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Re:RE: Re:Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 01:54 #741657

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Hopped on the lathe tonight and got the longer turn signal stems finished for the headlight. I also added a washer.

what to do about the paint... this is one thing I am having a hard time settling on. I would like to try and incorporate some white in it somewhere to tie in the grip rings and shocks. Right now I'm leaning more towards the large white stripe on the bottom because I am planning on doing pinstripes on my 1000 and want them to be a little more different. i think most of these colors would look good with the white stripe. thoughts?





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Re:RE: Re:Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 03:30 #741663

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C. Red with large white stripe.
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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 05:33 #741671

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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 05:45 #741672

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C or D
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Re:Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 05:49 #741674

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G in C color.
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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 07:08 #741683

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H with either gold, silver or black pinstripes.
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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 07:19 #741684

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C, with the headlight bucket painted white or silver.
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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 18:19 #741739

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I know its been done to death but, Am I the only one that thinks this particular bike looks good in Black...? Very nice work on the pipe... ;)
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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 09 Sep 2016 20:30 #741749

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750 R1 wrote: I know its been done to death but, Am I the only one that thinks this particular bike looks good in Black...? Very nice work on the pipe... ;)


my brother was saying i should just leave it in primer. My other kz project is a dark bike so i'm trying something different with this one. I like the C style but maybe with green. gonna wait on it a bit before committing

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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 10 Sep 2016 09:39 #741780

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DoctoRot wrote: I like the C style but maybe with green. gonna wait on it a bit before committing


I was going to say C or D, but this photo beats both. That white trim on the bottom of the tank is genious. Somehow the whole bike looks lighter. The 750 twins always looked heavier than they were (and that's saying a lot). You already cut about 300 lbs off the bike, visually speaking that is, and the tank detail really highlights that.
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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 11 Sep 2016 01:57 #741818

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I spotted this bad boy at a show a while back and liked the way the paint was done. Kinda of similiar to what you are after but with the stripes up top. Same same but different lol.

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Saving a 1980 750 twin. 11 Sep 2016 10:28 #741854

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I have seen some photos floating around of that bike. I really like the header on it.

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