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back on the road
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:13 pm
by two-stroke-brit
hi everyone, just some pics of the buffalo with restored clocks courtesy of smokeyallen and rack by the way of johnakay .the rack might not be to a traditionalist taste but its what i wanted and john made it up to suit,
thanks to all that helped.
and does anyone know of a houston area shop with a dyno tester that they would recomend.
(i want a base line test for future ref)
cheers mark
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:34 pm
by Suzsmokeyallan
Hey Mark those gauges look too sweet,, oh and the rest looks good too,,, ok im just kidding, the whole thing looks great.
Great news its back on the road, so shall we see you at Deals Gap for 2011??? maybe???
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:31 pm
by CJF
Very nice looking bike....those colors are my favorite on the GT750.
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:06 pm
by rngdng
WOW! Impressive.
Lane
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:45 am
by Craig380
Veerrry sweet indeed. Excellent job!
Love those black-cap silencers
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:03 am
by johnakay
just beautifull, a job well done.
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:26 am
by Joiseygirl
She's beautiful!!! I love the color and how the new gauges make her sparkel!
...I want one too. Wish I had the know how to restore one.
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:39 pm
by oldjapanesebikes
Nicely done Mark - really like the colour !
Dyno Testing
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:08 am
by water cooled
This might help get you started finding a dyno facility near you....
http://www.dynojet.com/maps/bikedynos/tx.htm
Good luck Mark!
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:20 am
by diamondj
Hey Mark,
Your Buffalo looks great! Did you repaint it or were you lucky enough to find bodywork that nice? I love the color! If it's a repaint, what color did you use?
Jim
gold
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:43 pm
by two-stroke-brit
thanks jim,the paint is original. the photos show it in the best light, the clearcoat has peeled (stored in a shed in texas) from the edges and along the top ridge of tank but i am looking for a stripe about 1/2 to 3/4s wide to lay on the top to hide the mess and the edges i plan to paper down and reclearcoat. its a shame because the bulk of the paint is in great shape.
i was going to redo the side pannels and headlight as the clear is like treale all brown and rippled.
i have a 72 tank in prima to swap out but cant decide weather to go with the original style or something else .
i havent tried to get a color match yet but will post when i do.
thanks mark.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:15 pm
by oldjapanesebikes
Mark - I suspect you already know, but Reproduction Decals has the correct tape kit for this colour, and may be able to tell you the modern day colour codes for the base finish.
Erik Potze in NL also sells fully refinished sets of body work in this colour. I'm not sure whether he'd be willing to supply the info, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.