Saturno 558 Project
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Saturno 558 Project
Some pictures of my Saturno 558 project.
I'm glad I sandblasted the frame because there was a lot of corosion on it! You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Re: r.
Let me know what you think about it!!
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Re: Wow!
Achtung!..... ironie....JoepSeuren wrote:Why trouble??!
I'm restoring a Gilera XR1 since march 2007......
.... and I've saw a lot of problems....
.... and I'm in trouble to solve them!!!!
Have a nice day!
Ciao
Marco
Gilera XR1 125 Blue/W
Gilera XR1 125 Red/W
KTM EXC 450
Garelli Vip3 N
Honda CRM 125
Gilera XR1 125 Red/W
KTM EXC 450
Garelli Vip3 N
Honda CRM 125
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Re: Wow!
Tires?JoepSeuren wrote:Problems like what? problems with your tyres?
No..... everything, but fortunately not tires!
Problems with:
- blocked bolts and screws;
- engine blocked;
- carburetor and fuel tank full of old and corrosive gasoline;
- rust into tank;
- 2nd gear blocked on secondary gear axis;
- engine that suck air from old gaskets;
- brakes with gaskets out of order;
- find all old spare parts;
- find all original stickers;
- and repaint all, and restore all, and look at this,..... and look at that.....
Uff!
What a incredible adventure!
Good luck!
Ciao
Marco!
Gilera XR1 125 Blue/W
Gilera XR1 125 Red/W
KTM EXC 450
Garelli Vip3 N
Honda CRM 125
Gilera XR1 125 Red/W
KTM EXC 450
Garelli Vip3 N
Honda CRM 125
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Re: Wow!
That's what we call restoration, but I don't have any of that problems
Re: Wow!
restoration = troubleJoepSeuren wrote:That's what we call restoration, but I don't have any of that problems
Ciao
Marco
Gilera XR1 125 Blue/W
Gilera XR1 125 Red/W
KTM EXC 450
Garelli Vip3 N
Honda CRM 125
Gilera XR1 125 Red/W
KTM EXC 450
Garelli Vip3 N
Honda CRM 125
Re: Saturno 558 Project
The black paint was awesome! That's perfect looking. Was that original?
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Re: Saturno 558 Project
but now it has the one and only colour
Black was one of the colours the Saturnos have in Europe. But they seem to be very rare (i know why)
Beside the red and black ones with white decals (and white rims with black colors at the black one) there was another black Saturno. The Anniversario in something like John Player Special decor.
The japanese could also have some bonbon colored Saturnos
And three different versions.... normal, TT and F1 (if i remember right)
ciao Joachim
Black was one of the colours the Saturnos have in Europe. But they seem to be very rare (i know why)
Beside the red and black ones with white decals (and white rims with black colors at the black one) there was another black Saturno. The Anniversario in something like John Player Special decor.
The japanese could also have some bonbon colored Saturnos
And three different versions.... normal, TT and F1 (if i remember right)
ciao Joachim
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Re: Saturno 558 Project
From the beginning I was 100% sure the frame was gonna be painted red, but I couldn't choose a colour for the fairing, fuel tank, seat, and wheels!
My first thought was to paint it antracit, but by the time I was doubting if it would look good with the red frame. after I saw a photoshop antracit Saturno I decided to paint it red.. antacit with a red frame looked to ''glossy''. It's a classic looking bike made for a red finish!
(The wheels are painted Gold.. AWESOME!!!) pictures soon
@Gilerafan:
Yes, black was original.
My first thought was to paint it antracit, but by the time I was doubting if it would look good with the red frame. after I saw a photoshop antracit Saturno I decided to paint it red.. antacit with a red frame looked to ''glossy''. It's a classic looking bike made for a red finish!
(The wheels are painted Gold.. AWESOME!!!) pictures soon
@Gilerafan:
Yes, black was original.
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Re: Saturno 558 Project
I got the gold painted wheels back:
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