My first project

[simong93]

here i have my beautiful honda cg in a bad way my plans is to restore her back to her forma glorey and see if i can afford a Yamaha r125.

also im after some sujestions at the moment she is all blue im thinking of putting her all black and possibly seeing if i can chrome all the engine and metals whats does everyone think.[/img]
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My car isnt going fast enought what do i do.
Add a set of go faster strips.
AAAHHHH much better

[Frost]

Looks good in blue, why spend time and money changing it to black? It'll just look like it's been crashed. Don't chrome the engine, just clean and paint it.

[simong93]

[groovylee]

+1 on keeping the blue, i like it. good luck on the project
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Past - 1988 honda revere 600, 1996 kawasaki gpz500s, 1999 Yamaha R6

Current - 2002 Aprilia RSV1000R & 1999 Kawasaki ZX6R

[Frost]

Chrome plating will require you to take the engine apart which is going to be neither cheap nor easy, also the plating itself is going to cost a fair bit!
Engines don't get massively hot, probably about 250C on an air coolet bike (exhaust gets far hotter, up to 600C) and there are paints you can buy that will take these temperatures, Halfords sell them. I painted an air cooled engine using chrome enamel paint, looked pretty good i think.
Of course you should really clean the hell out of anything before you paint it rather than just covering over the oil and dirt with paint that's not going to stick to it.

[simong93]

your bike does look very nice but im going to go with the chrome affect after a good clean but keep the main honda cg pain and decals
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My car isnt going fast enought what do i do.
Add a set of go faster strips.
AAAHHHH much better

[B10Hazard]

Your never ever going to get 3 1/2 grand for a cg to buy a r125 ( which are shit and slow anyway)
you might get a grand if you do it up very well to a very good standard, then get a rs125
Panting it black will make people think it was crashed also.
Chroming the engine and " metals" will be ridiculous, expensive,over kill and really not worth it, nice lick of silver paint on the engine and the rest of the metals blick.
How much did you pay for it ? 300 ish , does it run?
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[simong93]

[hadden]

iv got an rs 125 and i absolutly love the thing,they are very fast(FOR A 125 BEFORE YOU ALL START LOL)wicked handling and just brilliant all round fun.but there not very reliable.i tried to maintain mine well to make it last but it ended in tears..have a look at my project and you will see the engine damage.so worth deciding weather or not you mind having a fun bike, thats not very reliable,or having a boring but reliable bike.would never sell mine tho.love it too much.but anyways mate best of luck with the project.
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