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Did the cases today, soda blast for degreasing followed by glass bead and walnut. Used direct pressure blasting with walnut to knock down the shine and dulled them more than I like. I may try another pass with fine glass bead at low psi to brighten them up some. But have had enough for today.

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"Patina" Derived from latin upaytina, definition: Too cheap to fix it

Got some more parts installed today:

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"Patina" Derived from latin upaytina, definition: Too cheap to fix it

Pipes back from Browns plating

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"Patina" Derived from latin upaytina, definition: Too cheap to fix it

That is the kind of stuff that is the most rewarding when your done. The bike is looking great!

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

very nice.

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Iron On The Bayou.

This is turning out very nice!

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"Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whiskey, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested." ~ Hunter S. Thompson
76' KH500 Cafe
80' SR500 Street Tracker
02' SV650 Race Bike

Got a teaser photo from the painter today:

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"Patina" Derived from latin upaytina, definition: Too cheap to fix it

Awesome...!!

I have a story about that paint scheme: I did a quicky refurb on a '76 KH250 and got a set of RB's decals to finish it off. Now the 250 decals are different from the 400 or 500 and somehow I received 400 decals (no white stripe). I wasn't bothered by that so proceeded to go to paint. The painter who is a bit of a detail nut called me and asked if I wanted a bit of kerning done between the "A"s and the "W" ...to tighten it up a bit and make it look better. I agreed not really worrying too much about it. Fast forward 6 months and the jolly old Limey himself walks through my garage. He comments ion the nice paint and asks whose decals I used. "Yours" , I said. To which he replied: "no way, the letters are too tight together". We are talking 1/16" here folks.

Gotta get up real early to hoodwink that guy.

Thats going to be one of the nicest restored KH 500 around, unless someone in the UK went over the top also. That level of restoration that your doing is usually only seen on a H2 and early H1. Nice to see that on the unique and special KH 500.

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Current bikes: H1 69,71,72,76 KH 500, H2 72(2),73,74,75(3) , 77RD 400, 08 KLR 650. 76 KZ 900, Yamaha RZ 500, ihave so many triples gave up listing them.
Have seversl tons of H1/H2/S parts for sale, http://www.triplestuff.net dhg1337@gmail.com

Very, very nice!!

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You are not old until you have more regrets than dreams! - John Barrymore (rephrased)

75 H1
78 CB400II Hawk
78 KE175