The Water Buffalo-Seemingly never ending cafe project

[shinyribs]

Gettin' closer. The side covers rejected paint like Congress being approached with a good idea

[LukeM]

Why not "Thor"?  Black, big, menacing, strong..."put the hammer down".

Luke M

[Piute]

                             Maybe blast Congress Like you blasted your covers ,
                      working good huh  Silver  all that chrome
                               
                                                       Black rules

[shinyribs]

I know,it's a lot of silver on one bike. I hope it doesn't wash out being all the same color. I want to get some Yamaha Shift Red paint like on Reruns new bike,and put a set of stripes on it.

Paint question for Piute: Can you wet sand and buff acrylic enamel. It is a metallic color. My gun spit on me and I got a couple goobers that i'd love to get off

[TOOLS1]

I'm not the expert Piute is, but I used to wet sand, and buff acrylic enamel all the time.
TOOLS

[shinyribs]

I have too,but never with metallic. Im used to metallic being under clear. Never tried to ws&b single stage metallic. So you think its safe? It's plenty thick

[shinyribs]

[LukeM]

Love the look, but I worry about having such reflective and bright colors.  I have enough reflection stuff with my gloss black gas tank on my Shadow: I can't imagine chrome or silver on a sunny day gradually making me blind.  I know what you're thinking: why is he looking at the tank instead of up at the road?  Well, there's that speedometer thing, looking down at stoplights to give my neck a rest, etc etc.

Luke M

[shinyribs]

Haha,I know what you mean Luke. My Impala has a strip of chrome that runs across the bottom of the dash and another that surrounds the windshield. More chrome on the steering wheel and then there is the strip that runs along both of edges of where the window comes out of the door. And the vent window...and the worst is the hood spear.It can be brutal at times. I suppose that is why they de-chromed all of the modern cars. Its nice...but it sucks,if you know what i mean .I thought it was funny how the sun just happened to glint in this photo. Its really not that bad.The only chrome I can see while riding is the handlebars,and we all got chrome bars. I really wanted to polish out my gas cap real good, but was afraid of exactly what you are talking about. That is also the same reason my upper triple tree is only lightly polished and not super bright.

Pics with a better camera


You can see where the side covers messed up on me. The dark splotches. Not a clue what happened,but they need to be redone

[Half-Caf]

You just wanted the bike to match your name, Shiny

shinyribs wrote

The only chrome I can see while riding is the handlebars,and we all got chrome bars.

Nope, mine are black  Had to say it

[Piute]

   YES you can cut N polish that paint with out any worries,heavy / bigger flakes with the wrong air pressure can cause them to set on edge and not lye flat,yours is more a powder ,Turtle rubbing compound then clear ,tack coat and 2 heavy,then clear again in another month.my .02 worth..Looking at black bars myself 1/2café,

          Looks GREAT  it's all shiny Ribbed out,you did good,

                          Now that yellow engine   

[shinyribs]

Piute wrote

                          Now that yellow engine   

You just haaaaad to mention it,didn't ya? I know. It's killing me. I'll get that soon. You are right about being just like powder,I'll give it awhile to fully cure then go after it. It shouldn't need a wheel on it. I'm pretty sure I can run it out by hand. Much safer for a novice that way

And 0.50-Caf......I can't think of any witty comebacks so...

[Piute]

                            yeh don't use on bike myself to many curves not used to it anymore
                         always left all heavy buffing with wheel to my bro

[shinyribs]

I finally got around to mounting my oil pressure gauge up on the bars where I can see it riding. Still looking for a small oil temp gauge to match,but I only want to use a mechanical gauge.



I have been considering a set of inserts where my knee dents are. I mocked this up this morning (insomnia is a bi***). I think it makes the bike look a little longer and not so stumpy. Seems like the black clashes with the (wrinkled up) brown seat,though. Any thoughts?

[rrgunslinger]

Sweet!

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 2:03 AM, shinyribs [via Honda CB750'S] <[hidden email]> wrote:

I finally got around to mounting my oil pressure gauge up on the bars where I can see it riding. Still looking for a small oil temp gauge to match,but I only want to use a mechanical gauge.



I have been considering a set of inserts where my knee dents are. I mocked this up this morning (insomnia is a bi***). I think it makes the bike look a little longer and not so stumpy. Seems like the black clashes with the (wrinkled up) brown seat,though. Any thoughts?

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[Half-Caf]

shinyribs wrote

 Seems like the black clashes with the (wrinkled up) brown seat,though. Any thoughts?

Hmm, you could switch the seat to black? I know you have a thing for brown.. but I think it would look pretty sweet with the matching inseparable and seat.

[TOOLS1]

Did, you leave it out in the rain? It looks like it is waterlogged. You could do your seat in mouse hide.
TOOLS

[Piute]

                              Yeh Mouse hide lets see a mouse a day 1x3 x ?  


                           What if you used same brn. in center of pad .......


               

[shinyribs]

I think it would take about 43 mice according to my calculations. I'd have to stop drowning them and start breeding them. I always wanted to be a mouse farmer! Yah!  Giddy up mousey!

[Piute]

                            Were going to get the animal activist on here