You could go get some aircraft stripper. They have it at most auto part stores. Or get an orbital sander and 4 or 5 grades of paper and remove it. I need my tank that way. I have a post above about a café racer. Not sure about the plastics. You better research that. May have to just rough it up with sand paper, then prime and paint.
On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 3:55:32 PM UTC-6, Arthur Sheller wrote: > > I'm a newbie to the Nighthawk club. A little over a year ago I was given a > 1984 Nighthawk S that sat for about four years because it stopped running. > The poor guy took it to a local shop and they told him the engine was bad > and it would cost big bucks to fix it. He parked it and bought a Harley. He > told me I could haul it off for scrap or whatever. > > I took it home and waited a year to mess with it, The fuel tank was rusty > and the petcock drain bowl was packed with rust. Also one of the wires at > the stop run switch had broken. > > I repaired the wire and cleaned the tank and petcock. She fired and idled > like a new one. I was shocked since I thought the engine was bad. I rode it > and was even more stunned because it ran great. > > So after reading all the reviews and studying the history I have the bug > really bad. I'm in full restoration mode now. I attached a pic of what it > looked like when I got it. > I have my work cut out for me. What's the best way to prep or remove old > paint? Thanks! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
