Someone had to open there big mouth!!

[Blackston]

Hey guys,

Sorry I havent been active for a while, I've been catchin up with people from QLD off this forum (Hi Andrew!!...one cool bloke with a beautiful Bonnie Black!) and also I've been tied up with my latest project. After getting the little TS185ER Suzuki all tarted up and it going to it's new home, the owner then through me his VS750 Intruder and some money and said "get started!"....Holy shit this one is a challenge!!!...one silk purse coming up!!!....

Cheers Guys and girls....more to come...going fishing for a couple of days so I'll report in when I get back...

Cheers...

Bret.....

 

[jamesbgood]

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Cheers Guys and girls....more to come...going fishing for a couple of days so I'll report in when I get back...

Cheers...

Bret.....

Don't get any of the eye leeches on ya :eeek:

 

[Blackston]

Don't get any of the eye leeches on ya :eeek:

Well James, no Eye Leaches dude and the fishing was shit!!...busted a good rod to boot...bastard!!!....Anyway more to the point is the progress on the bike.

Well, the paint job has been orgainsed, the tank , guards and side covers have all been bead blasted and delivered to Matt at Race paint. True fire paint coming up!!!...also have my new restoration logo being hidden in the paint job...(I;ll post that later)..The frame has been sanded, primed and filled and is currently been rubbed back to accept is 6th coat of gloss black. The wheels were bead blasted, then polished and looked like shit so I have reblasted them and they are being powder coated gloss black for $20 bucks each. That includes a zinc based anti foul under coat. The Header pipes are being rechromed as we speak. $100 bucks each, fork stanchions are being re-hard chromed for $140 each and I have a shit load of brand new bits and pieces to mount. I have organised the parts to be Spectrachromed and I picked up the new turbo exhausts and Icon rear shocks last week. Man this in one hell of a resto and the owner is not going to recognise it...more photos to come boys...

Cheers dudes...

Bret....

 

[buckstoy]

Wow, your going all out on that one, looks like the owner will have something to be proud of! :up:

 

[Nodster]

Typical!! - someone hands you a wedge and a bike and you fook off fishing??

tight lines!!

 

[Blackston]

Wow, your going all out on that one, looks like the owner will have something to be proud of! :up:

Thanks Bucks, yeah mate its gunna be awesome!!!

Cheers,

Bret....:up:

 

[Blackston]

Typical!! - someone hands you a wedge and a bike and you fook off fishing??

tight lines!!

Hey Nods, mate the fishin was lousy, I busted one of me rods and i'm glad to be back in the shed buddy!!!...that was my one trip away for the year with a couple of mates...thats me for the next 12 months my friend...untill I can get OS that is...

Nice to hear from ya mate...

Cheers...damn I feel like a pint or two of the old black brew!!!

Bret....Mmmmmm Guinness...:beer:

 

[Nodster]

:cheers: don't worry - I sank a few Nigerian Lagers last night for ya

 

[Blackston]

:cheers: don't worry - I sank a few Nigerian Lagers last night for ya

Thanks Nods, much abliged mate!!!...hey whats a bloke gotta do to get in on a lock in at an Irish pub Nods??...I've heard a couple of me mates raven about being caught in a lockin when the publican got wind that they were Aussies and they ended up shit faced on Guinness cause they kept pourin it into them. He said the band had pint glasses piled up behind them and they just kept playin till they got so drunk that they couldnt play any more and they ended up sleepin on the floor till morning and then they let em out!!!....sounds like one hell of a night man!!!...so does it pay to know a local then???

Cheers Nods,

Bret.....:beer:

 

[Blackston]

Hey guys,

A few more update pictures for you....

Cheers....

Bret.....

 

[whufcok]

Had a 1988 VS700 ealier this year in good nick had thinned down seat drag bars and custom tail light and indicators and harley style pipes sounded awesome heres a couple of pics

 

[Caveman]

That is a pretty picture or four. Was it a good ride? What do you with the VS700, sell it?

 

[whufcok]

Not too bad a ride,I've always had road bikes then decided to try a cruiser , only had it a couple of months then swapped it for a honda trackbike 1992 Cbr600 with 70,000mls on it and put it back on the road (See below) My wife Chris then passed her bike test and wanted a T100 cos she used to love going on the back of my T140v i had in the UK, so i got her one for Christmas im stuck with the Cbr and she has the Triumph and i get to borrow it once in a while if im good.

 

[Blackston]

Well guys,

While i'm in the posting thing I should update you on the VS750...some tasty morsels for you...

Spectrachrome Orange/Black....

Cheers....

Bret......:rock:

 

[Soulrebel]

damn, that stuff looks pretty cool. I had never seen Spectrachrome. For others that havn't. http://www.sprayonchrome.com/Gallery.html

 

[Blackston]

damn, that stuff looks pretty cool. I had never seen Spectrachrome. For others that havn't. http://www.sprayonchrome.com/Gallery.html

Mate It's as awesome going on as it is in the video. I actually got to spray some of it over here in Aus and it cures exactly as it's shown. I have over 30 parts done on this bike to match the true fire or real flame paint job. The fella I'm building it for hasn't seen any of the bike since he dropped it off and I'm not showing him till its done. He's gunna shit man!!!

Cheers,

Bret.....:boobeyes:

 

[DIRK]

bang on that one looks to have had a bit of abuse. he should of jacked it up and slid a real bike under it hey

 

[Blackston]

More pics for you....it's coming together nicely and you get to check out the paint job...

The dash case...

Front stopper...

Mmmmm...true fire or real flame...

Hope you like it so far...

Cheers,

Bret.....:wave:

 

[78gold]

Lookin Good

Hi Mate,
Looks really good,
Who did the paintjob?? Those flames on black look very cool.
Its like I am going for with the 65 Triumph chopper I am rebuilding.
Havnt shortened that guard I got from you yet but I have lowered the bonnie with 412 progressives on rear and 22mm drop on front. Fitted a few other odds and ends.
Looking forward to seeing where this ends up.
Regards
Nigel:wave:

 

[Blackston]

Hi Mate,
Looks really good,
Who did the paintjob?? Those flames on black look very cool.
Its like I am going for with the 65 Triumph chopper I am rebuilding.
Havnt shortened that guard I got from you yet but I have lowered the bonnie with 412 progressives on rear and 22mm drop on front. Fitted a few other odds and ends.
Looking forward to seeing where this ends up.
Regards
Nigel:wave:

Hi Nigel,

Mate Matty from Race Paint Technologies here on the Gold Coast got that all sorted for me. Let me know if you want his number.The tank is superb and the side covers have my signature buried in the paint job...looks awesome...So pictures my friend!!...lets see the pictures man!!

Cheers Nige,

Bret.....