Is this a standard colour ?

Two newbie questions - sorry

Is this a standard colour scheme, I've not seen it before, I would think it's a special ?

I take it that it would be fairly easy to buy the lower fairing (and have them painted) just bolt on ?

Many thanks

Gerry

[fizzwheel]

Nope thats definately not standard.

However the silver might be a standard SV colour with the green paintover the top.

[dizzyblonde]

Tiger stripess in mint green..hhmmmm. Definetly not!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Nope thats definately not standard.

However the silver might be a standard SV colour with the green paintover the top.

+1 is probably standard sv silver. Problem you will have is getting an accurate colour match for the green as there wont be a colour code on the bike anywhere and I presume theres nothing with the history. Colour matching by eye is notoriously difficult (my dad has done bodyshop all his life) you will get close but not exact, but depends how picky you are about your bikes appearance.At the end of the day you could probably fit plain silver lower fairings and it would look o.k - or better still if you dont mind going to the trouble of bodyshop get the whole lot done in a colour of your own taste/style.

[quote=leesh00;1894105 or better still if you dont mind going to the trouble of bodyshop get the whole lot done in a colour of your own taste/style.[/quote]

Thanx for that...

I've been looking at SV's for a couple of weeks now and I'd love a red / yellow one - it didn't occur to me that I could have a complete re-spray (coming from cars where that's very expensive).

Has anybody any idea how much a complete respray would cost ?

It may be easier to buy a nice bike at a sensible price and have it sprayed ?
Suspect that it's something that sounds easy but would end up being costly and time consuming

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Gatso

It may be easier to buy a nice bike at a sensible price and have it sprayed ?
Suspect that it's something that sounds easy but would end up being costly and time consuming

You can buy many reasonably priced bikes that have lovely paintwork that don't need respraying.

Unless of course, you wanted to have some sort of custom thing done.

Not sure how much of the top of my head? Ill probably be speaking to my dad over next day or so, ill find out how much he'd charge - he's nowhere near you but will give you an idea of cost.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

You can buy many reasonably priced bikes that have lovely paintwork that don't need respraying.

Unless of course, you wanted to have some sort of custom thing done.

No don't want anything fancy, SV650S full fairing, red or yellow & under £2K (quite a bit under if poss) looking at all the usual places at the mo, Pistonheads, Bike Trader MCN etc, not a lot about.

Just out of interest, I was talking to a (sensible) dealer on Friday who was just putting all his prices up !
He said he just couldn't get good used stock in as dealers were coming over from the continent buying loads as the pound was so weak against the euro

[fizzwheel]

Keep looking you will find something, personally I woudlnt buy that bike with the silver and green paint job, it'll a night mare trying to match the green and IMHO it looks rubbish.

Keep looking and find yourself a standard bike. They are out there and your budget seems reasonable for what you're after.

Originally Posted by Gatso

Is this a standard colour scheme, I've not seen it before, I would think it's special ?


Gerry

yeah......... thats special