here's my freshly painted vision not too shabby for a garage paint job.
WOW! That looks great. I really like the black swingarm!
Hey that's some nice work. I really like the look of the bike with the exhaust on one side, it's just a shame that the driveshaft wasn't on the right side of the bike.
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? ? I LOVE IT !!!
that looks awsome jay. totally awsome. ive been working on elimination the license plat bracket as well. it really gives it a modern sport bike look. and the relocantion of the turn signials gives me some more ideas for mods to mine.
dont hate me if i copy you a little.
I love this little bike. It was free with 11000 km when I resurected it from a storage shed. I had to replace the tank, and I've probably got the last one in Canada that will hold gas.
Nice job Jay,nice job.I chopped the rear fender and fabricated a bracket for the licence plate.Where in Canada are you??????????John
Nice Paint job! I have been having some fun painting them also. I like what you did with the rims. Did you clear coat them also?
Definately a nice bike.
Looks very streamlined! especially with the black-out theme going on!
Welcome aboard
Blake
I'm in southwestern Ontario, St Thomas to be exact.
I did clear coat the rims after a couple coats of Canadian tire charcoal metallic paint. Lots of sanding, and then more sanding. And then 3 coats of canadian tire $ 6.99 clear coat.
It looked to me like a bike that should be black maybe it's cause i'm only 28 and favour the modern street bike style, and flat black covers every little imperfection.
I've invested in some airbrush stencils and hope to improve upon my current paint job.
Here's what I started with
WOW,what a change.The original neglected old girl after a face lift.Stand proud for a job well done.Squid,me & hopfully a few more are going to the bike show in January,if you can come let me know.You can show of your photographs.
I'm up in Erin,15 min's south of Orangeville.
Unfortunately, alot of our bikes started out that way! Mine did!
Dirtyvision would be proud!!
I think he DV considers "Dirty" a bad word... I think he likes "Patina-Vision"
:D
I would like to get ahold of a 83 lower Fairing. Not the top headlight section, just the bottom.
Try'Zdeno Cycles,Kitchener. (519) 745-7010 or www.zdenocycle.ca They have several Visions in various states of strip down and all the good plastic is kept inside. John p.s. I was in Home Hardware,St,Thomas about 3 weeks ago on business!!!
OOOOP's :-[ you can also try;Sonic Cycle Salvage.2690,Dundas Street East,London.On.N5V 3C9.Phone #(519) 659-7833. or www.soniccycle.com Contact;Paul Quittkat.They are obviously closer to you.? John
I got my tank from Zdeno, I never asked about plastic.
Do I need the mounting bracket/frame to attach only the bottom fairing.
The lowers attach by the 2 screws on each side of the upper fairing, then there are 2 brackets, one on each side that bolt into the engine mount thru bolt (you have to pull it)
the left bracket also has an adapter & extention tube that fits where the oil fill tube is. be careful there are 2 sizes of fill caps because some of the late 82's were retro fitted with fairings, & all the 83's had them stock. you may need to swap over the left side cover (you'll have it off eventually for the stator clutch bolts).
the lower brackets, by themselves are VERY hard to come by...
--Lucky
hey jay i noticed a little cansiter mounted on the frame, what is that?
Not sure what your looking at, If it's near the petcock it's an inline fuel filter. Really don't want to pay for another carb job!
Are you sure it's not the rear foot peg your looking at?
Yummy!
So that's what a clean Vision looks like... :)
Good job.
Lou
I think he means the silvery looking canister on the left lower frame rail by the ft cyl. i think that's his monster fuel filter.
yup thats what i was talking about. the fuel filter. almost looks like a nos bottle.
wouldnt that be sweet. nos on a flame vision.
you should get some nos stickers and slap one the filter and really flip people out.
I 've got this week off and
i'm repainting the vision, got some new stencils and stuff
i want to try. The same overall look just more detail.
p.S painters don't like stickers. ;D
Jay , there's no way to mount the lowers with out the top part. if you looking for a way to dress the lower /front part of the engine try a "chin" fairing . I think there one on Dan Byers bike in the gallery, I think you can get one from JC Whittney.
That might be enough to dress her up a little thanx
Here's to another new year and another Paint job.
I might even get some January riding in if the weather stays as mild as it's been, gotta get the bike back together first.