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Offline Red750K1

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K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« on: April 07, 2011, 05:40:16 PM »
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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 08:46:44 PM »
Well done!  :D Look great!!

What's that cool little light on the front fender?
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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 10:21:55 PM »
Absolutely beautiful!!! A job so well done even Honda would be proud.
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Offline Red750K1

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 10:28:09 PM »
Thanks guys  ;D  It took me a while but sure was worth all that time and work! I just love bringing these old girls back to life again.

The light on the fender is from the original owner, I thought it looked pretty cool so just left it on. Makes her stand out from the rest

For anyone seeing this who didn't keep up with my original post - those are all the original parts, including the HM300 exhaust. Really the only NOS parts I used were the seat and some little things - engine screws, cables, fork rubbers . . .
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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2011, 10:29:01 PM »
very nice, especially the paint...Larry

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2011, 10:38:57 PM »
Haha, ohhh the paint . . . that candy gold had to be by far the hardest color I have ever sprayed. It is so unforgiving and goes on like water. First time it looked perfect but ended up running while drying over night. The second time it didn't go on even, I was using a friends booth and the lighting wasn't great so I didn't realize that until getting it into the day light. But man, the third time was the charm. I'm just really picky when it comes to painting, it's all or nothing, either looks amazing or it doesn't.

Tips for anyone else spraying candy paint- take it slow and build it up really really easy. Have to get each pass overlapped perfect or the candy coat will end up uneven in the tint. Give each coat of the candy color a GOOD 20-25 min flash between coats. Any less time and it WILL run on you, maybe not right away, but it will. . . its a good thing that color looks so great or I'd never play with the candy paint again!

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2011, 09:11:00 AM »
Just so you know, you have been nominated and seconded for bike of the month.  Head over to the monthly nomination thread to accept your nomination.

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2011, 09:34:29 AM »
Awesome! Thanks guys for the nominations! I just accepted . . . that'd be great to win bike of the month.

Vote for me!!  haha  ;)

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2011, 04:27:06 PM »
Took a video today. . . sorry for the bad sound quality. In person the top end noise is very very quiet and the pipes sound much better. I only had my phone to record with.

These HM300's sound very mean, I wish I had a set of these on my old red '71 cb750 rider  all those years instead of the 341's.
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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2011, 04:41:56 PM »
Outstanding. Really a great looking bike.
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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2011, 04:47:49 PM »
Thanks!!  I sure like the '69s and the '70s but there's just something about these 1971s that I love. 

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2011, 06:00:34 PM »
Thanks!!  I sure like the '69s and the '70s but there's just something about these 1971s that I love. 


+1 on that.  I cannot put it in words but the 71 is the best...Larry

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2011, 06:02:06 PM »
<--- *applause *

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Re: K1 resurrection photo montage . . .
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2011, 07:47:47 PM »
Thanks again :) Don't forget to vote for this ol' girl in the Bike of the Month!