I have a real TIC story to tell you... I wanted to kill someone... luckily for him he wasn't there...

Let me explain...

My CB400 has always had a crappy damaged (modified) engine cover, so I finally decided to sort it out, got myself some body putty and sandpaper and high temperature paint and got to work (this is my first attempt at body work and since I'm going to be doing it a lot on my project bikes, I thought it would be good practice)....

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You can see my lack of experience shining through... in fact it took me around 6 hours of sanding, re-applying waiting to dry, sanding/shaping, re-applying... you get the idea....

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anyway finally I masked off the rest of the engine with masking tape and newspaper and gave it a good spray.... not perfect, but I was really happy with my first attempt (even sanded down the honda logo so it looked all nice and polished)....

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Great, time to go and get a beer to celebrate a job well done... (btw I was doing this downstairs outside the door of my apartment building)

I came back about 10 mins later to survey my work and what did I see??

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Some Pikey twat had kicked the engine (you know how they always like to put their hands and fingers all over everything... he was probably saying something to a friend and kicked the engine to show how big the engine was or something).... either way as the putty hadn't hardened yet and the paint was still wet he completely ruined my 6 hours of work

I had more than one beer and said... screw it, this is China, a plague on your offspring you bloody pikey... I was going to re-do it anyway when I rebuild the bike... but at least let me enjoy it for 10 bloody minutes!!!!!