Touch up paint for bikes?

**Marknz** · 3rd July 2005, 17:13

Can you buy touch up paint for bikes? Got a couple of tiny pok marks on my fairing that I'd like to get touched up, and wondering if you can buy those tiny touch up pens to match our bike colours like you can with cars.

**Lord Pac** · 3rd July 2005, 19:01

not sure about local suppliers but if you have someone in the US that can post a markup pen to you check this place out -> clickme
Good luck

**Sensei** · 3rd July 2005, 19:09

Yep got one of those pens for my GSXR1000 through Suzuki . Genuine part for bike . so check out you bike shop .

**bugjuice** · 3rd July 2005, 19:12

also depends on what colour your bike is too.. think I could get one for my bike...? nope...

**Jackrat** · 3rd July 2005, 19:18

For Black,no worrys.

**placidfemme** · 4th July 2005, 07:42

Great thread and good question... So you guys reckon I can call up the bike shop and ask for a black pen thingy to touch up my farings? Any particular brand or anything?

**FzerozeroT** · 4th July 2005, 08:23

if you have a specific colour you can try model paints, look up your bike on the tamiya web site and if they make a model then they also make the exact paint to match, they even have metallic green for ZX12R/KRR150s, then nip down the model shop and for 5 bucks you can get paint and a brush.

touch it up and it looks good, but to get rid of any imperfections in the touch up you want to use something like this
http://www.ehl.co.nz/Merchant2/merch...ory_Code=Paint
it smooths out the blobs left behind

LB · 5th July 2005, 06:15

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You can buy it for BMW's, I bought some for one of mine.

Red is a notorious colour for matching, my suggestion is that you try it on an inconspicuous part of the bike first!

Also red fades quicker than any other colour, so even though the touch-up paint may match what the colour was when the bike was new, it's possible the paint on the bike may have faded slightly.
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**crashe** · 5th July 2005, 10:38

I have metalic black.... on my bike...
that is also hard to match... seeing as it has metallic in it...

or so I am told.

**bungbung** · 5th July 2005, 11:09

Our local hardware shop (In Newtown, Wellington - Union Hardware) will make you a spray bomb and a pen to match whatever color you like for $30. Bring them your paint code or else a side cover or what-have-you.

**Motu** · 5th July 2005, 11:46

Originally Posted by Jackrat

For Black,no worrys.

black felt tip...like,if you're being fussy.

**Flyingpony** · 5th July 2005, 12:42

Originally Posted by FzerozeroT

if you have a specific colour you can try model paints, look up your bike on the tamiya web site and if they make a model then they also make the exact paint to match, they even have metallic green for ZX12R/KRR150s, then nip down the model shop and for 5 bucks you can get paint and a brush.

I'll have to check that out. My bike is a dark shade of metallic green and car has same shade green but without metallic - they can share touchup paint.

Before I forget, if you scratch your silver FXR150 chassis. Dulex (?) has silver metallic gloss (?) (I know what the can looks like). Have found the spray can in shops but

no silver. A bike shop accidently scratched up my chassis recently and it's a perfect match

**Biff** · 5th July 2005, 13:30

If your bike is still its original colour it may have a colour code stamped on a plate somewhere - maybe even alongside the VIN, possibly even in your owners book. Note down this number and contact your local dealer.