Dakar makeover

[boboneleg]

As I've sold my DR350 my BMW 650 Dakar will be pressed into more off-road action and as I want to keep it a bit tidy I decided to take the panels off and keep them in the loft.

So onto Ebay to find replacements, I wasn't worried what colour they were as I would paint them anyway.

These here came from Hertford, Yorkshire and Greece !!

I have prepared them ready for paint



Bristol Mottorrad came up trumps with these two yesterday



So last night I rubbed down the black panels ready for painting.

Up early this morning and the first job was to wash the bike as it was a bit dirty



That's better......



Then I removed the original Dakar panels .........



A cup of tea then into the garage and cover everything with dustsheets (old curtains) and start spraying the panels.

Here they are finished







I wasn't too picky as they'll probably end up getting knocks and scratches when trail-riding but I thought they came out OK.

The colour is Ford Olympic Blue as seen on MK3 Cortinas and Escorts in the late seventies...



A couple of decals were added to break up the blue...





and there she is............ready to go and play

[Lutin]

Very tasty and a funky colour too.

[AIRWOLF]

Nice job.

especially with a 30 year old can of paint.

ps
had a 72 RS1600 (bda) many years ago same colour (not sure on shade name).

[Breeze]

Molto bella Bob!

[Recycler]

'That's not just blue, that's 70's Escort Mexico OLYMPIC blue!'

I'm now wondering if a couple of different colour bodykits done cheapo style like this would fend away the recurring urge to change bikes.......................................?

[Sharribee]

That looks great Bob, now you've got to get it dirty

[Slimie]

I hope you got a responsible adult to shake the rattle can, no one would want you to strain your other wrist!!



Are we going to see your handy-work next weekend?

-Simon

[Falp]

Nice and original...

I would prefer the new Yamaha Tenere Desert colour...

[Chad]

'That's not just blue, that's 70's Escort Mexico OLYMPIC blue!'

I'm now wondering if a couple of different colour bodykits done cheapo style like this would fend away the recurring urge to change bikes.......................................?

and that truly was the fastest colour at the time

quality work bob

[boboneleg]

I hope you got a responsible adult to shake the rattle can, no one would want you to strain your other wrist!!



Are we going to see your handy-work next weekend?

-Simon

My wrist is aching a bit after all that work but I think it's proved that it will stand up to a bit of gentle trail-riding next week