convince me ?

[rictus01]

As some may know the superduke is requiring some work, part of that is new wheels, now I've got a new (2011) rear wheel which comes in a default gunmetal grey colour, but couldn't find a decent front, so ended up with an RSV factory one (needing some custom spacers that will be on there way soon), which of course is a lovely bright right colour, the originals were black on the 08 model.

this leaves me with a choice at this stage, red, grey or black wheels ?

as the left panel has some damage and I'll be repainting it (white again with orange decals) sometime later, I'll be switching to the black spare set of panels for the time being.

I've done a quick mockup, to be honest I don't mind any of them, but obviously either the grey or red only requires me to paint one wheel, come summer I'll probably get both done black anyway, so it's really on for a few months.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/400274_10150481364979135_621884134_8877407_1853885 113_n.jpg

Opinions ?

Cheers Mark.

[Nobbylad]

Pink

HTH

[rictus01]

whilst I'll freely admit the bike is a tad over macho, I doubt the addition of SAS pink wheels would be in keeping, the addition of a machine gun however......

as useful as I'd expect .....;)

[Specialone]

Ktm orange?

[rictus01]

the originals as I said were black and came with factory fit orange rim tape, in the summer I plan to go that way again, but will probably get them pinstriped in oranage, I've looked at orange wheels, but to be honest I think at this stage I'd prefer to spray just one or if I'm going to do the two then that would be black.

Cheers Mark.

[andrewsmith]

KTM Orange with black pinstripe

[Fallout]

The red is cool, but also a bit flashy. The Duke is all about OTT though, so flash isn't a bad thing. If it was my bike, I'd go for black, purely because I don't do flashy, but if I saw it on someone else's Duke I'd think red was cool (in a garish way). I bet that was no help, so let me add: grey is boring!

[Scoobs]

Black

[pookie]

black if you are gonna do them anyway in the summer or dont bother and wait till the summer and save the aggro of painting them twice and do the whole lot in one go.

I like the grey as it looks good and only requires one wheel painting which could be done now. The only option requiring less effort would be to leave them as is..keithd..( see where I'm going with this.. but then again I dont have very good taste in colour co ordination)

[Nobbylad]

Black rear and red front.

And the machine gun would be great

[carelesschucca]

I think you should go a nice black, the red is a bit too much if you ask me. They'd also look nice if you could get them powdercoated to match the graphics on the bike.

If your feeling completely mental go for the thing that seems to be the rage in Supermotos and go half and half like this (but not with spokes). But I'll be honest I think its wrong.


http://shop.jimaimracing.co.uk/acatalog/58610001044(2)_1.jpg

[wyrdness]

Quite like the gunmetal, meself. But black would be fine too. Just not the red.

[Nick_69]

Black looks the best

[Swer]

Red or orange imo - nice bike dude.

[Roberrrrt]

If you're doing em in summer why bother now? Either leave them till summer to do a proper job or do a proper job now. No point painting em just for sake of it?! :) Am I missing something...?

[TheRamJam]

Go black and opt for the stealth route

Then if you get bored of them, tart them up with some contrasting rim tape :-)

[rictus01]

If you're doing em in summer why bother now? Either leave them till summer to do a proper job or do a proper job now. No point painting em just for sake of it?! :) Am I missing something...?

yeah Superdukes don't really do "rat bike", I'd rather just no use it in that case.

Go black and opt for the stealth route

Then if you get bored of them, tart them up with some contrasting rim tape :-)

In all likelihood I'll be a couple of cans of satin black for now, just got to find somewhere in the house to spray them up (read wait for wife to go away for a few days.....;) ).

Cheers Mark.