81 interstate or standard ?? rescue

[countryboy843]

well i started by snding the face of the letters till they were smooth and level and peeling all the loose paint off the base ( a jewlers flathead screwdriver works great here ) and sanding all areas you are able to to clean and scuff for paint to hold to . next i applied a heavy even coat of primer to help thing look smooth , after this dried i watersanded the face of the letters with 1000 grit and applied the base color ( i used the metallic blue to match the bike ) . let this dry good and i put in a pastic pan and filled with water till just the top of the letters were on the surface ( may need to shim with something to level emblem ) and made sure top surface of letters were dry ( ohh also carefully fill the o ,d , and a with water ) then i sprayed with crome silver a heavy layer holding can at a distance so the paint more fell on then blew on to prevent face from going underwater at any point . let this dry completly and then scrap surface of water to get paint from around the part before pulling out of the water , and little peices should clean up with little problem . finally i sprayed with a good clear coat to seal the embelm .

this is the finished product

 

[danf]

Yep it was LittlebeaverView attachment 2 I did these just after I got my 81 a few years back...View attachment 1 I hand paint the black over the gold on the Honda label and Hand painted the eagle emblem too...Maybe not the best but it's good enough for me.. :music: Hey check out my Ghost Bike in the works...My Honda emblem was about as bad as your's there in the photo probably a little worse, and the Eagle was just aweful..I sanded the best I could and spray the whole thing gold three coats then paint in the colors...a qu-tip with a little paint thinner to dab the color that gets on the gold , you must do it right away while it's still wet.. Patience

 

[countryboy843]

this is the emblem in the water

 

[countryboy843]

i finally got the fairing finished with emblems and pinstripping

 

[MarkB]

That's looking great!

Mark

 

[danf]

Yes it is, you are way better at it than I am for sure, that pin stripe looks awesome...I admired your work before and now I get a treat of watching your progress here, Awesomeness....

 

[prairiewing81]

Nice work, there, countryboy. Looks like have a pretty steady hand on the emblems too, littlebeaver.

 

[mcgovern61]

I really like the emblem/water trick!! :thanks:

 

[joedrum]

gee im not up to par in this field of restoration ....nice

 

[captaindan]

Man I love that color blue.

 

[countryboy843]

i got the side covers off the bike this weekend and noticed a small crack in one so i started sanding them down and found three more cracks . cleaned and sanded everything good and glued all the cracks up . i finally got one primed , water sanded and base coat finished

 

[danf]

Hey Country I have some photo's with some christmas paper, stuff works good..View attachment 3View attachment 2View attachment 1 I'm clearing the Fenders and the tank parts today, then all I have is the lids and bags or boxes and the trunk and I'm done..Maybe by next month... :Egyptian:

 

[countryboy843]

Thats the same piont im at now , going to try and get everything finished in the next couple weeks

 

[Jalvarez]

It did some damage but i am sure you will get it back in shape in no time
Were you able to get some venison

 

[countryboy843]

well i got all my parts in today and started tear down after work till it got dark . got my 416 proressive shocks , progressive fork springs , dunlop rear tire , new pass arm rests and complete engine gasket kit . got everything painted now but saddle bags and trunk but will start on them tomorrow night .

 

[oldwing]

countryboy843 » January 14th, 2012, 1:21 am[/url]":2xqt8jri]
well its been almost a year now ive owned my wing and ive loved every mile of it and ive donne alot of work on her in the months following till she looked like this

This is the most BEAUTIFUL wing I've ever seen, Nice color combo

 

[joedrum]

wow nice work ...