Nightster Winter Makeover
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From: Derry, NH
Looks Sweet.... Not sure if the frame was powder-coated already... After all that awesome metal work and If it was mine i'd have a nice thick coat of Powder coat primer applied then color sand smooth to fully hide any scratches or minor imperfections... That gloss black will show all even after profiling with bead blasting... Id also do the same for your tins... You can paint any finish system over the powder-coated primer. The benefit to that is the stuff sticks 100 times better than the best epoxy primer and almost guarantees no corrosion....
I started my minor winter upgrade just to redo the oil tank on my 05 Softail Springer.... My OCD sickness set in and Ive pulled almost everything off and powder-coated Gloss Black and powder-coated a Satin Blue on all the tins... Also I replaced all rusted zinked / cadmium plated hardware with Chrome and Chubby Beach Bar,s new cables, hoses and a few hundred other items.... I may do my spoke rims black like yours but keep the polished rotors and chrome hardware.... Bike was on its way to becomming a chrome ***** i had to cut her off...
I love the Bike but VERY disappointed in Harley Davidson for the **** poor finish and quality of the welds... Bike has been babied but minor corrosion everywhere especially on the inner sides of the tins.... Not anymore
Good Luck on your project, And that gas tank Speed Odometer mod is INSANE
I started my minor winter upgrade just to redo the oil tank on my 05 Softail Springer.... My OCD sickness set in and Ive pulled almost everything off and powder-coated Gloss Black and powder-coated a Satin Blue on all the tins... Also I replaced all rusted zinked / cadmium plated hardware with Chrome and Chubby Beach Bar,s new cables, hoses and a few hundred other items.... I may do my spoke rims black like yours but keep the polished rotors and chrome hardware.... Bike was on its way to becomming a chrome ***** i had to cut her off...
I love the Bike but VERY disappointed in Harley Davidson for the **** poor finish and quality of the welds... Bike has been babied but minor corrosion everywhere especially on the inner sides of the tins.... Not anymore
Good Luck on your project, And that gas tank Speed Odometer mod is INSANE
Last edited by Iron Butt Springer; Apr 1, 2012 at 05:46 PM.
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Yes PM him and buy his things LOL we want to help him along with this project. We're all dying to see him get his bike finished. He gave me a great price with an honest discription of the parts. It was a great, no bull, easy sale the way they all should be. Thanks again Ergo.
2nd Gear
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: North Metro Atlanta
I just read for a total of almost 4 hours on this thread. What a MAJOR undertaking! Awesome work, and your SIL is a helluva machinist. Really looking forward to seeing this thing come to completion....Good luck!
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Road Master
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From: NY
Thanks Iron Butt. Ya, the frame (and everything else) is at powder coat. I just called them and some of my parts will be ready for pick up this afternoon. Never heard of powder coat primer, and they never mentioned it. Oh well, I'm hoping everything turns out ok. Good luck with your mods and thanks for the compliments!
Looks Sweet.... Not sure if the frame was powder-coated already... After all that awesome metal work and If it was mine i'd have a nice thick coat of Powder coat primer applied then color sand smooth to fully hide any scratches or minor imperfections... That gloss black will show all even after profiling with bead blasting... Id also do the same for your tins... You can paint any finish system over the powder-coated primer. The benefit to that is the stuff sticks 100 times better than the best epoxy primer and almost guarantees no corrosion....
I started my minor winter upgrade just to redo the oil tank on my 05 Softail Springer.... My OCD sickness set in and Ive pulled almost everything off and powder-coated Gloss Black and powder-coated a Satin Blue on all the tins... Also I replaced all rusted zinked / cadmium plated hardware with Chrome and Chubby Beach Bar,s new cables, hoses and a few hundred other items.... I may do my spoke rims black like yours but keep the polished rotors and chrome hardware.... Bike was on its way to becomming a chrome ***** i had to cut her off...
I love the Bike but VERY disappointed in Harley Davidson for the **** poor finish and quality of the welds... Bike has been babied but minor corrosion everywhere especially on the inner sides of the tins.... Not anymore
Good Luck on your project, And that gas tank Speed Odometer mod is INSANE
I started my minor winter upgrade just to redo the oil tank on my 05 Softail Springer.... My OCD sickness set in and Ive pulled almost everything off and powder-coated Gloss Black and powder-coated a Satin Blue on all the tins... Also I replaced all rusted zinked / cadmium plated hardware with Chrome and Chubby Beach Bar,s new cables, hoses and a few hundred other items.... I may do my spoke rims black like yours but keep the polished rotors and chrome hardware.... Bike was on its way to becomming a chrome ***** i had to cut her off...
I love the Bike but VERY disappointed in Harley Davidson for the **** poor finish and quality of the welds... Bike has been babied but minor corrosion everywhere especially on the inner sides of the tins.... Not anymore
Good Luck on your project, And that gas tank Speed Odometer mod is INSANE
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Road Master
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From: NY
Yes PM him and buy his things LOL we want to help him along with this project. We're all dying to see him get his bike finished. He gave me a great price with an honest discription of the parts. It was a great, no bull, easy sale the way they all should be. Thanks again Ergo.
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Road Master
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From: NY
Thanks man. We're in sort of a holding pattern at the moment with everything at powder coat. Hopefully that will break free pretty soon (picking up some parts today) and we'll be in final assembly phase. Then the fun will really start...
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From: NY
Parts Back From Powder
Celebrating tonight! I picked up two boxes of finished parts after work, AND tomorrow, they tell me, they will have the frame and the few remaining parts all done. I am, to say the least, stoked.
The parts look awesome. I unwrapped everything, just to be sure. The powder coat is gorgeous. Almost too gorgeous. I'll probably cry or kill something the first time I scratch it. But that's inevitable because I'm gonna ride this thing so I'm trying to keep things in perspective. Here are some pics of the pieces layed out on the bench. Chopped sproket cover, primary cover, chopped cam cover and the upper and lower rocker covers.
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I had them do several of the exposed bolt heads...trying to black out as much as possible. Swing arm bolts, stem bolt, fork caps, brake rotor mounting bolts, rear sprocket bolts and a few other odds and ends.
And I was so stoked that even though I had no time tonight, I quickly threw the primary on the newly painted motor, no gaskets and only a few bolts just to see it and take some pics. I am really pleased with the way it looks. Again, the flat black really does look black and not grey as in these pics.
So tomorrow I pick up the frame and the few remaining parts after work and unless something comes up at the office I'm gonna take Wednesday off and start putting things back together. I can't wait until the weekend to get started.
The real fun is about to begin...
The parts look awesome. I unwrapped everything, just to be sure. The powder coat is gorgeous. Almost too gorgeous. I'll probably cry or kill something the first time I scratch it. But that's inevitable because I'm gonna ride this thing so I'm trying to keep things in perspective. Here are some pics of the pieces layed out on the bench. Chopped sproket cover, primary cover, chopped cam cover and the upper and lower rocker covers.
:I had them do several of the exposed bolt heads...trying to black out as much as possible. Swing arm bolts, stem bolt, fork caps, brake rotor mounting bolts, rear sprocket bolts and a few other odds and ends.
And I was so stoked that even though I had no time tonight, I quickly threw the primary on the newly painted motor, no gaskets and only a few bolts just to see it and take some pics. I am really pleased with the way it looks. Again, the flat black really does look black and not grey as in these pics.
So tomorrow I pick up the frame and the few remaining parts after work and unless something comes up at the office I'm gonna take Wednesday off and start putting things back together. I can't wait until the weekend to get started.
The real fun is about to begin...
