What happened to the neon blue ones?

[funky monkey]

Howdy all

After riding a triumph daytona 675 when i got my full i decided it was definately the bike for me... especially in neon blue *drool*.

Now after some saving, selling and a little help from the bank it looks like i can afford a second hand one. (yay to myself)

Only problem is i have been watching trademe for a while now and it seems the blue ones must of been the only good ones, or no-one brought them.
Because i have seen not a one up for sale.

So just wondering firstly if anyone brought one? secondly do you know of any up for sale/coming up for sale soon?

Cheers all

[Sidewinder]

get the mirored one, and it will be candy blue on a clear day

[NDORFN]

Bikes are so easy to respray it's not funny. Buy a shit coloured one that no one wants on the cheap and paint it a custom blue.

[boman]

Get one in the white, with the blue frame. Looks awesome, IMO. AMPS have one just inside the side door. Very cool.

[funky monkey]

Yeah have thought about that, but i will be right on the limit of my budget as is.
Should probably just wait until i drop it like my flattie says haha

[funky monkey]

Get one in the white, with the blue frame. Looks awesome, IMO. AMPS have one just inside the side door. Very cool.

Yeah first saw one in japan, looks mean. Just outa my price range

[F5 Dave]

Bikes are so easy to respray it's not funny. Buy a shit coloured one that no one wants on the cheap and paint it a custom blue.

Where did you come up with that idea? :rolleyes: Bikes are particularly difficult & time consuming to paint, at least if you want it to look like it hasn't been done by a nine year old with a spray bomb. It is going to cost some serious money to get a professional to do it & is out of reach of most people to DIY a decent finish suitable for a newish bike. Even the cost of Decals would scare you.

The cost could damn near be the difference between a good one & a new one.

[Hiflyer]

Yeah have thought about that, but i will be right on the limit of my budget as is.
Should probably just wait until i drop it like my flattie says haha

U mean drop the bike or drop the obsession?

Stupid question probably

[NDORFN]

Where did you come up with that idea? :rolleyes: Bikes are particularly difficult & time consuming to paint, at least if you want it to look like it hasn't been done by a nine year old with a spray bomb. It is going to cost some serious money to get a professional to do it & is out of reach of most people to DIY a decent finish suitable for a newish bike. Even the cost of Decals would scare you.

The cost could damn near be the difference between a good one & a new one.


Bullshit. The decent finish can be achieved by having a proffessional apply a couple of coats. The prep you can do yourself for less than five bucks. It's not expensive at all in relation to the total cost of the bike, and in pulling your fairing off you'll find things to clean and learn about your bike. I don't know where you're getting your decals from but I suggest you stop letting people pull your pants down and arse rape you.

[bogan]

Where did you come up with that idea? :rolleyes: Bikes are particularly difficult & time consuming to paint, at least if you want it to look like it hasn't been done by a nine year old with a spray bomb. It is going to cost some serious money to get a professional to do it & is out of reach of most people to DIY a decent finish suitable for a newish bike. Even the cost of Decals would scare you.

The cost could damn near be the difference between a good one & a new one.

nah, bikes are pretty easy to respray. Strip everything back to bare frame, sand and send frame to powder coaters, 2 hundy and theyll probly do the wheels as well. Sand and spray fairings, nother 3 hundy if your get good paint, which at that price youd be silly not to, of course this assumes you have the equipment and know how to get a good paint finish.

[red675]

depends where you go for the repaint - the guy I use does top work including spray decals that look better than the original and I figure it'd be around $1500 for a full paint job ... course you'd have to pay cash

[NDORFN]

depends where you go for the repaint - the guy I use does top work including spray decals that look better than the original and I figure it'd be around $1500 for a full paint job ... course you'd have to pay cash

Holy shit. I can respray (that's just a skim and a top coat, not bare metal or anything too heavy) fairings and tank for under a hundy.

[imdying]

Bullshit. The decent finish can be achieved by having a proffessional apply a couple of coats. The prep you can do yourself for less than five bucks.The longevity of your paintjob leans quite heavily on the quality of the preparation and the suitability/compatibility of your primers and repairs. You will not prepare fairings to a reasonably standard for 'five bucks'. You can't even buy a spray can of the shittiest primer for that sort of money. Or something like prepsol to clean them before you even think about picking up a gun.


nah, bikes are pretty easy to respray. Strip everything back to bare frame, sand and send frame to powder coaters, 2 hundy and theyll probly do the wheels as well.Will they supply and fit new bearings to the swingarm and wheels for that 2 hundy? Or shall we just ham it up and leave them in?

[bogan]

Will they supply and fit new bearings to the swingarm and wheels for that 2 hundy? Or shall we just ham it up and leave them in?

nah, you just gotta be real careful taking out and replacing the current ones. Or if youre unsure of the previous service history, its probly a good time to replace em anyway

[Laxi]

Bullshit. The decent finish can be achieved by having a proffessional apply a couple of coats. The prep you can do yourself for less than five bucks. It's not expensive at all in relation to the total cost of the bike, and in pulling your fairing off you'll find things to clean and learn about your bike. I don't know where you're getting your decals from but I suggest you stop letting people pull your pants down and arse rape you.


Holy shit. I can respray (that's just a skim and a top coat, not bare metal or anything too heavy) fairings and tank for under a hundy.

I,m amazed you're not painting every bike in the country at that price, lets see, when i painted mine... lime green paint (admitidly it's candy, so a bit dearer) $170 p-lt, 2 litres if you want to do a proper job, so $340, if I hadn't had 1 lying around then an hvlp spray gun's gonna cost you $3,500 good body filler (not that crap you buy from bunnings) $50. Fark it next time I'll give you a call and take you up on your $100 offer! cash of course i presume:msn-wink:

[imdying]

nah, you just gotta be real careful taking out and replacing the current ones.Really? The needle rollers in the swingarm? Wheel bearings don't phase me, they're cheap and easy to do.


Or if youre unsure of the previous service history, its probly a good time to replace em anywayCan't disagree with that.

[red675]

I wouldn't let anybody paint a bike of mine without seeing something else they'd done first - having dealt with a lot of bodged paint jobs all I can say is chosing solely on price is the dumbest of dumb plans, as is believing anyone can do a factory finish for silly money (and by that I mean a very small fraction of what a professional job costs)

[NDORFN]

The longevity of your paintjob leans quite heavily on the quality of the preparation and the suitability/compatibility of your primers and repairs. You will not prepare fairings to a reasonably standard for 'five bucks'. You can't even buy a spray can of the shittiest primer for that sort of money. Or something like prepsol to clean them before you even think about picking up a gun.

Will they supply and fit new bearings to the swingarm and wheels for that 2 hundy? Or shall we just ham it up and leave them in?

Don't even ham it up because we're talking about respraying fairing not the whole bike. All he'd be looking at is a respray... peel the decals, a light sand and a couple of coats of Fortec or whatever his local sprayer uses for a crate of beer. Get some custom decals off the net and BAM! A fucken creamer Trumpy with a unique skin.

[AllanB]

I'm pretty sure the blue ones all got recalled under warranty and painted black. :cool:

(it cost Triumph a lot more than $100 each too......).


Keep your cash and wait until one turns up - send an e-mail off to all NZ Triumph agents letting them know your are looking for one if the price is right. One will turn up pretty soon.

PS IMO the white with blue frame looks a bit ....... orf ..... it's the blue frame I don't like.

[bogan]

Really? The needle rollers in the swingarm?
with the right bearing puller, and good condition bearings its doable, maybe apply a bit of heat to the swingarm as well


Don't even ham it up because we're talking about respraying fairing not the whole bike. All he'd be looking at is a respray... peel the decals, a light sand and a couple of coats of Fortec or whatever his local sprayer uses for a crate of beer. Get some custom decals off the net and BAM! A fucken creamer Trumpy with a unique skin.

yeh respraying the fairing only would be cheaper, but if the frame aint the right color, its gotta be done as well.

[Cloggy]

Howdy all

After riding a triumph daytona 675 when i got my full i decided it was definately the bike for me... especially in neon blue *drool*.

Now after some saving, selling and a little help from the bank it looks like i can afford a second hand one. (yay to myself)

Only problem is i have been watching trademe for a while now and it seems the blue ones must of been the only good ones, or no-one brought them.
Because i have seen not a one up for sale.

So just wondering firstly if anyone brought one? secondly do you know of any up for sale/coming up for sale soon?

Cheers all

Yep I bought a new one in February, pretty sure it was the last one or one of the last ones in the country too as I have not seen any since.
They were only made for the 2008 model year and are the rarest and (in my opinion as well) by far the best colour.
And I think you are right, people who own the Blue ones will not sell them in a hurry.

[ckai]

Howdy all

After riding a triumph daytona 675 when i got my full i decided it was definately the bike for me... especially in neon blue *drool*.

Now after some saving, selling and a little help from the bank it looks like i can afford a second hand one. (yay to myself)

Only problem is i have been watching trademe for a while now and it seems the blue ones must of been the only good ones, or no-one brought them.
Because i have seen not a one up for sale.

So just wondering firstly if anyone brought one? secondly do you know of any up for sale/coming up for sale soon?

Cheers all

You mean like this one? Clicky Clicky (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=18513)

Pinch it, I'll rip ya nuts off!!! :Oi:

From rumours Blue is rarer than the scorched yellow ones and even the SE black ones, which is exactly what I wanted. I could have afforded an '09 but piss off having a red or black bike! :zzzz: 08 was the only year I could get a unique bike :)

And let me tell you, to get the neon paint job the same, you'll be spending a lot more than "$500" to get it. Considerably more.


Yep I bought a new one in February, pretty sure it was the last one or one of the last ones in the country too as I have not seen any since.
They were only made for the 2008 model year and are the rarest and (in my opinion as well) by far the best colour.
And I think you are right, people who own the Blue ones will not sell them in a hurry.

I picked up mine in Jan and I heard there was only one more in the country when I got mine.


Get one in the white, with the blue frame. Looks awesome, IMO. AMPS have one just inside the side door. Very cool.


Yeah first saw one in japan, looks mean. Just outa my price range

They charge about $2k more for the privilege of the white paint and blue frame. Was actually contemplated trading Sonic in for one but it just wasn't worth it (although the paint is insane - blue flecks and all).


I'm pretty sure the blue ones all got recalled under warranty and painted black. :cool:

(it cost Triumph a lot more than $100 each too......).


Keep your cash and wait until one turns up - send an e-mail off to all NZ Triumph agents letting them know your are looking for one if the price is right. One will turn up pretty soon.


:spanking: be off with ya! Dem fighten words they are. Resprayed black indeed. No imagination you have.

And Funky, you'll be waiting a long time for a blue to come up. Mine's not going anywhere - I've spent too much money on it.

[Cloggy]

I picked up mine in Jan and I heard there was only one more in the country when I got mine.




That's good to hear, maybe the dealer wasn't spinning any yarns when he told me mine was the last one.

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[imdying]

Don't even ham it up because we're talking about respraying fairing not the whole bike. All he'd be looking at is a respray... peel the decals, a light sand and a couple of coats of Fortec or whatever his local sprayer uses for a crate of beer.Ok, so the scratch pad (or sandpaper, or whatever you choose), the prepsol, the fortec, the crate of beer... this is all magically appearing for five bucks from where now?

Seriously now, cause you know, you've called out F5Dave and said his post was 'bullshit', and that it can be done for 'five bucks', so come on, let's fucking hear how it can be done. Or are you talking out of a hole that ain't your mouth? Hmmm?


with the right bearing puller, and good condition bearings its doable, maybe apply a bit of heat to the swingarm as wellWell just because I've never seen it done, doesn't mean it can't be done... be interested to hear RT's take on it.

[mossy1200]

I,m amazed you're not painting every bike in the country at that price, lets see, when i painted mine... lime green paint (admitidly it's candy, so a bit dearer) $170 p-lt, 2 litres if you want to do a proper job, so $340, if I hadn't had 1 lying around then an hvlp spray gun's gonna cost you $3,500 good body filler (not that crap you buy from bunnings) $50. Fark it next time I'll give you a call and take you up on your $100 offer! cash of course i presume:msn-wink:

The paint alone for my race bike at mates rates was $490 with pearls etc.Lucky me mate charged $10 labour.He does a few bikes and 2k is starting figure for top job.You can get $1500 job but most likely with out pearls.

[bogan]

Well just because I've never seen it done, doesn't mean it can't be done... be interested to hear RT's take on it.

It did require custom fabrication of some half washer type things to fit in behind the bearing race to push it out (was a NSR250 and trickier than most), and the use of a bearing press, but there didnt appear to be any damge to it, and I'm pretty sure he's put it all back together with the old ones still in there.

Just found some pics of the white/blue daytona, pretty sexy.
<img src="http://hellforleathermagazine.com/galleries/assets_c/2009/05/2009_Daytona_675_SE-thumb-415x276-4072.jpg"/>

linky (http://hellforleathermagazine.com/galleries/09daytona675se/2009-triumph-daytona-675-se-tank.php)

[imdying]

It did require custom fabrication of some half washer type things to fit in behind the bearing race to push it out (was a NSR250 and trickier than most), and the use of a bearing press, but there didnt appear to be any damge to it, and I'm pretty sure he's put it all back together with the old ones still in there.Nice, the heat would've helped for sure :)

[boman]

It did require custom fabrication of some half washer type things to fit in behind the bearing race to push it out (was a NSR250 and trickier than most), and the use of a bearing press, but there didnt appear to be any damge to it, and I'm pretty sure he's put it all back together with the old ones still in there.

Just found some pics of the white/blue daytona, pretty sexy.
<img src="http://hellforleathermagazine.com/galleries/assets_c/2009/05/2009_Daytona_675_SE-thumb-415x276-4072.jpg"/>

linky (http://hellforleathermagazine.com/galleries/09daytona675se/2009-triumph-daytona-675-se-tank.php)

You have to see it in the flesh. Pure sex. I am having to talk myself out of selling my 12 month old SV and buy one.

[F5 Dave]

haha Dreamers.

You may see a 'good job' everyone else would see the nine yr old's efforts.

You get what you pay for & I've seen how much work a decent job takes & had several bikes & my van painted, fortunately at mates rates (& paid him more than he asked cause I'm not a cunt to my mates), but that paint wasn't cheap. & I've seen what other people think of as preparation & it doesn't look anywhere as slick as the std job & that is done to a strict budget.

[NDORFN]

Ok, so the scratch pad (or sandpaper, or whatever you choose), the prepsol, the fortec, the crate of beer... this is all magically appearing for five bucks from where now?

Seriously now, cause you know, you've called out F5Dave and said his post was 'bullshit', and that it can be done for 'five bucks', so come on, let's fucking hear how it can be done. Or are you talking out of a hole that ain't your mouth? Hmmm?

Well just because I've never seen it done, doesn't mean it can't be done... be interested to hear RT's take on it.

Yeah I said I can do it for five bucks, and I can because I have a spray booth etc... $5 is how much my supplier would charge me for a litre of topcoat. The point is, if someone wants to respray a new bike, it's only going to require a few topcoats on the fairing and tank, and if someone is prepared to remove the fairing and tank, remove the decals and give it a rub down with a superfine sanding sponge or some 400 grit sandpaper, a FAIR car painter wont charge fuck all to do rub it down (not necessarily with prepsol by the way. That shit has oil in it and can cause problems with some finished. Wax cloth is better. best of all, a good blow down and rub with a lint-free cloth from a compresser that has been freshly drained). I'd estimate that any of the car painters around here wouldn't charge you more than $200 inc. paint if they have the colour you want in stock, or $200 plus the cost of paint if they have to get it in. When you've just spent 15k + on the bike of your dreams, getting the colour right for a few hundy is relatively cheap.

[imdying]

Yeah I said I can do it for five bucksNo you did not. You said that his statement was 'bullshit' and that 'you', implying F5Dave, as it was his post your quoting and referring to as bullshit, could do it for less than 'five bucks'.


The prep you can do yourself for less than five bucks.So this isn't correct, and the bullshit was actually posted by you?

[F5 Dave]

OK so rock on up to a painters & ask for a $200 paintjob & paint. He'll respond with why do you kunts think I work for peanuts? Or think that I can't buy beer myself & it is somehow worth more than the $20 a dozen in the super?

. . . Unless you are offering to work for close to ziltch. Is that what your work is worth?

On a Triumph I'd want an 'as new' or better job.

Peel the decals off, that's a laugh. How many bikes have you sprayed that you can peel the decals off?

Just off to the mechanics to offer him $40 (to buy some new rings) & a 6 pack so he can do a rebuild on the van -'cause it's so easy it isn't funny.

[Hiflyer]

Well as the old saying goes you get what you pay for,

I'd much rather pay alot more for a job that looks alot better.

(And then cry when it gets scratched)

[NDORFN]

Any car painter with a good booth and a clean factory will do a good job on a topcoat. It's not exactly hard. If you do the prep yourself (which again, for a over the top respray is not hard either) then you're going to get a good job. The difference between a good job and a bad job is 90% in the prep (which for an over the top respray is as easy as it gets) 9% in a run-free/dust-free finish (which isn't hard to achieve with a little practise and can even be done in a garage with some cheap gear) and 1% getting the right paint (which is as easy as buying a good quality two-pot paint Fortec from a supplier like Versatile Products in Hamilton). Why are you guys so against encouraging someone who wants a particular colour on his new bike but cant find one respraying an identical bike?

[imdying]

Why are you guys so against encouraging someone who wants a particular colour on his new bike but cant find one respraying an identical bike?I'm not... I'm against you talking bullshit, all the while saying that a good cunt like F5Dave is talking bullshit.

/edit: And I'm happy to retract that statement if you can tell him how he can prep his fairings, to a standard that would be acceptable for painting, on a near new 675, for 'five bucks'. Knock yourself out.

[Duke5]

I have a neon blue one i am thinking about selling. 3200km mint condition.
E-mail me at fab-snad@xtra.co.nz

[funky monkey]

Cheers email sent

[AllanB]

On my way home today I spied a metallic deep grey one parked up in Halswell. It looked bloody good. :woohoo: