Yz 250 paint job

[bansheeduster]

I just finished painting the frame on my 1986 YZ 250.
The reason why I painted my frame was because the previous owner decided to take red house paint and paint it on with a paint brush really half asst and it looked horrible, and I finally got tired of looking at it. So 3 weeks ago I tore the bike apart and started sanding the frame, that didn't go so well because of the thick rubbery paint that was on it. So I got some paint thinner, put it in a spray bottle and sprayed my frame over and over again with it for one day and the next day the rubbery paint just wiped off. I made it easy on myself and used my sand blaster and finished the frame off (huge time saver!). Well this weekend I finally started the painting and just finished it today.

Here are some pics:








I will post more pics as I get farther in on the project.

[yamahashawn]

That looks terrible you should be ashamed of that frame!

Good job bro I'll prolly still have my bike when its done, get some gas and we'll go ridin!.

Shawn.

[pjg351]

Wow! That's certainley different can't wait to see it finished, will you ride it though

[bansheeduster]

Oh I will ride it, soon as I get some money for gas and oil... lol.

Thanks for the comments guys!

[bansheeduster]

Here's the only recent before pic I have of my bike:

[yz250guy]

Nice job. I'm digging it!

[bansheeduster]

Ok got some new photo's, its looking decent so far but its not that far along.

[DRGSin393]

Sweeet. Keep the pics comin!

[bansheeduster]

Ok here's some more pics, hopefully by the end of Monday it will be completely finished.

[B_Rad]

Comin along awesome buddy. Keep those pics comin

[yamahashawn]

Man you liar, sayin you did all the work you know I put in more hours on this piece.

All joking aside bro I'm gonna love roostin along side of that purdy frame, looks *****en brother.

Shawn.

[Ride69erYZ]

Sweet paint job,what would ya cost me to paint my car like that?....j/k.Its cool and all but from a distance it will be hard to make out what it is but all that counts is you like it and nobody has one like it.I think its awesome..screw what other people say unlesss its nice things haha.L8r!!!

[MotoMan]

Wow an '86.....I am jealous.

Can't wait to see it when its all done, keep those pics comin!!

[bansheeduster]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the comments!

Here are the finished pics. Sorry about the quality, I have to take the pics bind because my camera screen is broken. I cleaned all the parts the best I could since I can't afford new ones yet.

[bansheeduster]

Ok here's a pic I took on Monday, I climbed up the mountain as far as I could just to get this pic and see how far I could go lol. It was fairly steep where I climbed, my bike wouldn't go anymore, the tire was spinning but the bike wasn't climbing anymore and I just put a brand new rear tire on the night before.

[86cr250r]

nice looking bike
was it hard to make the flames on the frame?

[ThePipe]

Looks good
I always liked the 86 YZs

[MotoMan]

Originally Posted by ThePipe

Looks good
I always liked the 86 YZs

Everytime I see a 86 with the red shrouds I think of Winners Take All.

Your bike turned out nice bro, good job!!

[yz250guy]

Nice Job! That red paint had to go, and you did a great job improving the overall look of the bike! Way to go.

[bansheeduster]

Thanks guys i'm happy with the way it turned out.

was it hard to make the flames on the frame?

Not really, I have an air brush so it made it fairly easy to make them, I used a flame stencil and pretty much just did it that way.