Reassembly

The paint is now as good as it's going to look. There are few or no runs, but there are some minor imperfections and a few spots where the finish isn't even, but it looks way better than I thought it would for a first time paint job.

Frankly, I couldn't wait to put the bike back together. Having shit all over my back yard while I've been painting the bike has kept me motivated. I had to clear out my garden shed to use it as a paint booth and had nowhere else to put the contents for the shed other than underneath the car port. Looking at a bunch of refuse every day kept me focused to put that bike back together if for no other reason than so I could reclaim my shed.

I started with the floor boards and worked my way up.

I debated repainting the air and tool boxes, but decided to leave them alone. They both shined up fairly well. I'd rather save original paint where ever I can --- just weird that way. However, they look pretty stupid sitting next to the orange lawnmower gas tank on the bike. But that will hopefully be gone as a new tank is in the mail to me.

It's exciting putting everything back together. I've never seen a black GP 150 before (that's certainly not what showed up on my doorstep two months ago) and it's coming together before my eyes.

I'm already running into a couple of issues. The first one is that the leg shield rubber is a bitch to get back on. I fool with it for nearly and hour and decided to move on to something easier and come back to that. I'm going to leave the rubber out in the sun and heat it up to see if that will help it loosen up enough to fit on the shield.

Also, one of the floor rails is not matching up correctly. I'm going to have to cut it a bit and drill a new hole for it to make it fit. And it's really hard getting the rubber into the floor rail without bending the crap out of the rails. I'm probably doing it all wrong, but I've got two of them finished.