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northwind · 22-11-05, 10:15 PM

First, allow at least a year

This worked out quite good for me though- my spraying's average, but my prep's superior

Also, that gave me about 20 opportunities to change my mind, which in the end has definately worked to my advantage. I was going to do gun metal... Then orange and black... (glad I didn't... Orange is good for a naked, rubbish for a faired...) Then just black with a black frame... Then red with number boards and maybe some decaling... Then black and silver... Then a sort of orange/black sunburst, which would have looked mint but taken forever... Then it was going to be silver with a black frame, to be a perfect negative of the original. Now it's going to be something different.

This isn't going to be my bike's final colour, if it survives the next year or two- eventually it'll be naked and very different. But I think I've come up with something really quite clever, and unique in my experience. And maybe some time in the next 6 months I'll finish it and post some pics

PS Orange, and the best looking SV in the world:

22-11-05, 10:15 PM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	First, allow at least a year This worked out quite good for me though- my spraying's average, but my prep's superior Also, that gave me about 20 opportunities to change my mind, which in the end has definately worked to my advantage. I was going to do gun metal... Then orange and black... (glad I didn't... Orange is good for a naked, rubbish for a faired...) Then just black with a black frame... Then red with number boards and maybe some decaling... Then black and silver... Then a sort of orange/black sunburst, which would have looked mint but taken forever... Then it was going to be silver with a black frame, to be a perfect negative of the original. Now it's going to be something different. This isn't going to be my bike's final colour, if it survives the next year or two- eventually it'll be naked and very different. But I think I've come up with something really quite clever, and unique in my experience. And maybe some time in the next 6 months I'll finish it and post some pics PS Orange, and the best looking SV in the world: __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"