Paint touching up

[Static]

So i had an incident the other day where as i came to a stop on my bike i lost my footing on stones and the bike went over the damage isent too bad but it did scratch the paint up a little bit
basically i want to know if anyone knows roughly how much it would cost to get a whole side and part of a front fairing repainted OR how much it would cost to get "the touch up guys" or the likes to propely touch up some scratches. there are 3 smallish areas that need fixing and when i say touch up i was thinking more actual painting and not pencil touching
btw the bike is a VFR800 if that helps

[vifferman]

Sorry to hear your news.
I don't know the answer, but I'd be interested when you find out. My bike's like that on both sides, and the tank has scratches from grit getting under the tank bag.

[Paul_C]

Hey,

Also had a very similar experience, except slightly more embarrassing because I was just wheeling it into the garage and it overbalanced..

Rang around a few places and found that for touch up paint (R-157 Italian Red) it would cost about $80 (as it's two coats), $30 for colour matched single coat or ~180 for a respray of the lower third of the fairing (from radiator down on RHS). I went for the $30 dollar option (I figure either do it completely right or not at all) and will keep you posted with my handywork.

[Paul_C]

Soo... picked up my mostly colourmatched $30 tin of paint this afternoon, cleaned the bike and delicately applied the paint. I think it went alright. I'll take some photos and post them up.

Honestly though, once I'm a bit more confident with the bike and completely comfortable with how it handles and where the CoG is i'll look at getting that side resprayed all nice and shiny. I figure $180 is a small price to pay for a mint looking bike.