Repainting Engine/Belt Covers and Exhaust Pipes?

[Sideroad]

I have made a gallery, is that how i add pics to this thread?


http://www.ducatimonster.org/gallery...y.php?cat=2555

[Grug]

Originally Posted by Sideroad

I have made a gallery, is that how i add pics to this thread?


http://www.ducatimonster.org/gallery...y.php?cat=2555

Partly, what you then need to do is copy the links to the images, and then paste them in the thread in between the following commands: [img] [/img]

That will allow your images to appear like this:

[bobwithboobs]

Looks very nice. Other then then the DUCATI letters in silver ( btw how did you do that?, did you just get a flat surfacr with a piece of sand paper??)

and the swing arm i have th same paint sceme with a monster Dark

EDIT: whats that piece right underneath your exhaust??

[Sideroad]

Before the the paint job on the covers, i draw filed the letters to flat and polished the letters with a cork sanding block to make the final job easier. I masked the letters to a very high detail using a scalpel. Once painted, i masked the surrounding paint with many layers of tape so as to protect against sanding through and then proceeded to repolish the letters.

As for the item under the cans, that is the rear center stand leg.

next mods I plan to do are a set of spoked wheels, tank expansion retaining the ducati shape but gaining about 4ltrs and losing the gauges for a tiny led read out.

Originally Posted by bobwithboobs

Looks very nice. Other then then the DUCATI letters in silver ( btw how did you do that?, did you just get a flat surfacr with a piece of sand paper??)

and the swing arm i have th same paint sceme with a monster Dark

EDIT: whats that piece right underneath your exhaust??

[bobwithboobs]

it took me forver just to upload this one.. This is how the bike stands now... ALOT better then how i got it , there still alot of things left but its getting there !. ( all my turnsignals were brokes or ripped as well as the rear light. Got to the jb weld tho

[Sideroad]

Looks great, these bikes are such a good looking unit and always get better with carefully planed mods.

[mflood]

I am in a similar situation looking to paint my clutch cover and timing belt cover- I was lucky enough to have a car knock me over while parked.

I wanted to see if you ever did it and how it went. what paint to use, how much to polish etc.

[mflood]

Also- did you pull the clutch cover to paint it or did you do it on the bike? If you pulled it did you have to use a torque wrench to re-mount?

[Sideroad]

Hey mflood, Yes you need to pull the covers off, as for the torque wrench I don't know as I had mine done while they were off at the shop due to repairs. it would be a good idea to use one as alluminium is way too easy to strip. Oh and while it is off, get S/S bolts to replace the old ones, cosst little but looks great. As for the belt covers I'm currently running without but am hoping on getting a set of lexian clear ones.

[mflood]

i have seen those- very cool, but not sure if they are $450 cool
http://www.gocyclesport.com/store/in...eb3.40&batch=1

Thanks for the tip