$1,100 - $1,500 Quote for Fenders & Air Filter Covers

[Spargett]

Thanks a ton for the straight forward info eyedragaknee. Powder coating is becoming very appealing. How do you think tanks would look with black powder coat? Was the Bengal silver what you used on the crankcase cover?

P.S. That fender "fix" is hilarious.

[eyedragaknee]

On the CA95 with the chrome side panels, the powder coating looked great. Again, the tank has to be dent free and smooth metal. You can't bondo it to smooth it first.

Also powder coating has a different sheen that a clear coat paint can give. On the CA95, the powder coating was better looking and smoother than a factory job. This might be a plus or minus, depending on what you are trying to do.

Yes, the Bengal silver is like on the side covers.

[clarenceada]

hello group. I was on this forum a few years when I first decided to restore/refurbish my 1968 305 dream. After one winter of dismantaling and starting to sand and paint the bike I had managed to sand and paint the back fender and was mostly trying to stop the rust from the unheated garage it lived in. The next year I got way laid by other projects including being retired (ha!) and fixing up and old house. Now this winter/spring I have got back into it again and after looking at my work was not happy with my painting nonablities. So I have taken the side covers and chain guard into a local mechanic/painter to have him sandblast and primer them. He asked me to get him the color of paint I wanted to use. As the bike was originaly painted blue I wanted to stay with the stock color. My local Honda parts guy that I have been dealing with since the 80's (he's supposed to be the local honda font of wisdom) tells me that there were no blue honda dreams produced at all and that "all were black or white and the rest have been repainted". So much for the Honda guru; what I have seen on this list and others there were 4 primary colors, Red, white, blue, and black. So scratch getting the manufacture no. from Honda that the local specialty paint shop wanted to mix me up for me. So first question is: is there a number I can take to the paint shop to match the old paint. Up under the tank and inside the headlight housing look like original blue paint so I think it was blue. I have decided not to use the same guy who did the side covers to do the rest of the bike cause he wants to use what he called "one shot" has the base and clear coat in one paint. Not really knowing but it sounds too good to be true and wouldn't you get better results with a two part system? So I went to the local auto body shop reqimened by the Honda shop and got some of sticker shock I have seen on this forum. I wasn't so much that the quote was high as they wouldn't give me one. the guy said they do a lot of work for Harley people and they "just trust me on how much things will cost". Then he shows me a tank and two fenders he did for a harley for $1500 and made it clear that the Dream would be some thing out of the ordinary and wasn't even sure the frame would fit in his sandblaster. So Iam stuck on what to do; I want to do the bike right but not at a price that breaks the bank. The more I find about quality paint the more questions I keep coming up with. Base/clear coat or powder coat; types of primer; economy at $50 a quart or upgrade for $100 on up a quart. If I could find the right system I would have somebody sandblast and primer it and spray it my self. sorry about the rambling post but it's spring and I wanted to keep the momentom going but this paint situation is frustrating.
Thanks for listening and any advice you may have.
As soon as I can gets some batteries for my camera I will send pictures of the beast.
clarence

[Spargett]

@clarenceada

Don't even humor the $1,500 paint quotes coming from Harley guys, who are spending $30k on a bike in the first place. I went on Craigslist and found some really nice people that specialize in motorcycle painting. Most quotes for my tank, fenders, and air covers were coming back between $400-$600 to prep and paint.

I've since moved on to the idea of powder coating. Good luck though. Looking forward to seeing some photos.

[clarenceada]

I have decided to have a local custom paint shop base/clear coat the '68 as they gave me a quote of $500-$600 plus body work and I pick up the paint which will be a medium grade costing me $240 a quart plus reducer. They build cobra replicas with a great paint job so I am looking forward to see their work and at 1/3 the cost of several car paint shops in the area. I did consider powdercoating but this will be a daily driver and the owner of the paint shop said it will look better than a new 68 paint job. It was seeing several post here that it was possible to find good paint jobs for under $1000 that made me keep trying to find a different shop, thanks for that.


I have tried to post pictures using webshots and have read all the faq's and tutorials but still am having problems; does anybody know of an easier way of posting them or some program for a computer Idiot like me.
Clarence.
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1968 305 Dream
1979 XR185
P.S. tried one more time to post a picture and I must have done something rights as you can see it went; halaluja!

[Spargett]

When replying to a post you can just upload multiple images (one, or one at a time) below the box you type your replies in. Just look for where it says "Add an Attachment" and click the choose file button. It looks like you added the one above just fine.

does anybody know of an easier way of posting them or some program for a computer Idiot like me.

[clarenceada]

Here is a picture of the speedometer.