Gs500 rebuild.

[_Iain_]

Sorely tempted to tear down the GS, buzz the frame with a knotted wire wheel (previous owner brush painted the entire frame & cam cover with no masking tape.) Give the frame a going over with a few tins of satin black, bbq paint the engine & flat all the bodywork out & rattle tin in white.

How longs this likely to take me. I'd consider myself a pretty competent mechanic, and i've done a spray job on a C90 this way. Just the engines sweet as a nut, it sounds fantastic but looks dog rough as soon as you get near it.

Petrol resistant laquer - what do i need to worry about, wheres cheap?

Now the boss man has an almost empty warehouse and a motorcycle mechanics in the unit opposite. I may be able to blag this if i smashed it as an all nighter, did it all in 24 hours. So no worries about snapped bolts etc. If not it'll be the garden, with a few mates and 2-3 days.

Special tools required? Wont be servicing, just tearing it down to bare frame, spraying and bolting it back together again.
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[Efes123]

I've just stripped down and painted (mostly) a GS125. Halfrauds has everything you'll need paintwise. If you're in no hurry to start, you can get the paint online at about two thirds of the cost.

It really depends on how easy it is to get the nuts & bolts off. I got to this after about 18 hours, bloody swingarm was a real bugger to get off;

https://www.dogfriendlysuffolk.com/bikepics/IMG-20120518-00048.jpg

I know you don't have to, but I put a couple of coats of metal primer on first. Then I used satin Hammerite to get to this;

https://www.dogfriendlysuffolk.com/bikepics/new_frame1.jpg

Word of warning if you've not used Hammerite before. Don't leave it more than 8 hours between coats, otherwise it wrinkles badly. You then have to wait a couple of days for it to cure, then rub it down and start again. Dependant upon temp, you can start your next coat within about an hour to 90 minutes.

The only place you'll need petrol resistant is on the tank. Again, Halfrauds sell a special laquer for this.

To be honest, I think you'll be pushing it to do it overnight, plus if you're tired you're likely to take short cuts and/or make mistakes. You could do it in stages e.g. strip it one night, paint it another, then rebuild another.

Good luck, and don't forget pics
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