Author Topic: 1981 XV1000 TR1-project (Read 35045 times)

DME · « **Reply #75 on:** November 26, 2023, 11:57:53 AM »

All parts for the chassis are now sandblasted and ready for powdercoating

grcamna2 · « **Reply #76 on:** November 26, 2023, 12:06:47 PM »

Those parts are looking very nice and prepped/ready for the coating.
Which type of coating will you use? gloss or semi-gloss ?

MauiK3 · « **Reply #77 on:** November 27, 2023, 07:03:53 AM »

Are you coating them yourself?

DME · « **Reply #78 on:** November 27, 2023, 11:16:17 PM »

I will have them coated by a powdercoater, probably flat or semigloss black... we´ll see

BenelliSEI · « **Reply #79 on:** November 29, 2023, 06:25:11 PM »

Go semi gloss. I have a few flat finished parts and they seem to stain easily…..

DME · « **Reply #80 on:** November 29, 2023, 10:46:22 PM »

Yeah, left the parts at the powdercoater yesterday. Will be coated semigloss black

grcamna2 · « **Reply #81 on:** November 30, 2023, 01:15:23 AM »

Quote from: DME on November 30, 2023, 12:32:24 AM

Quote from: DME on November 29, 2023, 10:46:22 PM
Yeah, left the parts at the powdercoaters yesterday. Will be coated semigloss black

Should turn out well.

BenelliSEI · « **Reply #82 on:** November 30, 2023, 02:47:55 PM »

Looking forward to seeing that. Great project! I like the test and tune phase. It will look spectacular soon.

DME · « **Reply #83 on:** December 14, 2023, 09:27:41 AM »

Back in black

Zinc powder basecoat and satin black (gloss 30) powdercoat on top

BenelliSEI · « **Reply #84 on:** December 14, 2023, 09:44:11 AM »

Nice! Going to look awesome.

grcamna2 · « **Reply #85 on:** December 14, 2023, 11:14:28 AM »

Nice looking and smooth

DME · « **Reply #86 on:** December 18, 2023, 05:03:25 AM »

At the moment waiting for the gasket set for the engine.
I want to have all gaskets and seals at home before I disassemble the engine, as having the engine in parts and after that finding out a gasket is unobtainable would be a drag...

Anyway, I had some time over this weekend and with the frame powdercoated I started to think about the rest of the paintwork.
The plan has always been to use Yamahas "speedblocks" and race colors, and my thoughts have always been the yellow-white-black combo.
However, a mate just mentioned that he would find it better suited in the red-white-black combo...
Therefore I made a couple of "quick n' dirty" sketch-up in mspaint just to help the decision, and I´m still partial to the yellow.

What´s your opinion?

BenelliSEI · « **Reply #87 on:** December 18, 2023, 05:34:01 AM »

+1 to Yellow! With the dark powder coat on the frame and swing arm it will “pop”.

ekpent · « **Reply #88 on:** December 18, 2023, 06:02:48 AM »

I like the yellow 'bumblebee' also. Friend did up a Yamaha 650 road legal flat tracker in that color scheme with similar bodywork. Shaved a ton of weight off it and even though he has a large collection he is saying its turned into one of his most fun bikes to ride around.

MauiK3 · « **Reply #89 on:** December 18, 2023, 06:46:14 AM »

Enviable shop area, compact but very effective.

DME · « **Reply #90 on:** December 18, 2023, 09:39:19 AM »

So yellow it is, thanks for the opinions!

As for the shop/garage, the part seen in the picture above is the machine and workbench area.
The pic below shows the whole shop, 750 sq ft or 70 m2

DME · « **Reply #91 on:** January 01, 2024, 01:29:32 PM »

Happy new year all

Got around to finish up the rear shock today.
The spring was powdercoated black, the body painted semigloss silver and black, and the spring retainer and lock ring I nickelplated.
Turned out okay for a 43 year old shock absorber

The before, during and after:

grcamna2 · « **Reply #92 on:** January 01, 2024, 01:54:43 PM »

Happy New Year DME

How is your project reassembly coming along ?

DME · « **Reply #93 on:** January 01, 2024, 02:41:22 PM »

Still waiting for the engine gaskets to arrive, and after that there is a lot more disassembly before the reassembly can start... but other than that everything is going well

DME · « **Reply #94 on:** January 08, 2024, 11:23:02 PM »

All gaskets and seals needed are now ordered and delivered.
The gasket set was found in Germany and the seals in Italy... Perhaps not surprising that the parts were slightly hard to find as the engine was only manufactured for three years, but here they are and now the disassembly can commence

grcamna2 · « **Reply #95 on:** January 09, 2024, 12:10:07 AM »

Good quality.

I like this Build !

DME · « **Reply #96 on:** January 14, 2024, 06:41:25 AM »

Teardown has begun:

DME · « **Reply #97 on:** January 23, 2024, 12:55:48 AM »

Found some time to give the paint remover a shot at dissolving the black paint on the cylinders and heads.
Seems to do the job, after letting it sit for 24 hours the paint could be wiped off with a paper towel

DME · « **Reply #98 on:** February 09, 2024, 02:16:47 AM »

Paint removal almost done, soon ready for a first session in the vapor honing cabinet.

DME · « **Reply #99 on:** February 13, 2024, 02:13:37 AM »

First session on the rear cylinder done, looks promising

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Author Topic: 1981 XV1000 TR1-project (Read 35045 times)