New paint job idea

[NZ CBR]

This a pic Ive played around with on Photoshop. Its my lastest idea for my new paint job for my CBR.

High gloss black on orange, seperated by white barbed wire, with random lightly airbrushed white lines.

Im a while off spraying it yet, still removing stickers!:crazy:

What do you think?

[javawocky]

IMO the squiggles are a bit too busy over the entire bike. Perhaps put them just on the orange section?

[CookMySock]

Yeah less squiggles, and what about a lightning strike viciously severing the whole thing, with some torn steel inside the strike zone?

Look on youtube for demos on how to do all this sort of stuff.

Steve

[Burtha]

At first I agreed about the squiggles but then they started to grow on me.
I'd be inclined to fatten the width of the barbed wire divider but other than that - NICE! :yes:

EDIT: or use lightening or a fire pattern as the divider?

[vifferman]

Have you tried it with the colours reversed (orange at top, black at the bottom)? It often looks more betterer to have the darkest colour of two-tone paint schemes at the bottom.

[tigertim20]

Looks good, but you Should try having the CBR and the HONDA painted in "ghost" underneath the orange so it only shows up in certain lights. Im not sure how its done, but a friend of mine did it to his ninja a few years back, it looked awesome, red bike, and as it comes past you you could sometimes see "kawasaki" written into the red, sometimes not. That would look cool.
I dont really like the squiggles myself, but looks good.
I need to get my hands on a photoshop programme, how does one do that?

[tigertim20]

By the way, was talking to you about tail light mods, heres a pic of wht I ended up doing, cut the plastic plate holder down, got a newer small plate for it, and mounted some indicators in the rear of the tail section just below the tail light. makes the ass end look heaps cleaner

[tigertim20]

Have you thought of powder coating the wheels too?

[Murray]

looks like a JAFFA bike!!

[CookMySock]

I need to get my hands on a photoshop programme, how does one do that?You either steal/pirate one, or use a free one. Google "gimp for windows" and that will get you some free software, but then you have miles to go before you can use it. Start with some basic tutorials.

Steve

[NZ CBR]

Have you tried it with the colours reversed (orange at top, black at the bottom)? It often looks more betterer to have the darkest colour of two-tone paint schemes at the bottom.

yeah I had it your way 1st I like this way.

As for the squggles, they took some time to grow on me too. without them the colours seen too plan and they blend with the white wheels. maybe gone to hard out in pic.

I'll try the lightning instead of squiggles

Barbed wire does want to be thicker your rite.

What is power coating the wheels??

Cheers for the feedback, keep it coming!

[vifferman]

yeah I had it your way 1st I like this way.

What is power coating the wheels??
I realised after I posted that, that because the seat was black, reversing the colours would mean having the rear cowl black instead or orange, so you wouldn't get the contrast. But (however!) if you kept it the same as your mockup, but made the lowest part of the fairing black so it's parallel with the upper black bit, that would look even more betterer (IMHO).

Powder coating is a method of painting, where the paint is applied electrostatically as a powder, then baked on. It supposedly forms a harder coat that's more resistant to chipping, but some alloy wheels are too soft to withstand the higher temperature form of powdercoating, so it's doubtful whether the lower temp method is any better than ordinary spraypaint.

[NZ CBR]

I realised after I posted that, that because the seat was black, reversing the colours would mean having the rear cowl black instead or orange, so you wouldn't get the contrast.

Powder coating is a method of painting, where the paint is applied electrostatically as a powder, then baked on. It supposedly forms a harder coat that's more resistant to chipping, but some alloy wheels are too soft to withstand the higher temperature form of powdercoating, so it's doubtful whether the lower temp method is any better than ordinary spraypaint.



Cheers mate

[tigertim20]

Powder coating is an alternative to paint, and can be done to any metal, and only SOME plastics (though you will need to find someone with the correct equipment to do plastic)
Its harder and more durable than paint, and you can get it in textures as well (theres a really awesome one called blackwater silk, very nice with an awesome texture)
If you were gonna do your wheels, powdercoat them, dont paint them, the finish will last much much longer that way. You can also get a clear powder coat over the top.

[tigertim20]

whoops, didnt notice viffermans reply! haha. He is mostly right, It does work sweet as on wheels. I can give you a contact for a guy in Blenheim that does it, I used to work for him, I did a bit of powdercoating and a bit of engineering. The wheels will work sweet as, the guy builds his own custom choppers. not just all kitset shit like most people, he builds his own frames and everything as well, has made some awesome bikes.
By the way, his price for powder coating was around $25 a square metre, I think for both sides, so not too expensive at all.

[shafty]

Twill look great CBR - go for it, and don't forget to post the results!

[NZsarge]

Umm, no squiggles, no barbed wire divider, darker burnt orange and black wheels.
Simple and clean is always better IMHO.
My 2 cents.

[vifferman]

MY image programs aren't as sophisticated as PaintShop or whatever (they're for manuals, etc.) but here's an idea of what I mean - just substitute some more solid colour for my scribble.

[The Pastor]

sorry mate but that idea sucks donkey dick.

[naphazoline]

IMO the squiggles are a bit too busy over the entire bike. Perhaps put them just on the orange section?

That would be my opinion too.

[=cJ=]

Yah, I'm not a fan of the squiggles on the black section.

Else, looks blardy nice IMO.

[Harvd]

I like the colours they are great but i find that i prefer solid colours and no extras. Let the shape of the bike get the attention and have the colours there to accentuate it.

Im currently prettying my rg150 race bike as its a rough looking bitch at the moment. Im stripping all the munted scraped up stickers off. Man its a pain in the ass! I dont have a heat gun so i have to heat the plastics up over a wee gas cooker to get them off cleanly. Im going the two tone route but with a black belly and im undecided on the top colour. maybe blue?

Good luck and have fun, i know i am

[tigertim20]

Umm, no squiggles, no barbed wire divider, darker burnt orange and black wheels.
Simple and clean is always better IMHO.
My 2 cents.

As soon as I read that, I could see it in my mind, and I wholeheartedly agree, that would be bang on the money!

[jaymzw]

By the way, his price for powder coating was around $25 a square metre, I think for both sides, so not too expensive at all.

So what's that? Like $100 for both wheels? Thinking about maybe getting my GSXR wheels done because not much goes with Chrome Blue in the way of paint


. But (however!) if you kept it the same as your mockup, but made the lowest part of the fairing black so it's parallel with the upper black bit, that would look even more betterer (IMHO).

This is what i did with my CBR250, similar lines to your 600

[naphazoline]

So what's that? Like $100 for both wheels? Thinking about maybe getting my GSXR wheels done because not much goes with Chrome Blue in the way of paint....

Have you thought about powder coating them?

You can get a good array of colours,(including chrome and nickel.) and it's supposed to be 10 times more scratch/stone chip resistant then paint.

If you get a powder coating job done,ask them to give it a lite spray first,then bake it till it's tacky,then give it a heavy coat,and give it the full length time in the oven.

It comes out thick,hard,and an extremely good finish.:woohoo:

[TOTO]

I dont like it. The orange is a bit dull I think, and I also dont like the way it goes from black to orange. too simple.

also think that the front mudguard looks bad in orange. thats just me tho.

it is important for YOU to like it. not us.

[ducatilover]

I agree with having the squiggles in the orange, looks bloody sweet though

[tigertim20]

So what's that? Like $100 for both wheels? Thinking about maybe getting my GSXR wheels done because not much goes with Chrome Blue in the way of paint

Yesh probably about that. maybe less. www.classicgates.co.nz ask him for a quote, just give him your wheel sizes and he'll quote ya

[thehollowmen]

I like it, gorgeous idea.

You'll stand out from the crowd.

What I want is to put either UV reactive paint or mat black biochemical pathways over my bike, then an epoxy layer. If only I had the cash.

I found out I'm not allowed to put my personalised number plates (LABPRO) on my bike, we're only allowed 5 letters :Oops:

[ducatilover]

This is what i did with my CBR250, similar lines to your 600

you stole my wheels

[jaymzw]

you stole my wheels

Isn't it a great colour for rims, now, if only i could remember to clean them:whistle:

[ducatilover]

Isn't it a great colour for rims, now, if only i could remember to clean them:whistle:

Looks great with the black and red on yours. Mine get stupidly dirty:angry2: