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| Author: | jason8887 [ Thu May 12, 2016 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
I actually thought 'Goblin' or 'Green Goblin' would be appropriate since the colors look a lot like the bad guy from spider man the colors were actually chosen for a couple of reasons: When the frame still looked like a suzuki katana it had purple on the plastics and the wheels. My oldest always called it 'the purple vroom vroom'. So, naturally I had to make some part of it purple. The black and white stripes look a little like the first street bike I ever owned, a purple 1973 Honda CB350 twin. The green, of course, is a tribute to the kawasaki engine. |
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| Author: | jason8887 [ Mon May 30, 2016 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
Progress pic: I got the swing arm and forks mounted and the wiring harness laid in Attachment: IMG_20160530_195125_136.jpg Here's a view from the top Attachment: IMG_20160530_122329_217.jpg I also noticed that I had a lot of sand on the gage face of my tach so I tore the gages apart. I decided to clean everything up and learned a very important lesson: the numbers on your odometer and trip-meter wheels do not like carb cleaner! Note the .1 mile wheel on the odometer.... Attachment: IMG_20160530_194951_249.jpg
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| Author: | RODH2 [ Mon May 30, 2016 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
Yeah, the black letters on a white dial are always a problem, even ordinary detergent will remove the black! (AMHIK!!) |
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| Author: | jason8887 [ Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
After many attempts I finally got my gages back together and painted. Repainting the numbers was challenging. It turned out okay though Attachment: IMG_20160610_222040_059.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160610_222046_794.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160610_222023_335.jpg
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| Author: | jason8887 [ Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
More progress pics. I wet-sanded and polished some of the body panels and mounted them. Things are really starting to come tognether Attachment: IMG_20160611_202953_478.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160611_203007_613.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160611_203020_870.jpg
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| Author: | RODH2 [ Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
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| Author: | jason8887 [ Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
Final panels are buffed and mounted. License plate bracket is mounted too. I painted my switch gear but I ran out of time to grab pics. I'm waiting on some parts for my rear suspension to get zinc plated, that's why I haven't put the tire or the shock spring back on, just in case anyone was wondering Attachment: IMG_20160612_142703_781.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160612_142719_884.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160612_142751_802.jpg
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| Author: | pmcburney [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
jason8887 wrote: After many attempts I finally got my gages back together and painted. Repainting the numbers was challenging. It turned out okay though Attachment: IMG_20160610_222040_059.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160610_222046_794.jpg Attachment: IMG_20160610_222023_335.jpg  That's certainly not my definition of 'okay', but there you go... |
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| Author: | RODH2 [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
This one is a "sleeper"...... Stay tuned..... |
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| Author: | jason8887 [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 6:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: '72 H2 in 94 Katana frame |
pmcburney wrote: That's certainly not my definition of 'okay', but there you go... They didn't come out as clean as I had hoped... cutting those little numbers out 5 times over took it's toll on my patience! I also didn't notice the super glue holding the green and amber lights in place had decided to smear until after I crimped the gages back together and painted them  Oh well, just leaves something to look forward to fixing in the future
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