They do a smooth rite as well so it may be an option for the tank... I think you can buy it in a Spray can as well...
Second coat of hammerite applied & will leave it for a few days to harden off now then touch in any bits that ive missed... View attachment 2415 View attachment 2416
Its my lads first bike so its bound to get thrashed & trashed so i decided to hand paint the fuel tank plus if i filled,flatted & sprayed the tank then he damaged it i would be pretty livid. Hand painted hammerite fuel tank.... View attachment 2417 View attachment 2418 Sprayed the engine & gearbox with matt finish black heat resistant paint & the casings with gloss black paint.... View attachment 2419 View attachment 2420 View attachment 2421
Fitted the chrome rear mudguard & new rear shock absorbers.... View attachment 2422 Sprayed the exhaust with heat resistant black paint & fitted new chrome heat shield. Bolted the engine up into place, fitted exhaust & new chrome front mudguard.... View attachment 2423 View attachment 2424 View attachment 2425 View attachment 2426 Thats enough for today, this little monkey bike project is taking up too much of my "me time" when i could of been playing with my own toys
Fitted the wiring harness, carb, kick start, handlebars & fuel tank tonight. Gave it a little bit of choke & it started 1st kick! Going to modify the gear selector tomorrow as its a rocker type lever & the lad finds the heel change a bit clumpsy so i will chop it off with the grinder & make good.
Yeah its fun having him help for the first half hour or so but then it just winds me up. I forget he is just a daft kid & i ask him to give me a particular tool & after passing me several different ones i just go & get it out the tool chest myself. He dont mind breaking things or hitting things with a hammer & wants to do the painting, but i have seen the mess he made when tried re-spraying his BMX because he couldnt be arsed to wait for me to do it. Took me ages to get the paint off the patio & the over spray off the fence.... Little b`stard! On the plus side he can make tea/coffee, open tins of beer & passes me my fags so its not all bad. :upyeah:
im trying to get my son involved and can sympathise.. my lad is 9 and its painful, that and if i leave him im sure he would cut a hand or leg off.... Worse still he don't make tea either...
My Dad's a joiner. I learned fairly early on not to try to 'help' by passing him things like chisels. Still got many scars...
My lad is 12 & if im honest I DO NOT TRUST HIM AS FAR AS I COULD THROW HIM! :smile: When we are in the mancave tinkering & i need a pee i make him come out & i lock the door until i return from the toilet. If i didnt i just know he would touch things that he knows he shouldnt.... Like my bike & my tools or worse.... my bike with my tools!
My old man was a mechanic & a paint sprayer, always tinkering in his workshop like a proper old school engineer, rebuilding engines, welding & fabricating etc & generally making the air go blue! :smile: I use to love sitting there as a kid watching him do his thing & asking.... Whats that? What does this do? What does that do? Can i have a go? Why? Best times were when i was in my late teens/ early twenties when he built me a 1380 lump for my old Mini, then we dropped a Metro turbo lump in it, he use to love helping me fit 2 litre pinto lumps with twin 40s in Mk1/Mk2 Escorts & fitting an RS Turbo lump into my Fiesta, then ragging down the lanes. Having said that the old fella probably thought the same of me when i was my lads age. They say the apple never falls far from the tree! :smile:
I once gave one of my kids a green paint pen to draw on an old zzr 1100 tank. Shouldn't of nipped out of my little workshop...when I went back in yep, she had then started on the good one, that was still on the bike.. Couldn't shout at her for that...I should of thought I through..
My old man was also a mechanic...which is why I have always messed about with engines and cars and now bikes..
New chain & sprockets fitted.... View attachment 2427 Heel change ground off of the rocker gear lever.... View attachment 2428 Cleaned oil filter, fresh oil & new spark plug fitted.
