V-Rod Project Part 2

V-rod Tank orange

Tank in base coat

V-Rod No Forks

Well, I needed to strip the bike down more than I thought since the handlebars were tweaked and needed to be replaced and the steering head bearings need to be adjusted. I will say this- Harley does not design their bikes with ease of maintenance in mind. At any rate, the front end is off the bike and the tank is being repaired/painted. PPG makes a color that is dead on for the Harley orange. That makes life easier since I didn’t want to buy the paint from Harley and need to buy all new hardeners and thinners. All of the orange was resprayed and a small area of the black was spotted in. I was able to save the original factory “Harley-Davidson” logos on the tank but I decided to use a white pinstripe instead of the gray that was on it. The white looks much better, I think.