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I've got my side covers stripped and painted and would like to clean up the tank by removing the Yamaha logos. Been looking for some kind of different trim or decals to cover the area. I've thought about trying to just fill and spot paint the area but not sure how it would turn out. Believe...

Google didn't help much with trying to find the code for my 1982 DOHC in Purple. Any clues from the peanut gallery?

I painted the tank again because I was unhappy with it. I am satisfied now I just need to find someone to do a black pinstripe around the white just to finish it off. The white is arctic white with a blue pearl metallic added into the first couple coats of clear it looks sweet in the sun...

Well guys I got the bike running and most all of the mechanical and electrical problems worked out. Now it's time to start cleaning the bike up and getting it looking good. What would be the best way to lift the decals off the tank and the tail section without scraping them?

I plan to polish the side covers, rocker cover, valve adjustment caps (already finished), the "Yamaha" cover (already finished), the points cover (already finished), and whatever else I can get my fingers to...lol I would love to polish the cylinders and block too, but I have no idea how I would...

i bought this stuff more or less ot prove it didn't work, but it actually works great. here's some before pic's of the part in question and a couple of one i did a while ago(strut spring seat for my audi). i'll show some after pic's when there's something to show.but the prosess is simple, find...

For those that asked for a DIY /HOW TO...here we go. This is the way I do it...I dont own,or know how to TIG weld at this point in time...so this is how I accomplish what I want. I'm sure there are better...more professional...more exspensive...time consuming ways to do this...but this is how...

So this is my first attempt at a cafe build...picked up an '81 XS 400...lots of work to come...but so far today I got the 'knee dents' done...and into primer...more to follow!!