What Colour Should I Do My Bike?

[plowsie]

I've put this in bike talks and issues because this is an issue with my bike. Obviously as you can see my bike is a bit of a wreck, needs a paint if you cant tell. So what do we think?

[Steve H]

All Matt black.:salut:
next.

[hovis]

how bad is the blue bits?

[hovis]

kwack green................ no im not joking

[Law]

Black! with a bit of blue so you can remember what colour it used to be.

[plowsie]

how bad is the blue bits?
Theyre fine i'm my eyes really.

kwack green................ no im not joking
I was thinking about that

[Law]

kwack green................ no im not joking

I was thinking about that

NO! I have been shown a pic of a Honda Blackbird in Kwak green and it was terrible because it wasn't a Kwak.

Go for Triumph Nuclear Red :thumleft:

[hovis]

seems pointless ( & expensive) painting the whole bike, if it looks ok IMO
just paint the fairing?

[redlavachips]

keep it as it is...... looks original :p

[krhall]

How much is a paint job going to cost you?

[plowsie]

keep it as it is...... looks original :p
I prefer unique lol

[K]

I actually quite liked the white SV that someone posted up a short while ago.
I don't normally like white bikes, but it worked on the curvy and would be something that bit different without going overboard.

[hovis]

i would leave the blue bits & just paint the fairing......... not sure what colour though


ps i voted yellow

[hovis]

i would leave the blue bits & just paint the fairing......... not sure what colour though


ps i voted yellow


althouh all matt black might work

[plowsie]

i got it i'll print loads of pictures for the AR and we can have a colouring competition lol

[hovis]

woooooo-hooooo

i will bring my bestest crayons

[plowsie]

lol and you and Grinch can have a discussion about what colour would be best ;)

[K]

i got it i'll print loads of pictures for the AR and we can have a colouring competition lol

Then again you can have folks bring little sample pots of paint and try them on the bike itself. ;)

[redlavachips]

Then again you can have folks bring little sample pots of paint and try them on the bike itself. ;)

multi-coloured BIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!! :p

very unique

[SV225]

I voted yellow, but you could put white stickers on the blue bits & blue stickers on the white bits - then when anyone asks jus say 'yeah, its meant to be that way' :thumleft:

[Posky]

-Black or White.

OR

black and white

OR

black and orange.

[Paws]

aww you not manage to sweet talk rad into selling you those fairings??

[Baph]

Paint it all white, then add a few choice splashes of yellow/blue.

Then buy a white helmet, and get a high vis vest :D

So long as you don't write "POLICE" on it anywhere, you're not breaking any laws. I remember a guy on an ST1300 that did a full force livery paint job, and rode around in high vis... never got done for it, and you can imagine what happened on his commute!!

[northwind]

White would be too pale with the silver frame IMO... That's what put me off, white needs contrast.

Gun metal was my number 2 choice. Maybe with silver stripes to match the frame. Choice 3 was black with... silver stripes. You might have noticed but I really like those silver stripes :) Ties the bike together nicely along with the frame.

Or, a darker red than the usual SV colour? Or, a very dark bronze/gold? I always thought the K3 copper was one of the nicest SV colours, but it could do with being a touch less red.

[kwak zzr]

silver.:)

[northwind]

I like silver. My spare trackday plastics are (mostly) silver, it's a look I never liked till I tried it. Better with a black frame though.

[Razor]

Rattle can it matt black!

[Paws]

Pink!

[Law]

Pink!

The real term is Triumph Nuclear red. ;)


http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCatalogue/2002/Triumph/Speed_Triple_700p.JPG

[2mths]

Any paint job unless it's to a factory colour is going to devalue the bike. So if that bothers you stick to an SV colour.

If it doesn't (and i suspect this is the case) then the cheapest option with some credability would I think be rattlecan black. If I didn't have a thing against riding black bikes (see avatar) this could easily have happened to mine.

If you're happy with a rat then you could just go a bit nuts with some rattle cans and do a sort of Graffitti job on it. If you are at the AR then letting everyone have a go would be kinda cool even if it did get lets say 'tweaked' at a later date.

As for a proper paint job and solid colour. Find something you like somewhere and go with that. Something original would strike me as making it worth the effort \ cost.

[anna]

clearly the correct answer is BLUE.

That is all.

[LouLou]

clearly the correct answer is BLUE.

That is all.

agreed :thumbsup:

[phil24_7]

All Matt black.:salut:
next.

I agree. Mat black with charcoal/grey sv stickers (if your planning on putting stickers back on it).

[Keith1983]

how about rizla rep? Not sure how much it would cost to do though, if you have money to burn then may I recommend dreammachine, they did an amazing job on my dads blade.

[hovis]

I agree. Mat black with charcoal/grey sv stickers (if your planning on putting stickers back on it).
:thumbsup:

[toonyank]

agreed :thumbsup:

oooooohhhhhhh yyyyeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!! :)