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DAMNIT ! I HATE !!! when stuff like that happens !! GRRRRRR was gritting my teeth reading it.. I have had one or two occasions in my life where something like that has occurred .. like to have drove me nuts..
Good luck getting it all back together and hopefully this time it will remain...(unscratched)
Ouch! Man that sucks. Perhaps the only thing worse would have been you doing something like that after you had it all installed and were getting ready for a nice day of riding! Don't be too hard on yourself. Most of us have done something equally boneheaded.
I once dislocated my own thumb, by standing on it. That's right: I somehow managed to stand on my own thumb, and pull it all-to-heck-out of its socket.
Think how hard that is to do, even if I was trying, and how stupid I felt and how much time and money it cost to fix and how much it hurt. And, worst of all, how long it kept me walking-not-riding.
I once dislocated my own thumb, by standing on it. That's right: I somehow managed to stand on my own thumb, and pull it all-to-heck-out of its socket.
Think how hard that is to do, even if I was trying, and how stupid I felt and how much time and money it cost to fix and how much it hurt. And, worst of all, how long it kept me walking-not-riding.
Don't get your hopes up. Just got back from the shop (again) - went back to pre-tip the guy since I didn't have cash when I dropped it off earlier. He said he would bake it for twice the time they normally to to make sure it was hard enough to ride without worry, so I'm going to get it on Sat morning and unless it's snowing (which with my luck, it will) I'm riding all day. I don't think I can stick with my "wait a week" plan anymore...
Picked it up from the shop on Friday - if its possible for it to look better then the original job, it does. Now that could entirely be in my mind, after the harrowing tool dropping incident... However it looks great in any case. I spoke to the maintenance guy at my condo and he said he would turn up the heat in the garage for me for a couple of weeks. It was sitting at about 60 deg, so this should get it up to a nice 70+ deg by later tonight to get some curing done. The painter also ran it through three bake sessions (slipped it in with each car they also baked) so the paint should be nice and hard.
Installed the DK 2" tank lift while I was at it.
Here she is. Please excuse the goofy winter windshield - only use it when it gets cold.
I also changed the football insert to a black 103 emblem but didn't get a full on photo of it. Here's a close up. Not sure if I like the silver insert better or not.
I'm not badging it for a couple of months, but it looks kinda cool without anything. Who knows, i may leave it bare. I think it looks great
That looks excellent. Awesome it turned out so well.
To-Badge-or-not-to-Badge is always a tricky question. Even once you decide (a) if you're going to have one, and (b) which one you want, the really hard part is fussing and fidgeting over exactly where on that big featureless curving surface you're going to put it, and what angle it should be etc (follow the upward line of the tank/stay level with the road etc). That took me literally hours!
My humble advice from my travails is to park you bike level and upright (e.g. on a scissor jack) somewhere outside where you can stand back a few yards to both sides of it from a distance. Then get some Blue-Tack (Do you have that in the US? That chewing gum-like stuff for putting posters on the wall...) so you can re-position the badge, stand back and see if it looks right to you. Put cloths on the ground under the badge for just in case the badge falls off (Don't ask!).
Getting the other side to match up is a joy in itself. I found that using bits of string and taking measurements from various places (front corner of seat, tank bolts, edge of console, etc helped.
When I was happy I used little bits of blue painter's tape to mark the tank around the edges of the badge, so I could find it again before final placement with double-sided tape...
All of that said, I reckon your bike looks great with just the plain black
Last edited by Davdoodles; Nov 14, 2015 at 06:17 PM.
I agree with BDI there is something about the gold badges that makes it pow. But that naked Black look is also pretty friggin' sweet. Either way, you have a good eye and vision.
As for the need to repaint.. yeah, we've all made some mistakes. Be glad it didn't happen post install, just after refilling the tank.
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