What Did You Do To Your Busa, Today?

[Dai.]

I did a crazy experiment with my old white bagster tank cover. Prepped it really well and sprayed with a spray can of the OEM gray paint on my bike. Curious to see how long this will last in the Florida head and inner legs friction. I was really bored and wanted to spend some time in the garage. Need to do something with the blue stripes.

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Those painted panels look decent!.

 

[michael parris heuberger]

Those painted panels look decent!.

Hi. Went for a ride on th HD with the new girl friend. Now I have to see how many box cars I have to add to my train for her baggage? She is 37 with 2 kids a girl 7 and a boy 9 soon to be 10.

 

[Bumblebee]

Hi. Went for a ride on th HD with the new girl friend. Now I have to see how many box cars I have to add to my train for her baggage? She is 37 with 2 kids a girl 7 and a boy 9 soon to be 10.

...a new girlfriend? You are a busy guy....

 

[mabupa]

Those painted panels look decent!.

William at Race ready, in Miami. He does good work and this is the second set he does for me.

 

[BigBSBusa]

William at Race ready, in Miami. He does good work and this is the second set he does for me.

He has done all of mine, as well. Don't think he is doing it any longer unless something changed in the last year. He was pretty frustrated at his profit/loss ratio.

 

[DougE]

He has done all of mine, as well. Don't think he is doing it any longer unless something changed in the last year. He was pretty frustrated at his profit/loss ratio.

How much was it? Just want to get an idea of pricing. A local shop wanted $600 to paint the panels.

 

[michael parris heuberger]

...a new girlfriend? You are a busy guy....

Hi. No I think I am crazy. We have known each other for about 1 year. She works at the post office I go to. She though that I was 55. She knows I have bikes a d wanted to go for a ride.

 

[BigBSBusa]

How much was it? Just want to get an idea of pricing. A local shop wanted $600 to paint the panels.

Thought I had documented it, but I didn't. It was probably in the $500-$600 range though for the inners, gauge surround, and mirrors.

 

[Dai.]

What’s the process with it?. Sand the longer tank panels til their smooth and throw some colour on?. I’d be happy with gloss black.

 

[mabupa]

He has done all of mine, as well. Don't think he is doing it any longer unless something changed in the last year. He was pretty frustrated at his profit/loss ratio.

I tried to do a set myself and is a ton of work. Sad to hear he is not doing them anymore. At least gen3 has painted inners, so maybe one day I’ll get one of those and won’t have to worry about painting inners. Lol

 

[BigBSBusa]

What’s the process with it?. Sand the longer tank panels til their smooth and throw some colour on?. I’d be happy with gloss black.

Will, definitely had the process down. As @mabupa mentioned, lots of sanding and there is a flex agent added to the paint so it doesn't chip. A single color is definitely easier since you don't have to follow the lines or contours.

 

[mabupa]

What’s the process with it?. Sand the longer tank panels til their smooth and throw some colour on?. I’d be happy with gloss black.

Yes, sand almost smooth and then use some filler primer and sand some more. The problem with the ones I did myself was that colorrite did a terrible job matching the paint to the 2009 pearl white fairings I had and didn’t look right. I ended up sending them out to be redone.

 

[Kiwi Rider]

Cleaned the old girl tonight… just done some serious maintenance on her over , the last couple weeks, upgrades and a bit of luv for the old Busa, she’s done some serious work over the 8 years with me…..here she is,

Road 6’s . . Mmmmmmmm.

 

[Jakegsxr11]

I adjusted my fork settings from middle, 7 clicks, to max, 13 clicks. I also filled a cc dispute with Burkhart Performance for no communication or delivery of my 1" raising links / dog bones. It's been over a month and they don't respond to emails.

 

[mabupa]

Cleaned the old girl tonight… just done some serious maintenance on her over , the last couple weeks, upgrades and a bit of luv for the old Busa, she’s done some serious work over the 8 years with me…..here she is,

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Road 6’s . . Mmmmmmmm.
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The old girl still cleans up well, Greg!!

 

[Kiwi Rider]

I adjusted my fork settings from middle, 7 clicks, to max, 13 clicks. I also filled a cc dispute with Burkhart Performance for no communication or delivery of my 1" raising links / dog bones. It's been over a month and they don't respond to emails.

13 clicks turned out is actually minimum dampening, the softest dampening setting… was that what you were wanting to achieve?

 

[Jakegsxr11]

13 clicks turned out is actually minimum dampening, the softest dampening setting… was that what you were wanting to achieve?

No I want max dampening. I would say I'm at 13 clicks in, clockwise, in the direction of the H arrow.

 

[Kiwi Rider]

No I want max dampening. I would say I'm at 13 clicks in, clockwise, in the direction of the H arrow.

why do you want it rock hard set at max. ?
What was wrong with middle setting?

 

[mabupa]

Finished my crazy bagster cover color match attempt. Now to put some miles and see how quick paint starts to fall off.

 

[BigBSBusa]

Finished my crazy bagster cover color match attempt. Now to put some miles and see how quick paint starts to fall off.

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Looks good.