FAIL BLOG: Paint job complete

Stock red to new orange with stripes...

Fixed the wires coming out of stator and now have a functional charge system again. While in that side of the casing for the 3rd time in a week I decided to redo that gasket "properly" with an oversiz...

The rusted, faded paint job isn't quite the look I am going for so time to try slopp'n some paint on this bag-of-bolts of an excuse for a bike....

Well here's my first ever attempt at painting a bike..... this should be interesting. This is why we call it the fail blog lol we learn by failing....

Been testing out different air intake setups and have found this setup to be the best lol. Even in this heat wave the bike is running great and not overheating. Was having acceleration lag issues in t...

I got my helmet painted by New Zealand's top Helmet Artist, Dean Lawrence. I gave him a pic of me doing a river crossing, and then he worked his magic, was all airbrushed by hand. personally, I think...

I got the air box cleaned up and my buddy says, the airbox is broken, it's missing some sheet metal. It was missing a corner brace so I made one and brazed it in. It will look fine once it's painted....

Painted the detailing on the tyre walls. Took about an hour - see how long it lasts!...

Painting the frame was one of the easier jobs I've had to do. The frame was littered with small specks of rust that bad poked through from under the paint. It was required that I paint over the rust t...

Pretty much ready to install...

Finally getting around to fixing this bad oil leak but doing it the hard way with gasket maker. crappy bike, crappier working conditions, beautiful long weekend....

Hey everyone! So, I goofed the other day when installing my phone mount and scratched the tank. I ordered some primer and paint online and here are the results. I'm not super happy with it does anyone...