Author Topic: 500/550/650's that followed me home (Read 112875 times)

rb550four · « **Reply #725 on:** November 07, 2020, 08:32:28 AM »

Do you mean to tell me car tires on a Goldwing is a popular "thing"? What would be the point ? Disable rideability on a touring machine because somebody thinks it looks cool? That's a "thing"?

rb550four · « **Reply #726 on:** November 07, 2020, 01:57:50 PM »

I just Googled darksiders and car tires on goldwings. It IS a "thing"! Don't even know what to think about the whole thing , I feel like I musta been living under a rock ,had no idea this could be real. I can't condemn it because I haven't tried it, but I don't know if I want to try it since I think it unusual and not engineered for a motorcycle. Yet, I can see a track and skis on a bike easier than a car tire . But if that's the case why just stop at a car tire when you could have a truck tire, and if you can handle a truck tire, why not set the bike up for duallies on the back. Sure it would be allot harder to do, but anything worth thinking about might be worth doing .yeah? No! All done thinking about that stuff , Thanks for the "heads up". I 'll get the tire and rim size off that machine in Pittsburgh and see if there is a "normal type motorcycle tire" that is available for that rim so it can get more miles on it after the repair.
Those 2 tubes of nitrous oxide on the tank, why would anybody..... nevermind.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #727 on:** November 07, 2020, 09:30:15 PM »

Dually on rear as in trike is a thing...seen at least one or two.
The handling in corners would be bad enough that you are almost restricted to grid city streets. Can you imagine trying to ride it up a series of switchbacks on a winding mountainous area? You cannot ride through the corners fast as it won't lean and stability is shot and you are still going to have G forces trying to fling you towards the outside of the corner and you cannot lean into the corner so that angular force is going through the seat to the bike. Uh, hard No!
Drag racing might be it's only real use. Put a monster wide rear MC tire on it, if you can redesign the brakes and rear end to accept a reasonable setup.

rb550four · « **Reply #728 on:** November 08, 2020, 07:30:05 AM »

I was thinking that it would solve a bunch of issues by just changing out that rear tire to something like this.

rb550four · « **Reply #729 on:** November 08, 2020, 07:43:54 AM »

I crawled out from under that rock again. Looked up duallie trikes,oh my, I kinda like it.

rb550four · « **Reply #730 on:** November 08, 2020, 07:49:32 AM »

Then I saw this. this would never be in any of my plans, but somebody thought it might be a good idea.

rb550four · « **Reply #731 on:** November 14, 2020, 06:56:40 PM »

I'm back from Pittsburgh. That Harley I went to look at wassn't a Harley at all . It was a '97 Bourget Python chopper , with and a factory numbered anniversary edition S and S Engine. Interesting machine. It will take a fat 240 mm motorcycle tire replacement for that goodyear car tire. I was wrong about the mileage it had 74 miles on it not 125...Paint is perfect , actually feels comfortable to sit on.
The good is that it hasn't been run in forever , the bad is the usual tank cleaning and carb cleaning stuff. everything else is free and in need of fresh oil, fresh grease , and brake fluid for the rear brake and a good cleaning and wax when the rest is done.
Took a look at the wiring , nothing smelled burned except the battery who ever jumped it did a great job, melted the post right off the battery. there is a $10 relay just North of the battery which will get changed out to be sure nothing past the battery was damaged and of course a new battery is in order. Didn't have time to check the charging system or ignition switch and I didn't take it home this time , but I suspect it will be here early this spring.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #732 on:** November 14, 2020, 09:19:46 PM »

Quote from: rb550four on November 08, 2020, 07:43:54 AM

I crawled out from under that rock again. Looked up duallie trikes,oh my, I kinda like it.

Needs seating much lower so it has that "Big Wheel" kids trike look down pat...

rb550four · « **Reply #733 on:** November 23, 2020, 02:04:53 PM »

I think that 3 wheeler was a Paul from OCC build.
I checked on a rear motorcycle tire for that Python chopper and they are available.
This may be a very busy spring.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #734 on:** March 09, 2021, 05:36:04 AM »

RB, bump to revive this one....

rb550four · « **Reply #735 on:** March 21, 2021, 05:36:33 PM »

IT'S SPRING !!!

It's been a long winter and a difficult year all around for everyone .
But in my life , it was a year ago March when we discovered my wife had cancer, just when I was about to go under the knife for the second time since my first operation had failed the year before. Today she is cancer free and is hoping for some plastic surgery to make her feel whole in 2 months. No one said it would be easy, but it was worth it.
So far I haven't found the cash ,weather of interest to brave the elements in the shop on cold days but , I have been sneaking over to it to polish and keep the batteries up for spring. All the bikes are pretty clean but of course they will enjoy a little more polishing before being taken out to the road for their first outing in a couple years. Hope I still can remember how to ride, and I am concerned about lost muscle tone though as I'm not as solid as I used to be. Fortunately I have been working jobs for 4hrs a day just to get used to the physical part of construction again so I don't overdo or blow anything out . I think I'm ready to start doing the harder jobs that are coming up now and I'm gonna try to just power through it all until I'm back to full power.
I've been thinking about that corvette yellow with massive amounts of mini flexs in clear coat to be shot on one of my earlier 550's and I can hardly wait to get started, the tank is sealed and primed quietly waiting . That should make life feel like it's getting back to normal. I have under rated normal , but today, normal is a good thing and I really looking forward to getting back there

rb550four · « **Reply #736 on:** April 10, 2021, 06:48:08 PM »

I was feeling down in the dumps yesterday and thought wouldn't it be nice to be surrounded by my loved ones....
So I drove downtown, hooked up the trailer and hauled 4 of my favorite loved ones home and took each of them for a short ride.
Feelin' allot better now.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #737 on:** April 10, 2021, 08:41:23 PM »

Great to hear that Rich! Good for you! I look forward to seeing you break out the spray gun and lay down some color and get that micro silver flake to make the corvette yellow reall turn blindingly bright in the sun! You are gonna need a great set of glacier glasses when riding it on sunny days or a magnetic cover to apply to the tank to keep the glare down...

rb550four · « **Reply #738 on:** April 11, 2021, 08:44:29 AM »

David , I can hardly wait to hit those colors and feel like there's some normality happening, but it's still cold too at night around here to shoot it in the shop just yet. I'm thinking it will take a couple hours just to shoot the color corvette yellow so it can dry overnight . I expect the micro flake and clear coats to take the better part of another day just to shoot. I am only talking tank and side covers, no fenders because the chrome is good.....but I may have some other fenders with poor chrome that I could paint , hadn't really thought that far in advance yet. and I do have an old fiberglass skinny fender that might look nice with that color, what to do? I'm on the fence about the headlight bucket though. Maybe I should just do the headlight while I'm at it. If it's too much I can always switch back to a black bucket.
The tank has been a dilemma in my mind because I might like this new paint so much that I won't want to blacken and stripe the sides of it , but how will I know until the clear is on? Then. what happens if I do blacken the sides and realize that the 500/550 trademark blacked sides doesn't look that good or would look so much better with the metal flake on that too?
The stripes I could put on after the flake coats have been applied and clear coat (no flake) over that to keep them leaving clean lines.....but do they really need to be clean? Would it be more coherent with flake on them too or would it be better to separate the two with a no flake clean line or double line? Painting won't happen until at least the end of the month for sure so there is time to make ready for the plan , whatever it will be.
Any input is welcome.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #739 on:** April 15, 2021, 12:57:28 PM »

I am having a hard time picturing it with the black side panels. I think it would look nicer without them. Chrome looks great with yellow paint jobs.
So, I would stick with chromed fenders and polished engine side covers.

rb550four · « **Reply #740 on:** April 16, 2021, 08:53:56 PM »

When you first told me about this paint on the car , in my mind I saw a 550 tank with no black panels in the color yellow that you had described and I was wow'd. Now that was some time ago and I have thought about it ...perhaps overthought about it , and played every variation of that color on a tank, but for some reason the standard blacked out panels of the 500/early 550 with pinstripe keep coming back to me. I have a few bikes without the blacked out panels, some with Honda on the tank and some without ,but when I took them out somebody always asked me what kind of bike it is , like it lost it's identity by straying that far from a stock blacked out panels paint job.
I'd like the machine to be instantly recognizable as a 500 or 550 after this paint job. I'm leaning toward black panels on the tank and micro flecks or flake over that too, with double pinstripe over that (Clean) then clear coats (no flake) over everything.
I went to a paint shop the other day to price them out. Told them what I wanted to do and how I wanted to lay the microflakes over the color in the clear coats ..... he calls his distributor and they say they don't carry micro flake or micro flecks separately anymore , that that was old technology. So I told him I AM OLD and this is what I want to do. Didn't help. I went to the wrong store I guess . So I'll put away some time and go to my favorite body shop supply company 45 miles away, where I'm pretty sure I can get what I want without worry of current trends influencing the outcome.
Had snow last night, glad I haven't started it yet.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #741 on:** April 16, 2021, 10:36:35 PM »

Yeah, it was a long time ago when I saw the car painted this way. I totally get it on the recognition.
You can aways buy it,the microflake, from the source of best out there... House of Kolor.
https://www.houseofkolor.com/products/kolors/?ref=footer
Tcpglobal also carries their product.
I am not sure if it was micro flake or ultra microflake. Might want to get both and shoot some test panels or objects.
The flake isn't that expensive, the carrier clear is what gets expensive.
I have seen people paint balloons secured so they don't blow around.
The nozzle is going to be big enough to shoot the flake. You have done flake paint jobs in the past successfully, so you know what it takes.

rb550four · « **Reply #742 on:** May 16, 2021, 08:00:48 PM »

Spring has come to upstate NY last week, The nights are still a little chilly for paint but it'll be here soon.
I bought some flake last week and it just came in the mail, haven't opened it up yet to look at it to if I should get an additional bag or a second type of flake .will know more later and can pick some up when I buy the paint.
Talking about paint , The vette Velocity yellow is what I've been thinking about all this time .....maybe too long a time because the mind has been drifting . By that I mean there is a yellow we all know and see every day that looks great on what it's painted on, but most unusual on most other vehicles . Alright I'll just say it out loud ...school bus yellow. Not the orange ish kind of yellow , but the International Harvester Chrome Yellow. It's always seen in non metallic and I can't help but wonder if that would offer a decent background for the over flake or if it would automatically induce vomiting, or worse yet, make the tank with a black out panels look too much like a bus. Guess I won't know what the hell I'm doing until the day I get the paint .
While I'm talking about strange things that no one else dare speak of, I feel I must admit ,all last week I was working on a Twinstar. Yes, that's right, a cm185, despised by all and certainly not a sohc 4, but it only has 1500 miles on it . I didn't find that I felt embarrassed about it until it was finished and was taking it for a ride. That is a forgivable offence isn't it ? As penance I changed out the battery on my fave 500 that I had fired up a couple weeks ago. Popped the cover on so I could be lookin good on a test ride...didn't start.....kicked the $hit out of it , not even a pop...... ah hah ,can't fool me , got to be the kill switch is in the off position ....nope , not it,.... then it must be that $hitty Emglo ignition that everyone has problems with, so I'll switch it out with a different one. That didn't work either,.... hot wired it..... nothin.....while going for the fuse ,I caught a glance at the battery terminal ,+ is good aaaaaaaaaaaand I forgot to put the neg . cable to the battery. I know I felt punished but unsure if forgiven.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #743 on:** May 16, 2021, 10:30:36 PM »

RB, it is all good. Would be more embarassed if I could not figure it out and posted a pic that someone else would point it out to me.
You did take a long break, so a few cobwebs are to be expected.

Be safe out there when throwing a leg over as the simple stuff always bites me in the butt.

Glad you are stirring again in the shop.soon we will be looking at daily temps of 100+ here so riding won't be as frequent, st least during the peak of heat after reaching 95F air temp your riding speed no longer cools but heats you up.
So, dehydration and heat related issues are accelerated when it is warmer than 95f.

Kelly E · « **Reply #744 on:** May 17, 2021, 01:14:13 PM »

Don't feel bad about the Twinstar CM185. We recently resurrected a 95' Nighthawk 250 and I rode it. Not too embarrassing and I got it up to a blistering 72mph.

We sold it for $2100, spring is a good time to flip starter bikes. We like to make them reliable riders so a new rider doesn't have to worry about the bike, just learning to ride and not die in the process is hard enough.

I can see the International yellow tank with the microflake, the black with two stripes and no flake. I think it would be as nice looking as the candy gold 73' CB500 we flipped last year.

rb550four · « **Reply #745 on:** May 17, 2021, 01:37:41 PM »

I have always heard that " you would never even know that it's 100 degrees because the heat is so dry". Yeah, I think 100 degrees is 100 degrees if its dry heat or not. In NY 100 would be balmy but certainly uncomfortable either way , we're just not used to those temps. Life usually stops on the job at 90 degrees, between wringing out the T shirts, getting drinks , searching for some shade ,and working lightheaded..... it's just safer to call it a day and hit it all the harder the next day. We are at our best here in 68 to 80 degrees, uncomfortable at 85 and dangerous after 90. I just don't know how anyone functions over 95. Stay cool if you can.
Thanks for the vote of color confidence Kelly. As for the night hawk, I can see that being a nice beginner bike , even though it won't break any records and it's a whole lot more appealing than twinstar with it's bulbous tank and funky handlebars. Though the twinstar won't bring much money at resale ....it likely would never be stolen.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #746 on:** May 17, 2021, 06:01:13 PM »

Heat is odd when it is super dry because your sweat evaporates to a great extent. Some people actually feel chilled when the temp initially goes to 100 or there about. Body temp heat during monsoon rainy season I think sucks as it is oppressive and while only usually 50% humidity range it is uncomfortable and your sweat is not evaporating. But when it is dry the warmth feels good if you have arthritis and joint issues. Part of the reason I chose to live here is I was tired of hurting pretty bad for 9 months of the year in more traditional season areas...
David

RAFster122s · « **Reply #747 on:** May 18, 2021, 03:18:36 AM »

BTW, I like the school bus yellow idea...

rb550four · « **Reply #748 on:** May 21, 2021, 06:22:35 PM »

I got to my favorite auto body supply store and picked up the chrome yellow paint ,some slow reducer because it's 85 degrees today and probably won't be getting chilly again until fall.
There seems to be an issue with the clear coat and micro flake. The counter guy said that he tried doing this lately and said that he has found that clear coat products with butane in it wrecks the effect one would hope for with the micro flake and he has found that House of color paint is the only one he could find that didn't have that chemical in the mix and that corrected the problem....I already have extra clear coat from previous paint jobs left over.....That being said , I think I'll try this clear coat I already have first, and if it doesn't look great I'll go for the house of color clear coat.

rb550four · « **Reply #749 on:** May 24, 2021, 03:21:45 PM »

Sunday looked like a nice day to paint until the wind kicked up clouds of pollen , so it didn't happen then.
I came home a little early today and gave everything a coat of chrome yellow....headlight bucket , fiberglass front fender, side covers and tank. Gave it all a couple of fog coats and then three wet coats. About the second coat my granddaughter came out of the house wanting to know what smells like bananas , turns out the paint does kinda smell like bananas. on the last coat the bugs must of thought they wanted some banana too and a few of them ended up on the tank during the last coat....will have to see if it needs a re-coat tomorrow $:-\$

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Author Topic: 500/550/650's that followed me home (Read 112875 times)