1979 Laverda 1200 Mirage green???

That's the effect of Tim's Mirage sidepanel rubbing off on your bike now Paul. Hurry up before it disappears completely!
 
  Ooh yea, looks a lot better on the bike, must admit I had my reservations about the colour but now it is all together it looks fantastic. Well done Paul, just needs the wheels doing black now.  ;)



    Keith
 
Thanks for pointing that out Drikko. I had to stare hard but I finally caught a fleeting glimpse
 
I agree with Keith looks excellent on the bike,well done Paul, though i m a pea green fan first and foremost.The one thing that gets me on the 1200 is the tank always looks like its dipping down at the front, grates on the eye to me,am I alone in this or am I just pissed  :D

Shaun
 
laverdakeith said:
  Ooh yea, looks a lot better on the bike, must admit I had my reservations about the colour but now it is all together it looks fantastic. Well done Paul, just needs the wheels doing black now.  ;)

     Keith
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Hi Keith

oddly enough, it feels like I have two more things to do to the bike, first a set of bright chrome header down pipes for the exhaust if I can locate a nice set, and second, take the RGS thin web wheels off and put the original thick web wheels back on. Presently the original thick web wheels are painted bright gold, I am thinking they either need to be taken back to stock silver, or maybe black, havent' decided just yet. I stripped the 78 Kawasak 650 wheels recently, and did them in matt black with a clear coat, they came out really nice, maybe I'll do the same to the original Laverda thick web wheels.....

the bike is running unbelievably well, is 100 per cent mechanically fighting fit, and sounds fabulous!! :)

Paul LeClair
 
"the bike is running unbelievably well, is 100 per cent mechanically fighting fit, and sounds fabulous!! "
....a sure sign Paul will feel the urge to improve on this situation soon
 
a couple more photos of my two recently completed painting projects, a 1978 Kawasaki 650 and the 1979 Laverda 1200 Mirage. Nice day here to day, finally, brief break from cold and incessant rain.

my neighbour came out and saw the five bikes sitting in the driveway, and asked "don't you think that is a little excessive?". I haven't a clue what he was asking about...... ;)

Paul LeClair
 

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Paul, the bike looks really nice. Why not just take the headers you have and have them chromed?
I am slso struggling with what color to do my wheels. ( 82 mirage).
At this point I am thinking a real dark gun metal grey. I was even thinking about going with the same color I have one of my guns blued.
 
Hi Mar

until I phoned Wolfgang yesterday to ask about buying a new set of three chromed headers, I had absolutely no idea that a set of three chromed header pipes for a 180 is almost $500, and a new collector is now almost $200. Ouch!

I have at least three spare sets of 180 header sets, although one is silver ceramic coated, one is black ceramic coated, and the third set is still  dented and rusty. Plus the set on the bike, which were really crappy chrome, so I had them sand blasted, black ceramic coated, and because I didn't bother fixing the dents, I wrapped them in black heat tape and painted that with black high heat paint......

Wolfgang is having new stainless steel header pipes made, in a larger 38 mm diameter, which means a new collector is required, which Wolfgang has in a new tapered design apparently based on Uwe Witt's testing, larger diameter than stock, but smaller diameter than a Jota collector, so I am tempted by that setup, although everything is stainless, and at the moment I am craving nicely scorched blued chrome downpipes......

anyway, I am going to gather up the various sets of header pipes and go visit a chromer to get an idea on possible finished chrome quality and cost, maybe I'll get a few sets down in fresh chrome, then stick the extras on eBay, who knows.

Still haven't decided about the wheels, although I am going ahead and stripping the tires off the thick web wheel set, remove the bearings etc, and am going ahead and using aircraft stripper to get them to bare castings, so a colour choice will be required soon! Black or dark dark grey are the leading contenders at the moment.

Paul LeClair
 
Hi Paul

Before you take the bearings out of the wheels, spin them against a pointer to make sure they're not bent (edit: don't use a dial gauge, it'll only scare you  :o). They're quite soft alloy and dent easily so it's worth making sure before you paint 'em. On the positive side, being soft, a good wheel doctor can straighten them without cracking them.

Cheers,
Cam
 
A nice dark gray metallic, just this side of black, would make them look very nice. To my eye, it makes the whole wheel/tire package look more integrated and business-like. Contrasts nicely with the metallic green, also.
Straight gloss black would be a good second choice, tying into the frame color.
 
In case this helps any.
Shiny black.
 

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Never been a fan of the all black wheels, looks like a girl that has put way too much dark makeup around her eyes to look slutty.... :o

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beer holder :)
 
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