What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

[peter4821]

If you are using a spray can paint let the can run under hot water for at least five min. shake the can well every min . Dry can well before you use it try a test spot first.It makes the paint flow much better I get great results every time.

[sarals]

If you are using a spray can paint let the can run under hot water for at least five min. shake the can well every min . Dry can well before you use it try a test spot first.It makes the paint flow much better I get great results every time.

Thanks, Peter! Duplicolor. Not the best paint in the world, it chips easily, but if you're careful you can get a decent finish with it.

[sarals]

No. It surely is not a female thing. It's a what-kind-of-brain-do-you-have kind of thing. :-)

The rear fender is in paint. Finally! I really thought that fender was straighter than it is. It looked great in primer. Now, well. I see every imperfection. Is that a female thing??

The technique that the "pros" use is to dust a dark color (guide coat) onto the primer once you think you have it spot on. When you sand that you will have some nice dark patches where the low spots are. Then is juts a case of more filling / sanding / priming / guide coat until a) you have gone insane b) you give up c) perfection is achieved (a variation of b)........

I have a lot of parts which made it to topcoat then went back to primer because of my "boyish" impetuousness...... :-)

My paint gets done in the back yard by yours truly because I may not have the skill and equipment of the pros but I have a ton more patience...... It took me around five weeks to fill / sand paint my C72 which started off like the lunar surface....

G

Bob, yeah, I suppose!!! Still, it's like when I go to my closet, thinking I have the clothes I want for such and such picked out, and.....ooops! Wrong.

Graham...I paint outside, too. Usually in my driveway. There is almost always that "random bug" that comes along, but this time - nope! Still, there are imperfections, but the whole bike, even though it looks good, has lots of little niggles in it. I remind myself that she's almost 50 years old. After all, I have lots of little niggles, too!

[G-Man]

Sara

Those 'niggles' are called character........ :-)

G

[sarals]

Sara

Those 'niggles' are called character........ :-)

G

LOL!! Or "age"!

Okay, the rear fender is on. When the carbs arrive, they'll go on, and I'll see how she runs. If all is well, it will be time for a trip to DMV.

I've saved two items for last, so there will still be reporting to do. The air filter covers haven't been refurbished, yet. They can wait just a little while longer!

[swampyankee]

When I had my first GT380 I spotted a 1972 S2 for sale in the classifieds, so I rode along for a looksee. Pretty ratty build quality, compared to the Suzuki, but I took it for a ride anyway. Fatima, Mother of Mohammed! What a scary machine! I gave it a fistful, in first gear, and it seemed to do little apart from exude a shedload of induction noise; then came the power band. Holy sh1t! I sailed off up the road with the front wheel four feet off the tarmac! No power-on then dump the clutch; it just had a will of its own!! If the Mach IV was The Widowmaker then the S2 was The Willbreaker.

I turned it down, rode home and promptly changed my messy shreddies....

I never mounted another Kwakker triple again. Too bloody hyperactive for my liking.

Since we're reminiscing while waiting for sarals next installment:
I never rode a Kawi triple, but I remember them well. I first saw them at Norfolk Motorcycles in the showroom, thinking "what a cheesy looking bike". But what made an indelible impression was when I was hitching a ride at the corner of routes 152 and 106 (a desolate area back then) and I watched a Kawi S2 pull away from the traffic light. The guy took off and got it into maybe 3rd gear, and stayed on the gas, and the thing just wound up for what seemed like an eternity, gathering an incredible speed as he went off in the distance. One of those surreal moments that froze in my mind.

[G-Man]

When I had my first GT380 I spotted a 1972 S2 for sale in the classifieds, so I rode along for a looksee. Pretty ratty build quality, compared to the Suzuki, but I took it for a ride anyway. Fatima, Mother of Mohammed! What a scary machine! I gave it a fistful, in first gear, and it seemed to do little apart from exude a shedload of induction noise; then came the power band. Holy sh1t! I sailed off up the road with the front wheel four feet off the tarmac! No power-on then dump the clutch; it just had a will of its own!! If the Mach IV was The Widowmaker then the S2 was The Willbreaker.

I turned it down, rode home and promptly changed my messy shreddies....

I never mounted another Kwakker triple again. Too bloody hyperactive for my liking.

Since we're reminiscing while waiting for sarals next installment:
I never rode a Kawi triple, but I remember them well. I first saw them at Norfolk Motorcycles in the showroom, thinking "what a cheesy looking bike". But what made an indelible impression was when I was hitching a ride at the corner of routes 152 and 106 (a desolate area back then) and I watched a Kawi S2 pull away from the traffic light. The guy took off and got it into maybe 3rd gear, and stayed on the gas, and the thing just wound up for what seemed like an eternity, gathering an incredible speed as he went off in the distance. One of those surreal moments that froze in my mind.

Not to mention the haunting howl and the smoke trails...... :-)

G