This is the first picture I have of the bike with the painting process started. The tank and seat unit were primed and then painted with a non standard yellow tinter. It is very bright, almost lemony and I like it!

The headlamp brackets that can be seen are stainless and far too long in my opinion. So as soon a sis possible I will make some aluminium versions that are considerably shorter and bring the headlamp much closer to the fork legs and clocks. You can also see in this picture that the clocks are now the TZR250 assembly that I mentioned earlier. Far better than the horrible mounting that I made! I had to do a little bit of rewiring, but they look original and standard.

Another slightly different view. there are other colours to go on top of the yellow and you have probably guessed what they are going to be. Yep that's right.

The next job was to put the white background on the seat and tank. This was more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Not the painting, but deciding just exactly where I wanted the design to be. I wanted to be able to tie in the two main areas of paint so that any design I had looked as though it carried on between the seat and tank. I fiddled about for ages, and I am still not sure whether I have achieved what I wanted. I like the design, but, yes there is that but, would it have looked better if I had done it differently. Still, it's done now and it is staying.

Here the crank cases are back in the frame and the white background is on the seat and tank Still do not know whether I have made the right decisions!

I quite like this angle, it seem to help tie in the design on the two painted areas. Just what I was trying to achieve but would it have the same effect from other angles when it was finished?

If you go to the next page there are the pictures of the paintwork with the black Yamaha speed blocks, the de3sign made so famous by Kenny Roberts. But I have changed the design slightly just to make it that little bit different. Hope you like it.