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Nice stuff, I gave a ridiculously low price. I didn't realize that it had to be stripped to bare metal. I put well over 40 hours into the tank and side covers.
That Honda tank is the factory color scheme for a 550 four, mid seventies. I put the base color and then a few coats of candy and then the clear. After the clear was dry I sanded it to 1000 grit then I applied the decals. After that I did three coats of RM glamor clear. Then I polished the...
Here's another one I did. This is actually an annoying plastic tank but I fixed it up good. I had to strip it to bare plastic because the paint was lifting. It took two attempts and a lot of carnage to get what you see here. The first try lifted so back to the drawing board. The small rounded...
That sounds like a decent price for a professional job. Here's a picture of a candy sword blue Honda tank I did. I had to strip it to bare metal and do some body work on it and the side covers. It took two tries to get the decal correct. This was a mind boggling amount of work but it was worth it.
I have painted a few motorcycles and it is a lot harder than you'd expect. If you want a professional looking job that is. I did it for much less than that and I was kicking myself. For that price it should be outstanding with high quality paint. You could easily spen a few hundred bucks on...
I just got a free 79 like yours. I'm really starting to love Tis bike. I'm making mine into a cafe bike. Should post pictures before long. My 4 year old helped me replace the inner cam bushings. I put in needle bearings from Mikes. Really starting to have fun.