Surprisingly the frame seems to have gone through restoration. From what i saw on the passenger side and some on the driver side, it looks to have been painted black. And obviously over time with rocks coming up and hitting, it seems to have taken off some of that paint leaving behind some nice patina.
From factory from what the old owner in Arizona told me, the frame when he bought it still had the factory zinc coating. But then he opted to get it painted. And now i have opted to wax the frame, which is good for about a year or two. But eventually my plan is to have two new frame rails built by a metal work place by me. But maybe during the summer I'll get a rustolium rattle can and spray it.
And obviously ill be washing the under side after even snows storm.
) as the weight. He wanted it spray painted (I only had primer handy), and then... wanted the "works". He wanted racing stripes, lightning bolts, and flames. And he wanted lots of colors. So his racing stripes are red, blue, yellow, and "Musou black" (a super super black paint we got for something else).
). They did fine (8th place?), but it was more nostalgic than anything else.
