Painting this Sunday

[Tremulant]

Wow, that looks SEXY! Nice choice with the flat black! I was worried it would look cheap and trashy like the one Wavex referenced, but that is one sick paintjob! That thing is screaming to be converted to a naked! I normally like the faired look, but that flat black is dying to be naked. Nice job!:rockon:

 

[Cuba]

Thanks guys, I'm really happy with it. Sorry about the crappy pictures but there will be better ones soon. The only problem now besides the weather which is crap until Friday, is I'm afraid to touch it! The metal is okay but the plastics aren't quite cured so it's still soft. Plus I can't wax it for two months or it will bubble, the paint needs to breath for a while first. I'll wash it and take pics Friday though. Now I need flush mounts, I'm taking off the rest of the sickers and reflectors, and the windscreen is going back in for airbrushing over the paint too. It was the one piece that didn't turn out right so we're covering it a bit. It'll be a very subtle black on black that you won't really be able to see unless your right up next to it, any suggestions? Something bad ass obviously.

 

[Cuba]

Looks good! :rockon: Time to update your sig now.

And what's with the fish from post#6, is that from your bike?

Yes they look very fishy, like trout actually. I had everything including the trout fairings painted, but not the rubbery piece that goes around the exhaust or the inner plastic that surrounds the gauge cluster. I think it looks good that way, those pices are just a bit duller than the paint and go with the transition to the powder coat.

What do you think about rad covers and peg assemblies? I have high temp flat black, should I do those too or do you like the "accent" aluminum on there? The rad covers are easy but the peg assemblies would really need to be powdercoated I think due wear and tear.

 

[antijoy]

Yes they look very fishy, like trout actually. I had everything including the trout fairings painted, but not the rubbery piece that goes around the exhaust or the inner plastic that surrounds the gauge cluster. I think it looks good that way, those pices are just a bit duller than the paint and go with the transition to the powder coat.

What do you think about rad covers and peg assemblies? I have high temp flat black, should I do those too or do you like the "accent" aluminum on there? The rad covers are easy but the peg assemblies would really need to be powdercoated I think due wear and tear.

I was really referring to the plastic fish toy(?) in the second pic, towards the end of the table, with his tail tapped off. Am I the only one who saw that and was puzzled? Maybe he's just keeping the trout like fairings company?

My bike's in a project state right now. I just painted my radiator covers with flat black primer. It looks OK so far, I'll make a thread for it when I'm close to complete. You definitly want powder coating for the rearsets, and it would probably be cheap to just include the rad covers at the same time.

 

[dark_isz]

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[Cuba]

I was really referring to the plastic fish toy(?) in the second pic, towards the end of the table, with his tail tapped off. Am I the only one who saw that and was puzzled? Maybe he's just keeping the trout like fairings company?

My bike's in a project state right now. I just painted my radiator covers with flat black primer. It looks OK so far, I'll make a thread for it when I'm close to complete. You definitly want powder coating for the rearsets, and it would probably be cheap to just include the rad covers at the same time.

Ha! I hadn't noticed it. Yeah definitely show us the rad cover pics when you can.

 

[Cuba]

I totally forgot to post these, so here they are much later. These are with the only camera I have right now, iphone, so not so great but you get the idea. It's still raining dark outside, should be all week, but I'll borrow a real camera at some point when it's nice. I'm still 5-6 weeks away from being able to buff it a bit and apply some wax, until then it'll just have to eat more bugs.

 

[Binks33]

i'm a automotive painter my self, i would wet sand with 600 and then the all the tight areas use a gray scotch brite pad no need for tack ,the painter will use that in the spray both. :rockon:

 

[Cuba]

i'm a automotive painter my self, i would wet sand with 600 and then the all the tight areas use a gray scotch brite pad no need for tack ,the painter will use that in the spray both. :rockon:

Do you have any recommendations for maintenance of clear coated flat black? I have an issue with a gasoline spot that dulled the clear a bit, so I planned to try to buff it out after a solid 2 months waiting period. The gas hit and I immediately wiped and cleaned it off but it was instantly dulled. It's a very high quality clear coat though, and hopefully pretty thick.