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My classic Yamaha RZ350 restoration: Freshly painted parts come home

12th November 2024, 09:05 by Deepankar Sadekar

This is the first time I was experimenting with paint brush finish and I wanted to capture the decals in paint perfectly.

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Fresh from the oven:

Collected the painted parts today and I am super pleased with the results. While I had informed Sumant I would collect the parts after two weeks as I was supposed to be travelling and returning only after the weekend but the work was completed in record five days and I was also around to collect them. I had shared pictures of the RZ 250 as getting one of the 350 is next to impossible. This is the first time I was experimenting with paint brush finish and I wanted to capture the decals in paint perfectly including the model name as RZ 350 and not 250 as seen in the pictures I had shared with Sumant.

The quality of work is top notch and only issue was on the left side panel the RZ 350 lettering was at a wrong angle which will be corrected. Also, I was not considering painting the wheels because of the exposed metal surface but Sumant is confident of getting it done properly so will drop them off later in the week. Super excited as the build is progressing in the right direction with all issues being addressed and work carried out to my satisfaction.

Some pictures:

Some parts like the top portion of the air box is still with Sumant for some correction work.