Great buy!

 

If you take it to bare metal, use "etching primer" before the primer is put on, otherwise the primer and paint will begin to flake off.

Just painted to tins on a sporty I bought, was a learning experience, here is the tank I just done.

 

I want to do the same and turn my XL into a bobber. How do ya'll relocate the speedo? Does it require cutting of metal, or are there brackets that can be bought?

 

that looks WET!!
Awesome job!

Yea I was planning on etching it too. Never used the stuff before but I heard it helps protect the metal from corrosion and also fill in any pores in the metal.

Your clear coat looks hella good. Did you use a lacquer or polyurethane base paint/clear coat and how long did you wait between coats?

 

Thanks guys! You guys are making me feel great about the buy. I usually buy stuff at the retail stores or online and hardly buy things on CL. So when I do I sometimes second guess myself.

 

I haven't done anything to my speedo and I'm sure there's plenty of ways to solve it but these are the two options I'm looking at:

Joker Machine Speedo Relocation Bracket
https://www.denniskirk.com/joker-mac...prd/408502.sku

or

Roland Sands Design Gauge & Headlight Re-Locator
http://www.rolandsands.com/products/...-Black-Anodize

As of now I'm leaning towards the RSD only because I've been thinking about getting some clip ons. But I've also been fighting against the idea because I'm not sold yet on having a cafe looking harley



oh yea... I forgot about my third option;

Just get rid of the damn thing lol

 

Thats Enamel, no clear coat, first coat was thin enough to see through, let it get tacky, then put it on a little thicker, let tack, then again. let it dry over night, wet sanded with 2000 grit to smooth, then again same as above, thin coat wait for it to get tacky, then lay on two more good coats.
Wet sand agian with 2000 grit, buff. really was not very much work at all. And the only reason i broke it up and did a wet sand in the middle was i ran out of time the first night and was forced to walk away. Never done any auto painting in my life, so i am pretty proud of the job. next time ill go with a base color and clear coat. This time not knowing i just walked in and asked for black paint, took it home to my 30 dollar garage sale sprayer and went at it, whats the most could happen? sand it down and start over?

 

wow
Now that's amazing.