Mutley's Place
Mutley's New Ride
VT Respray
Mutley's New Ride
VT Respray
Hi again folks, for those of you that don't know me, last July I
sold my GL1200 Goldwing because I wanted a cruiser. In August
I came across a 1988 Honda VT1100C Shadow, an American
import. The bloke I bought it from was a lazy sod who sprayed
everything that had a reflection with silver frost so that he
wouldn't have to polish.
I am convinced that he thought General Maintenance was
someone in the Army, & to make things worse the mongrel lied to
get the sale..
Anyway, after many months of rubbing back the chrome work
with heaps of thinners then an unknown amount of polish I have
managed to get the majority of it looking respectable again.
I won't even start on the electrics & engine work that was
required to get her running properly. Whilst standing back looking
at it I finally got jack of seeing a bog patch on the top of the tank
& decided that a respray was in order.
I only have 1 pic of prior to all the work but it gives you a basic
idea of the mess I started with but have quite a few pics of the
aftermath, let me know what you think.
Tell Me What You Think
sold my GL1200 Goldwing because I wanted a cruiser. In August
I came across a 1988 Honda VT1100C Shadow, an American
import. The bloke I bought it from was a lazy sod who sprayed
everything that had a reflection with silver frost so that he
wouldn't have to polish.
I am convinced that he thought General Maintenance was
someone in the Army, & to make things worse the mongrel lied to
get the sale..
Anyway, after many months of rubbing back the chrome work
with heaps of thinners then an unknown amount of polish I have
managed to get the majority of it looking respectable again.
I won't even start on the electrics & engine work that was
required to get her running properly. Whilst standing back looking
at it I finally got jack of seeing a bog patch on the top of the tank
& decided that a respray was in order.
I only have 1 pic of prior to all the work but it gives you a basic
idea of the mess I started with but have quite a few pics of the
aftermath, let me know what you think.
Tell Me What You Think
| Dirty big bog patches were required to get the tank back into shape. |
| Looking sorry for herself, doesn't look right when stripped. |
| Pic from Right front. Changed Headlight to Half Moon running HID H4 Hi/Lo.Check my retail site for dtls |
| Paint is Deep Dark Blue with Light Sky Blue spikes. The deep Blue turned out more like Purple which looks pretty good surprisingly. |
| You can really see the headlight which is an unusual shape. The dragpipes also being added recently. |
| Notice the lack of rear indicators? I found a Number Plate surround with Indicator insert, looks real neat I reckon.. |
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