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monique
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:57 pm 

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What is the best way to restore the colors on the switches? I would sure appreciate any suggestions on what type of paint colors, brushes or techniques that I should use. Monique is her name and she is a 1974 H2B 750 Mach IV.
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rotortech
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:54 pm 
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On my S3 I stripped all the wiring out of the housings. I then had the housings powdered coated with satin black. The colors were restored with lacquer sticks in red, white, and yellow as required.
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monique
PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:11 pm 

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Wow those are incredible. Thank you.
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R.B.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:11 am 
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rotortech wrote:
On my S3 I stripped all the wiring out of the housings. I then had the housings powdered coated with satin black. The colors were restored with lacquer sticks in red, white, and yellow as required.
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That is GREAT work!, . . . . However, the switch markings are incorrect for your bike (or any model) - If yours is an S3 (U.S. Spec) Then I can assure you that :

Kill switch writing is ALL Red

The "P.O." IS not painted in at all on the U.S. bikes

The Turn signal arrows should be White

The "Pa" is also not painted in as the pass light feature wasn't used on U.S. models

Switch colour markings were same throughout the models each year, so S1b, S3, H1e, H2b would all be same colours, S1c, S3a, H1f, H2c all changed again

:geek:

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RODH2
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:14 am 
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Yeah, but I like this better - they shoulda dunnit this way..............!! :lol:

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Hawaii-Mike
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:58 am 

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Where do you buy lacquer sticks? I hadn't heard of them before reading this post.
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rotortech
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:09 pm 
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R.B. wrote:
rotortech wrote:
On my S3 I stripped all the wiring out of the housings. I then had the housings powdered coated with satin black. The colors were restored with lacquer sticks in red, white, and yellow as required.
Image

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That is GREAT work!, . . . . However, the switch markings are incorrect for your bike (or any model) - If yours is an S3 (U.S. Spec) Then I can assure you that :

Kill switch writing is ALL Red

The "P.O." IS not painted in at all on the U.S. bikes

The Turn signal arrows should be White

The "Pa" is also not painted in as the pass light feature wasn't used on U.S. models

Switch colour markings were same throughout the models each year, so S1b, S3, H1e, H2b would all be same colours, S1c, S3a, H1f, H2c all changed again

:geek:

R.B. - I would not want to debate the correct colors for any model triple. Looking back at my photos I noticed that most lettering was faded white. I looked at other controls and some repro items for color ideas. I just did what I thought would be reasonable.

As RODH2 said - I like the lettering better this way.

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rotortech
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monique wrote:
Wow those are incredible. Thank you.

Thanks monique - they look just fine on the bike.

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rotortech
PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:16 pm 
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Hawaii-Mike wrote:
Where do you buy lacquer sticks? I hadn't heard of them before reading this post.

Mike - I have lost track of where I got them. I know you can order individual colors from Amazon (store front for Micro-Tools). They are only a couple of dollars each and will last you a long time.

They are Markal Lacquer Sticks. http://www.amazon.com/Markal-Lacquer-Stik-Paintstick-White/dp/B002BY8HKS/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1351184563&sr=1-2&keywords=lacquer+sticks

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Hawaii-Mike
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thanks for the info!
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