Hi everyone,
A quick intro. I used to have a used to have a white/blue K2 about 9 years ago but when my eldest daughter was born we needed a second car so I had to unfortunately sell the bike to fund that, however when I bought mine my late father bought his K3 in Blue. When my father passed away 3 years ago I got his bike and it has sat in my garage ever since always with a promise to get it back on the road but something always got in the way financially.
This year, however this is going to change. I have started to strip the bike down and identify what needs to be replaced like the headlight after the owner prior to my dad appears to have dinged the headlight. The exhaust is the standard exhaust but the chrome has a bit of rust on it so I am going to try and clean that up with a view of replacing the exhaust in the future. The main jobs will be to change the fork seals and oil, change engine oil and filter. Remove the lacquer from things like the footrest hangers, headlight brackets, magneto cover & lower fork legs etc and then polish them up. I am also planning on re-painting the bike white/blue as I much prefer that colour scheme.
It might take me all this year to get it finished to the standard that I want but it will be worth it to get it back on the road and enjoy it again.
Please Bear with me if I ask silly questions on the forum as I find my way around he bike
:welcome1:
To all things 1402
Your in the right place .
Silly questions are great it's normally one of the col's asking them
:cheers:
Welcome - Croeso :)
Quote from: seth on Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:41 PM
:welcome1:
To all things 1402
Your in the right place .
Silly questions are great it's normally one of the col's asking them
:cheers:
Thank you
Quote from: Notty on Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:52 PM
Welcome - Croeso :)
Cheers
Welcome :cheers:
I have a 8 year old daughter enjoying the pillion seat of my 14.
All I get is thumbs ups when revs go up and giggles when doing extra rounds on the roundabouts.
Quote from: Blubber on Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 11:05 PM
Welcome :cheers:
I have a 8 year old daughter enjoying the pillion seat of my 14.
All I get is thumbs ups when revs go up and giggles when doing extra rounds on the roundabouts.
Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to getting my two daughters out on it at some point
Welcome :hat:
Welcome paulr5604 !
Gidday PaulR5604, welcome aboard.
Despite what Seth says, there are no silly questions, so ask whatever you need. There's lots of help in the 'Stickies' and 'Tech tips' in the various sections as well. :onya:
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone
hi paul
there are no silly questions mate we all learn from each other
:welcome1: to the family
Quote from: Mrg on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 03:19 AM
hi paul
there are no silly questions mate we all learn from each other
:welcome1: to the family
Thank you
Welcome from gods county - Yorkshire (East).
Good luck with the jobs in hand.
I'm east of the city. Out in the sticks.
Welcome Mate. Good Luck with project.
(https://gsx1400owners.org/forum/gallery/0/1-290517235220.png)
Thanks again everyone. I made a start at the weekend by taking off the headlight fairing, headlight and headlight brackets I have wet sanded all the cracked paint off of the headlight fairing (not sure I will put this back on yet). I have also wet sanded on of the headlight brackets working my way up from 400 to 1500 grit. I need to do the same with the other one and then polish them up. My plan is to clean things up as I remove them.
My first question, I believe the downpipes are the originals and I'm wondering about the best way to clean them up I was thinking about wet sanding and then polishing. Is this the best way or does anyone know of a better way.
Here is a picture of it from a couple of years ago in my old garage (My new garage is much tidier than this)
(https://oi7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/pwraybould/IMG_0725.jpg) (https://s7.photobucket.com/user/pwraybould/media/IMG_0725.jpg.html)
To clean the worst of the crud off the downpipes use harpic black x10 cleaner (don't get this on any painted area's) put it on with a hard brush leave 5-10mins then wash off well.
Then polish with metal polish
This should bring them up to a good finish with no hard scrubbing or sanding .
See these threads
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=3858.0
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2406.0
:cheers:
Quote from: seth on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 05:12 PM
To clean the worst of the crud off the downpipes use harpic black x10 cleaner (don't get this on any painted area's) put it on with a hard brush leave 5-10mins then wash off well.
Then polish with metal polish
This should bring them up to a good finish with no hard scrubbing or sanding .
See these threads
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=3858.0
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2406.0
:cheers:
Thanks very much will give it a try
Paul, you do realise Blacks are worth heaps more money don't you? If you really want a Blue & White, fix the black up, sell it buy a Blue & white & keep the change.
For independent confirmation on the worth of the Blacks, just PM Red Biker.
@Red Biker
WELOME to the Forum.
Good luck with the project.
:hat: :salute:
Welcome to the forum paulr5604. :onya:
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 06:31 PM
Paul, you do realise Blacks are worth heaps more money don't you? If you really want a Blue & White, fix the black up, sell it buy a Blue & white & keep the change.
For independent confirmation on the worth of the Blacks, just PM Red Biker.
@Red Biker
Sorry what do you mean by blacks the paint on this bike is dark blue or do you mean something different
Quote from: paulr5604 on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 05:38 PM
Quote from: seth on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 05:12 PM
To clean the worst of the crud off the downpipes use harpic black x10 cleaner (don't get this on any painted area's) put it on with a hard brush leave 5-10mins then wash off well.
Then polish with metal polish
This should bring them up to a good finish with no hard scrubbing or sanding .
See these threads
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=3858.0
http://gsx1400owners.org/forum/index.php?topic=2406.0
:cheers:
Whoooaaaa.... if those pipes are the OEM chrome headers. Try on a very descrete area first. Harpic 10 does wonders for stainless - I know. Dunno how chrome would go on tho. If it's hard rust (usually on 2/3) pots. It's a bugger to shift.
I replaced with stainless. Then got pissed off with the look. So dug deep and went OEM again.
Thanks very much will give it a try
Quote from: paulr5604 on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 08:24 PM
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 06:31 PM
Paul, you do realise Blacks are worth heaps more money don't you? If you really want a Blue & White, fix the black up, sell it buy a Blue & white & keep the change.
For independent confirmation on the worth of the Blacks, just PM Red Biker.
@Red Biker
Sorry what do you mean by blacks the paint on this bike is dark blue or do you mean something different
It is too, my mistake. changed the angle of the laptop & can see it's dark blue.
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 06:31 PM
Paul, you do realise Blacks are worth heaps more money don't you? If you really want a Blue & White, fix the black up, sell it buy a Blue & white & keep the change.
For independent confirmation on the worth of the Blacks, just PM Red Biker.
@Red Biker
I concur with the right honourable Kiwi that Black is indeed the peoples choice, so rather than clean those downpipes you should spray them Black,
you only need to do it once and they always look perfect after a quick wipe :hat:
Welcome by the way :onya:
Quote from: KiwiCol on Thursday, 18 April 2019, 02:37 AM
Quote from: paulr5604 on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 08:24 PM
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 06:31 PM
Paul, you do realise Blacks are worth heaps more money don't you? If you really want a Blue & White, fix the black up, sell it buy a Blue & white & keep the change.
For independent confirmation on the worth of the Blacks, just PM Red Biker.
@Red Biker
Sorry what do you mean by blacks the paint on this bike is dark blue or do you mean something different
It is too, my mistake. changed the angle of the laptop & can see it's dark blue.
Damn! :furious:
Quote from: KiwiCol on Thursday, 18 April 2019, 02:37 AM
Quote from: paulr5604 on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 08:24 PM
Quote from: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 06:31 PM
Paul, you do realise Blacks are worth heaps more money don't you? If you really want a Blue & White, fix the black up, sell it buy a Blue & white & keep the change.
For independent confirmation on the worth of the Blacks, just PM Red Biker.
@Red Biker
Sorry what do you mean by blacks the paint on this bike is dark blue or do you mean something different
It is too, my mistake. changed the angle of the laptop & can see it's dark blue.
No problem I think I have decided to just wet sand the existing paint and then use some cutting compound and polish to bring it back to life for now and then decide at a later date whether I want to change the colour
Welcome Paul.
Am sure the rebuild of your dads bike will be most rewarding. Best of luck :cheers:
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 18 April 2019, 04:58 PM
Welcome Paul.
Am sure the rebuild of your dads bike will be most rewarding. Best of luck :cheers:
Thank you
Well work has begun
Before and after
(https://oi7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/pwraybould/F3C584E2-A791-43C3-ACBB-A3175BCC0379.jpeg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/pwraybould/media/F3C584E2-A791-43C3-ACBB-A3175BCC0379.jpeg.html)
(https://oi7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/pwraybould/0FB4948A-521C-4D0F-9459-1FC9E94D1312.jpeg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/pwraybould/media/0FB4948A-521C-4D0F-9459-1FC9E94D1312.jpeg.html)
(https://oi7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/pwraybould/07E18C0A-DABD-4714-8118-968006A36B46.jpeg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/pwraybould/media/07E18C0A-DABD-4714-8118-968006A36B46.jpeg.html)
:welcome1:
G'day mate. Welcome to the nut house :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: