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Blakamin
2nd September 2004, 17:54
I have a pearl coloured bike... sometimes yellow, sometimes green.
I'm trying to come up with a paint scheme...
At the moment I'm using gaffa tape to simulate paint (dont hang it on me on sunday)
Please give opinions and advice...
Cheers
Mike
Hitcher
2nd September 2004, 18:18
Take the gaffer tape off. If looks naff and like you've bust something.
Magua
2nd September 2004, 19:04
When it comes to looks that Cbr has got nothing over your old zeal.
Blakamin
2nd September 2004, 19:10
When it comes to looks that Cbr has got nothing over your old zeal.
I know.... :weep:
but the quest for riding at 100 comfortably made the difference...
I DO miss the Zeal, but dont tell my mrs! :not:
Blakamin
2nd September 2004, 19:12
Take the gaffer tape off. If looks naff and like you've bust something.
It will be paint (or at least vinyl) soon... just need to break up the colour a bit... or get everyone around me to wear sunnies!
:whistle:
gav
2nd September 2004, 20:05
OK, did you want to keep the polished frame? Paint frame black or maybe cover in black vinyl or perhaps some of that carbon fibre lookalike sticker sheet, so to look like a carbon frame protector. Then I'd go for a big simple Honda wing like on the CBR600RR, maybe in a matt black finish would like quite good, with black HONDA along bottom of fairing and black Honda wing logo on tank
http://www.mcnews.com.au/Wallpaper/Honda/CBR600/2004/2004_CBR600RR_Black_RHS_102.jpg
Yamahamaman
2nd September 2004, 20:42
OK, did you want to keep the polished frame? Paint frame black or maybe cover in black vinyl or perhaps some of that carbon fibre lookalike sticker sheet, so to look like a carbon frame protector. Then I'd go for a big simple Honda wing like on the CBR600RR, maybe in a matt black finish would like quite good, with black HONDA along bottom of fairing and black Honda wing logo on tank
Doesn't matter what you do to it, it is still a HONDA!!!
Magua
2nd September 2004, 20:45
but the quest for riding at 100 comfortably made the difference...
I know how you feel, it's why I sold my Gn125, that bike had a TOP SPEED of 100kph, so you'd get there on a flat but when you come upon an incline your speed takes serious hit.
gav
2nd September 2004, 20:55
Mr Yamahahahahahaman - Hey, thats a cool number plate you got there! :)
Blakamin
2nd September 2004, 21:07
OK, did you want to keep the polished frame? Paint frame black or maybe cover in black vinyl or perhaps some of that carbon fibre lookalike sticker sheet, so to look like a carbon frame protector. Then I'd go for a big simple Honda wing like on the CBR600RR, maybe in a matt black finish would like quite good, with black HONDA along bottom of fairing and black Honda wing logo on tank
Bloody good idea!
I was going for the black honda wings on the tank
the big wing logo in black is not a bad idea.... might keep the frame alloy look tho...can get the wing made up first and decide later
Gav.... you da man!
dhunt
2nd September 2004, 23:13
It will be paint (or at least vinyl) soon... just need to break up the colour a bit... or get everyone around me to wear sunnies!
:whistle:
It might mean the cages can see you a bit better (Hopefully - if they are looking)
Zed
9th September 2004, 19:59
Doesn't matter what you do to it, it is still a HONDA!!!
Oh grow up! :msn-wink: ...better still bring your R6 to the track and see how it pulls up against my lesser Honda??
Yamahamaman
9th September 2004, 23:21
Oh grow up! :msn-wink: ...better still bring your R6 to the track and see how it pulls up against my lesser Honda??
Oh here we go again. :msn-wink: I'd much rather wear out a set of tyres touring the South Island - more to see :cool2:
Mr Skid
10th September 2004, 01:21
I have a pearl coloured bike... sometimes yellow, sometimes green.
I'm trying to come up with a paint scheme...
At the moment I'm using gaffa tape to simulate paint (dont hang it on me on sunday)
Please give opinions and advice...
Cheers
Mike
I seem to recall throwing up something a similar colour to your fairings.
Rather than trying to sort out colour schemes, may I suggest two possible avenues to explore.
Firstly you could put some stickers on the fairings advertising local companies, and also write the name of a local motorcycle shop, either in paint, vinyl or crayon, and tell everybody that your in the shop racing team.
Alternatively you could replace the screen with something cheap, such as a black polythene bag, or corragated cardboard, then remove a couple of fairing screws, and replace then with cable ties or string. Then tell everybody about how you ride on the ragged edge etc and reguarly highside the bike.
Actually, ignore all of that, just get it painted black and put some KB stickers on it. You can't go wrong with black, hides all the dirt, and doesn't hurt anybodys eyesight.
paparazzi (currently possessed by vodka and other evil spirits)
Posh Tourer :P
10th September 2004, 10:53
Stick another black stripe just below the indicator, and carry it on to the tank. Either that or carry it on to a Honda wing on the tank
Bandito
10th September 2004, 11:02
Oh grow up! :msn-wink: ...better still bring your R6 to the track and see how it pulls up against my lesser Honda??
I'd get involved in this argument but seems some people are better at giving stick than taking it (refer WT) besides there is no sport in picking on such a soft target as a Honda! :Pokey:
Jinx3d
10th September 2004, 19:25
Standard bike graphics suck.
The worst of all time being the late 80's gixxers, unless you can think of worse.
Check out this bad boy!
http://www.o-chi.org/TL1000S/img/tlnow/2003-03/TL1000S.jpg
Failing that, a bright simple primary colour, inmo.
*shrug*
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