Mudkipz137
Member
Okay so I've got a Yam Blue FZ6 (2005), I'm getting ready to do a streetfigther conversion. But I've noticed several people on the forums have painted their engine black with a matte finish, lucky I did find a guide on how to do that, though I still have concerns regarding it.
How about the frame though? Do you have to strip the bike down to the frame and get it powdercoated, and put it back together? I'll be honest I may get in over my head if I do that. But taking a look at say... Wavex's bike, it blows me away. It looks amazing.
So 2 questions:
1) How did you paint the frame? (I'm still doing a couple forum searches looking for guide(s))
2) On frame/engine paint, does it stay pretty well or do you find that it rubs clean every so often and you have to do a 'touch up' coat every xx weeks/months/years?
I don't know how black frame/engine would look with a blue tank, but then again maybe I should just paint the tank?! :thumbup: When I do my naked conversion, I was planning on scotch padding all the rear plastics down and painting them a matte black, and using the tank as an 'accent' with the original blue, but the more I see these black on black the more I like them. We will see.
Thanks
Mud
How about the frame though? Do you have to strip the bike down to the frame and get it powdercoated, and put it back together? I'll be honest I may get in over my head if I do that. But taking a look at say... Wavex's bike, it blows me away. It looks amazing.
So 2 questions:
1) How did you paint the frame? (I'm still doing a couple forum searches looking for guide(s))
2) On frame/engine paint, does it stay pretty well or do you find that it rubs clean every so often and you have to do a 'touch up' coat every xx weeks/months/years?
I don't know how black frame/engine would look with a blue tank, but then again maybe I should just paint the tank?! :thumbup: When I do my naked conversion, I was planning on scotch padding all the rear plastics down and painting them a matte black, and using the tank as an 'accent' with the original blue, but the more I see these black on black the more I like them. We will see.
Thanks
Mud