The first few pictures are of the way the bike looked when I first brought it home.
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/small%20front%20view_zpslphh1qba.jpg
I'm slowly figuring out how to post pics. So here are a few of the early pics from when I first got the bike
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/Side%20View%20Small_zps2kpsselu.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/small%20rear%20view_zps0nk2hjne.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161030_182244_zpsujuiqwvz.jpg
Since I was soo excited to be starting a new restoration I got ahead of myself and created a big mistake. :icon_eek:
I started cleaning the body and frame and sanded the old nasty botched rattle can paint someone had previously applied. :confused:
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161030_182244_zpsujuiqwvz.jpg
And rather than following up my sanding and polishing of the frame, I failed to protect it with a clear coat. :dunno_black:
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161116_154426_zpsyjonrwhh.jpg
It quickly turned from a beautiful polished frame to an ugly rusting hulk. :icon_sad:
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161130_165136_zpseixtm5jr.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161130_165206_zpsw8bk9mbh.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161130_165836_zpsmoqm7lpz.jpg?t=1495933067
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161130_165047_zpsquq57alt.jpg?t=1495933093
The last pics are how it looked after I had completed my own painting and polishing.... But sadly like i mentioned, I failed to clear coat the polished frame.
A few weeks of wet weather turned it from nice to ugly... So I decided to take the whole bike apart and start a slow complete restoration.
I have been aggressively sanding, repairing, priming, painting, and replacing all manner of parts and pieces.
The bike is now in hundreds of pieces while the work continues. I am hopeful I will have the repair/replace part completed soon and start on the put back together part soon.
Keep checking back. I'll try to post pictures as i progress.
Thanks for looking.
gamdon: If you have a std photobucket page setup, just click in the box maked "IMG", JUST ONCE. It will seem it has done nothing but it has copied the link. If you go to the Page you are posting a reply on and right click and "paste", the actual image will appear when the reply is posted.
Quote from: gregjet on May 29, 2017, 01:33:54 PM
gamdon: If you have a std photobucket page setup, just click in the box maked "IMG", JUST ONCE. It will seem it has done nothing but it has copied the link. If you go to the Page you are posting a reply on and right click and "paste", the actual image will appear when the reply is posted.
You can also post images by enclosing the link in IMG tags like so:
[img]http://www.exampleURL.com/images/exampleimage.jpg[/img]
subd
cbrfkr67 I hope it won't take me that long! LOL! :D
I have been working a lot lately so i has taken a back seat for a bit, but I work on pieces every weekend at least. I hope to have it all back together and running by the end of the year. But you know what they say about HOPE right? :thumb:
Here's my attempt at a pic thanks guys for the info on how to do that.
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161130_165206_zpsw8bk9mbh.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20161130_165206_zpsw8bk9mbh.jpg.html)
This is what it looked like after I attempted to clean it up the first time. But I took it totally apart because of issues with "no title" I got that taken car of and I have a good looking frame painted and ready for parts once I get them all repaired or replaced.
Oooooooo very nice! I'll have to check out the other pictures when I'm at home (photobucket website doesn't cooperate with the work computers lol)
looking sweet!
Very cool, sub'd as well.
Here are several of the "BEFORE" pics from what I was dealing with when I started my restoration....
I will post pics of the "AFTER" soon...
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/small%20front%20view_zpslphh1qba.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/small%20front%20view_zpslphh1qba.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161030_182126_zpsp6xsfwnh.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20161030_182126_zpsp6xsfwnh.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161114_165106_zpsbelotf4s.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20161114_165106_zpsbelotf4s.jpg.html)
Anyone Happen to know a way to replace/repair the old cloth covering?
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161114_165027_zpsr99khjyw.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20161114_165027_zpsr99khjyw.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161114_165018_zpsdm83ssi1.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20161114_165018_zpsdm83ssi1.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20161114_164536_zpseoiuhrtt.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20161114_164536_zpseoiuhrtt.jpg.html)
Lots more "BEFORE" pics to come...
Ok so I said i'd post a few "AFTER" Pics so here are a few...
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175715_zpsobr37ccf.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175715_zpsobr37ccf.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175659_zpsoqaydz3b.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175659_zpsoqaydz3b.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175744_zpsxliqsaew.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175744_zpsxliqsaew.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175757_zpsetes3kie.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175757_zpsetes3kie.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175829_zpsep41hdtj.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175829_zpsep41hdtj.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175939_zps6izqnd6v.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175939_zps6izqnd6v.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170611_175530_zpsgqellzjc.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170611_175530_zpsgqellzjc.jpg.html)
I like the look of the red on the brakes, really makes them pop.
Absolutely marvelous!!! I love these kinds of threads.
Will you do the rear rotor in red as well? When I painted my front rotor gold, at least one person asked me if I was gonna do the rear one too. I still haven't lol :icon_razz:
I have thought about doing the rear disc too, but it's pretty pointless. So YEAH I probably will eventually LOL :D
I've been doing some more cleaning stripping and painting.
I completed the magneto cover, so I'll put up "Before" & "After"
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170617_172852_zpss5lbz3ke.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170617_172852_zpss5lbz3ke.jpg.html)
BEFORE
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170617_172913_zpsafuaw37k.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170617_172913_zpsafuaw37k.jpg.html)
BEFORE
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170617_234208_zpsfhjd486l.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170617_234208_zpsfhjd486l.jpg.html)
AFTER
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170617_234149_zpskldvx3rn.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170617_234149_zpskldvx3rn.jpg.html)
AFTER
Enjoy!
here are a few more "BEFORE" & AFTER pics for ya.
Difficult to see in the pics/ I used the wrinkle VHT paint. Suggestion..... Be sure you Use VHT primer first!!!
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170603_133135_zps3fe4zgbm.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170603_133135_zps3fe4zgbm.jpg.html)
BEFORE
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170618_163029_zps7lzo0rku.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170618_163029_zps7lzo0rku.jpg.html)
AFTER
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170618_163042_zpsgyk9yblp.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170618_163042_zpsgyk9yblp.jpg.html)
AFTER
Damn! Nice job so far.
Why did you use to get the parts so shiny?
Is the tank and fairings gonna be that grey colour?
I like that look.
Always love me some before and afters... especially when it involves giving a GS lots of TLC!!! :rstar: :rstar: :rstar:
more sweetness happenening!
so far so good! looking forward to seeing this one gamdon :cheers: nice detailing on the rocker cover and damn i wish i could leave my side covers bare like that but winters wouldn't be kind.
Quote from: Toner on June 18, 2017, 04:52:48 PM
Damn! Nice job so far.
Why did you use to get the parts so shiny?
Is the tank and fairings gonna be that grey colour?
I like that look.
Thanks for the positive response. :thumb: :thumb:
I used several different grades of sandpaper 400/200/150/1000 and a polisher attachment on a drill to strip and polish the shiny parts. :cookoo: :cookoo:
The tank and side frame covers are going to stay in the shadow and charcoal gray metallic. I like that look as well. :thumb: :thumb:
Quote from: iamhiding on June 19, 2017, 08:36:23 AM
so far so good! looking forward to seeing this one gamdon :cheers: nice detailing on the rocker cover and damn i wish i could leave my side covers bare like that but winters wouldn't be kind.
For those of you who live in colder climates, I will suggest using a Rust-Oleum gloss clear coat if you want to run your covers polished or "bare" I have opted for leaving them polished only, because I like spending time polishing them to a mirror finish now and then. :cookoo: and I live in a warmer climate ( Oklahoma ) where I don't have a problem keeping them looking nice!
Haven't had a chance to do anything else to the bike, been working a lot lately. So I thought I would post some pics of the "new" frame I worked on a while back.
It is a 1990 frame, so technically the bike will be listed as a 90, but all the parts on the frame are from the 1992 I originally started with. Truth is it REALLY won't matter anyway, I will have gone through all the systems from the brakes, & suspension, to the electrical, to the engine. I'm taking my time and dis-assembling and replacing or repairing EVERYTHING! I am even considering getting a new gauge cluster and starting the milage from zero once I have completed the restoration. Not like I'm planning to sell it with any false information. ok now for the pictures, hope you like them. I used a Rustoleum Truck Bed Coating
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170622_205828_zps1dy7i4ln.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170622_205828_zps1dy7i4ln.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170622_204237_zps2tolsnql.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170622_204237_zps2tolsnql.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170622_204224_zpsrdnkwpcg.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170622_204224_zpsrdnkwpcg.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170622_204153_zpsuxtbyzne.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170622_204153_zpsuxtbyzne.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170622_210007_zpsh9zaggen.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170622_210007_zpsh9zaggen.jpg.html)
(http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/gamdon24/20170622_210203_zpsxx62rol8.jpg) (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/gamdon24/media/20170622_210203_zpsxx62rol8.jpg.html)
I am very pleased with how it came out, it has a good rough texture. I hope it will hold up well to use, I am considering coating it with a flat clear for additional protection. Not sure if it would matter.
I absolutley LOVE the Rustoleum self-etching primer. It's really amazing stuff, I've used it on many different things. Plus, it doesn't have a 72 hour cure time like some other self-etchers do.
I've never used the primer sealer but I also very much like the bedliner. I pretty much always have a can or two on hand for stuff. Just used some last weekend actually! I've found it works best if there are at least 3 layers and all of them have had PLENTY of time to dry/cure in between.
Really loving the thread!! :cheers:
I have a Spain-built gs500f, which is infamous for bad frame paint. I'm curious how the bed liner paint will look when the bike is put together. Your frame looks really interesting.
sweet,...good tips too
Quote from: gamdon24 on June 19, 2017, 09:36:30 PM
Quote from: iamhiding on June 19, 2017, 08:36:23 AM
so far so good! looking forward to seeing this one gamdon :cheers: nice detailing on the rocker cover and damn i wish i could leave my side covers bare like that but winters wouldn't be kind.
For those of you who live in colder climates, I will suggest using a Rust-Oleum gloss clear coat if you want to run your covers polished or "bare" I have opted for leaving them polished only, because I like spending time polishing them to a mirror finish now and then. :cookoo: and I live in a warmer climate ( Oklahoma ) where I don't have a problem keeping them looking nice!
i can't stand people clear coating over raw or polished alloy, when it hazes it looks awful, that and because it's not a keyed surface it tends to chip up super easy, total pet hate after having to deal with others mistakes previously. most people tuck their bikes away over winter here anyway but the salt on the roads is a killer for us who ride it through. ACF50 is probably the best way to keep the bare bits from furring up, a lot of added work when its cold and dark though. either way you're soooo lucky that it doesn't effect you out there :thumb:
bed liner frame looks wild! :cheers: last time i used bed liner the nozzle clogged up and made a hell of a mess :icon_lol: