Our paint jobs are on many outstanding bikes that have won awards at Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club annual shows and other venues, including Best of Show & Best of Class in recent years. Typically we strip and sandblast all painted surfaces, repair and fill flaws, prime with 2 part epoxy, followed by a hardened primer surfacer, then we paint with either a 3 stage PPG Deltron for the candies, a two stage, or a single stage urethane with a clear urethane top coat. Our colors in many cases have been matched at PPG’s factory in Ohio for the highest quality color match and durability. In some cases we use House of Kolor products as well. A crucial key to an outstanding paint job that will last is to spend a lot of time and good material on the preparation. Rather than using a high build primer/surfacer which fills quickly, we prefer to use a urethane primer/surfacer that will remain stabile and shrink free for years to come. We also take time to let the initial clear coats dry and gas off before we apply graphics in order to prevent bubbles or flaws appearing under them.
We are happy to paint any motorcycle. We have painted an NSU 250 trials bike, one of only 200 made; a BSA Lightning, a Suzuki Rotary that appeared in the May/June issue of Motorcycle Classics, and many others. This month (July 2011) we painted two complete sets of body work for a collector of Kawasaki KZ 900s. Here are a couple of shots:
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| Kawasaki KZ 900 Body Work |
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| Kawasaki KZ 900 Tank |
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In July 2011 alone our paint jobs won best in class, second in class, best antique, and best in show. A recent award winner is this ’47 Indian painted in a maroon two stage Deltron Urethane. There are acres of body work on the Indian, but the outcome is quite rich. In this case, the owner was willing and able to do the lion’s share of the stripping, sanding of raw steel, sanding of the urethane primer/surfacer, and color sanding of the Urethane clear. Here are a few photos of that beauty. It took second place at the British Biker Cooperative.
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Another bike we recently finished was this 1911 Levis. This “baby” was deeply pitted everywhere and required a great deal of filling and sanding to make it ready for a show quality paint job. The frame alone consisted of 26 individual pieces all finished in black urethane after extensive work in preparation. The sea foam blue and deep chromium green tank was lined and lettered with gold and red by one of our affiliated artisans in the area.
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| 1911 Levis |
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