My bike is now mechanically sound HURRAY! All thanks to this community. Now that the bike is safe and fun to ride I can focus on the cosmetic stuffs =).
At the moment the bikes fairings are PWC dull black. I purchased the cheepest fairings I could find. All were damaged so I repaired them and gave them a quick/ugly/free rattle-can paint job.
The frame is plain alumium
The front wheel is like metalic silverish / dark blackish oem painted and the rear wheel is alumium with the same middle to match.
I would like to powder coat the frame and swing arm (prolly black), however Ive yet to find a place that'll do it locally.
Currently I dont have a air compressor and I'm reluctant to rent one for this project. If I paint this thing myself it'll be done by rattle can.
My biggest debate is if I should repaint all the fairings, clear coat them, and put stickers on it... OR.. Buy a new full fairing set.
Ive been eye balling a few sets on ebay and there is only a few that come close to what I would like... But nothing is "perfect" Im very suprised to find that only about 3 of the complete sets listed there use a red 'R'. Only reason I havent boughten them is if Im going to spend nearly 600$ for peices of plastic... they should be worth the price.
Im confident I could do a nice job at painting the fairings any solid color with rattle can. I dont know where I can obtain the stickers or even a roll of some form of vinyl sheets to make cut outs. Plus, I suck with stencils.
Any advice/opinions/experiance or any input on this would be greatly appreciated!
And for the other stuff....
I think I will have to wait till I take photos to ask about the other stuffs :shifty
At the moment the bikes fairings are PWC dull black. I purchased the cheepest fairings I could find. All were damaged so I repaired them and gave them a quick/ugly/free rattle-can paint job.
The frame is plain alumium
The front wheel is like metalic silverish / dark blackish oem painted and the rear wheel is alumium with the same middle to match.
I would like to powder coat the frame and swing arm (prolly black), however Ive yet to find a place that'll do it locally.
Currently I dont have a air compressor and I'm reluctant to rent one for this project. If I paint this thing myself it'll be done by rattle can.
My biggest debate is if I should repaint all the fairings, clear coat them, and put stickers on it... OR.. Buy a new full fairing set.
Ive been eye balling a few sets on ebay and there is only a few that come close to what I would like... But nothing is "perfect" Im very suprised to find that only about 3 of the complete sets listed there use a red 'R'. Only reason I havent boughten them is if Im going to spend nearly 600$ for peices of plastic... they should be worth the price.
Im confident I could do a nice job at painting the fairings any solid color with rattle can. I dont know where I can obtain the stickers or even a roll of some form of vinyl sheets to make cut outs. Plus, I suck with stencils.
Any advice/opinions/experiance or any input on this would be greatly appreciated!
And for the other stuff....
I think I will have to wait till I take photos to ask about the other stuffs :shifty