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Thanks. I think I got a bad can for sure. The low gloss duplicolor paint worked well.

Nevermind the torque spec. The caliper doesn't appear to fit/seat well.

Does anyone have experience with this thing? After looking for an OEM replacement yesterday, I saw this exact same repro caliper all over eBay and Amazon for 65$ (new). I'm not sure how reliable this thing is.

Thanks man!  I saw that at o Reilly. I'll take a look at it.

Thanks for the advice. Your cases look great. I don't think I can pull off the baking part of the process. I found a duplicolor satin black engine enamel that I think will work.

I'm guessing the pj1 should've came out "creamy" like this (maybe I would have had a better outcome painting indoors with pj1). The duplicolor nozzle seems more forgiving when painting outside.

I saw it at autozone. I think the semi gloss I used is too glossy. I saw on the vht can that it needed to be baked to fully cure. Theres no way I can get away with that. Haha. I'm guessing I can get good results without heating it?

I had a scrap piece of aluminum and sampled low gloss duplicolor enamel, PJ 1 epoxy, and semi gloss duplicolor enamel. I ended up going with the semi gloss on the right.

I went to o Reilly and they didn't carry the vht. Tired of driving around and figured I'd give the duplicolor a chance.

Those look great! Thank you. I'm about to head to the auto parts store and will take a look at vht.

I'm painting outside too. I got tired of dodging the wind and eventually rigged up a spot in my shed. Haha

Thanks for the rustoleum suggestion. I bought a can of duplicolor ceramic yesterday. It's a deeper black and a little closer.

I was really hoping PJ1 would be all I needed. Maybe I got a dud can. Idk. Im trying to get things reasonable accurate, then paint the tank, side covers and etc. with an OEM color.

I tested out PJ1 case paint on my ignition cover and it looks more like flat black vs satin. It doesn't come close to matching the original black and am wondering if I got a bad can or if this is correct?

I sanded down to bare metal, used self etching primer, then pj 1 primer, then pj 1 satin black case paint.

Thanks again! Is it overkill to use a dab of blue thread lock?

Thanks man. Any one know the torque spec for the rear shocks? 

I got the hagon shocks delivered and they are roughly the same length at the originals. For installation, I dont have a center stand anymore. Is it ok to replace one shock at a time without using a motorcycle jack? I'm not sure if I'll run into any issues doing this without a jack or centerstand to lift the back wheel up.

I'm thinking I can take my expansion chambers off and re-install my centerstand. That should lift the back wheel up enough to swap out the shocks

Hey thanks! I've got an order on the way. I appreciate the info.

I had a voltage leak not long ago. The blinkers were malfunctioning so I unplugged the flasher relay. After that, no more voltage leak and an easy fix. I don't know, it might be worth checking.