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The Short n' Sweet of it is that I crash street bikes like Denno crashes his race bike...too many times. First I blew a corner in NY at around 70 mph on the Aprilia, other than a bent front rim and a mangled exhaust canister she was not too banged up. Then, a month later, I decided to test the warm-up period of a Dunslop Qualifier on the Kawi, washed out the front and messed her all up too.
JCBell asked me to toss up some pics of the bikes, and the paint prep.
I just finished wet sanding the Priller tank today and both bikes are ready for filler, primer, and paint...but what a pain in the ass!
The Kawi is getting the same Candy Green Mettallic paint as before, however, I had Tommy Graves Customs powder coat the wheels, and all the grey plastic is going to be gloss black. She will look awesome, especially with the new Scorpion CF slip on!
The Priller is going back to factory...black with race decals...which will look very nice as well.
Getting the bikes cleaned, new rubber, and taken apart:
kawi
with the pc'd wheels and new exhaust
Ape
and at the shop getting scratched: pre sand
...and post sand
Guinness the Keeper of the Shop
Place that is painting the bikes is called The Auto Shoppe...Scott is doing me a HUGE favor by letting me do the shit part of the prep. He specializes in vintage restorations and american muscle show cars, among other things. So the bikes are going to look better than when they rolled off the factory floor...well, the paint anyway.
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