that is a great dirt bike. fantastic handling and a very good motor. don't see them in that condition.
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took down my painted parts this morning and they are not as dark a yellow as the NOS parts. aargh.
Cheers yeah she's still under 100 hours from new n looked after. Still oem bars n plastics and have the stock pipe too
DRP pipe and Vforce reeds man o man it pulls from idle and smooth. Handling still is hard to get the best out of it unreal how these RMs turn
Anyway a couple Mac 10s lol
glad you threw in a few saws. maybe we won't get kicked out now 
it just occurred to me that you were talking about the heat of being in a small plastic bubble with 4 flood lamps on. I'm a lil slow.
so today I went back to the automotive paint supply and had them re-scan and remix the yellow 2-part urethane that came out too light. unfortunately, it's in the next town. the woman who was there today inferred that the boss's wife who did the scan last time was not to be trusted. sanded everything down with 320 and reshot 2 coats with the new mix. looked much better but tomorrow when I take them down will be the test. the NOS base and brake handle look like Caterpillar yellow. another sauna in my little plastic tent.
This 10-10 went to a new home recently. I moved and my cousin had 6 big fellows come over and unload the 26' truck in 50 minutes! One young guy earned his payment as the saw.
They are truly a versatile saw and probably one of the most underrated.
Haha I probably ruined his life,after he gets to cut with it, another future victim of yellow fever!
very pleased with the paint this morning. the color is perfect. the finish is actually too good to look anything like OEM. not tooting my horn, just that, at least on this saw and on the NOS parts Mark sent me the paint is smooth and shiny in some areas with orange peel in other areas, thin in some spots and can actually see primer thru the paint in places. this is to be expected in the production of a tool, but I didn't replicate that. I just shot on the paint. it's very glossy. I need to take it out in the woods after assembly and beat hell out of it to make it look right. in this pic, the brake handle and the base to the left of it are NOS parts with original paint.
in this pic, the brake handle and the base to the left of it are NOS parts with original paint.here is a small part I painted sitting on the NOS base for color comparison.
Wow nice paint work it looks fantastic!
thanks!
one thing I noticed when I got this saw is that the textured paint they used on the air filter cover caused the decal to come loose from air pockets. so, I painted the area that would be under the new decal with smooth gloss black, then masked that off after it cured and did the rest in the textured black. hopefully this helps the new repro decal stay down flat and tight.
Now your just getting fancy! Nice work!
I'm kinda struggling with outlining the big logo on the brake cover right now. I thought I had steady hands until I did this LOL. gotta let it dry and try to clean it up.
was able to put the original saw shop decal back on.
