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plowsie 22-06-07 02:42 PM

What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
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 22-06-07 02:43 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
All Matt black.:salut:
next.

hovis 22-06-07 02:43 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
how bad is the blue bits?

hovis 22-06-07 02:44 PM

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

Law 22-06-07 02:45 PM

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

plowsie 22-06-07 02:47 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hovis (Post 1219480)
how bad is the blue bits?

Theyre fine i'm my eyes really.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hovis (Post 1219484)
kwack green................ no im not joking

I was thinking about that

Law 22-06-07 02:50 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by hovis (Post 1219484)
kwack green................ no im not joking

Quote:

Originally Posted by plowsie (Post 1219489)
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 22-06-07 02:51 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
seems pointless ( & expensive) painting the whole bike, if it looks ok IMO
just paint the fairing?

redlavachips 22-06-07 03:31 PM

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

krhall 22-06-07 03:33 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
How much is a paint job going to cost you?

plowsie 22-06-07 03:34 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by redlavachips (Post 1219553)
keep it as it is...... looks original :p

I prefer unique lol

K 22-06-07 03:35 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
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 22-06-07 03:37 PM

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


ps i voted yellow

hovis 22-06-07 03:38 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by hovis (Post 1219561)
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 22-06-07 03:38 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
i got it i'll print loads of pictures for the AR and we can have a colouring competition lol

hovis 22-06-07 03:40 PM

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woooooo-hooooo

i will bring my bestest crayons

plowsie 22-06-07 03:42 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
lol and you and Grinch can have a discussion about what colour would be best ;)

K 22-06-07 03:49 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by plowsie (Post 1219563)
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 22-06-07 04:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by K (Post 1219581)
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 22-06-07 07:42 PM

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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 22-06-07 07:55 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
-Black or White.

OR

black and white

OR

black and orange.

Paws 22-06-07 09:19 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
aww you not manage to sweet talk rad into selling you those fairings??

Baph 22-06-07 09:29 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
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 23-06-07 12:55 AM

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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 23-06-07 07:47 PM

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silver.:)

northwind 23-06-07 08:15 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
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 23-06-07 08:28 PM

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Rattle can it matt black!

Paws 23-06-07 10:40 PM

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Pink!

Law 24-06-07 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Paws (Post 1220406)
Pink!

The real term is Triumph Nuclear red. ;)


http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCata...riple_700p.JPG

2mths 24-06-07 05:40 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
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 24-06-07 05:42 PM

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clearly the correct answer is BLUE.

That is all.

LouLou 24-06-07 07:27 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by anna (Post 1220754)
clearly the correct answer is BLUE.

That is all.

agreed :thumbsup:

phil24_7 24-06-07 08:55 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve H (Post 1219476)
All Matt black.:salut:
next.

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

Keith1983 24-06-07 09:31 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
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 24-06-07 09:37 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by phil24_7 (Post 1220945)
I agree. Mat black with charcoal/grey sv stickers (if your planning on putting stickers back on it).

:thumbsup:

toonyank 24-06-07 09:59 PM

Re: What Colour Should I Do My Bike?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by LouLou (Post 1220847)
agreed :thumbsup:

oooooohhhhhhh yyyyeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!! :)


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