Paint Schemes...

[GPTECHMAN]

for my gixxer....

post em if you got em....honestly I was thinking black with pearl, or maybe anthracite, or titanium....

maybe cal-trans orange?

honda red?


would you paint yourself or pay for it?

[kc1717]

paint myself, rent a gun and filter, buy nice paint and put up plastic. hmm post up a pic, then we can photochop

[GPTECHMAN]

Originally posted by kc1717
paint myself, rent a gun and filter, buy nice paint and put up plastic. hmm post up a pic, then we can photochop

isnt paint a grip though?

what do u mean put up plastic?

[iceman1911]

Originally posted by GPTECHMAN


what do u mean put up plastic?

to keep dust/dirt from settling on the paint while it is drying - thats just about the most important part

[AWP]

If ya could get a few pics of it at different angles I could see about photochop'in it up

[DiegosAnotherR1]

Do it yourself, I did. It aint as hard as some people might think. You just got to have the right tools and equipment.

before:
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337197.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337198.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337204.jpg

after:
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337199.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337205.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337203.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/20337188.jpg

[dre_2k2_f4i]

uhm, your before and after pictures look the same!?

[dre_2k2_f4i]

Team IMR colors:
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040403-04/IMG_1070.jpg

[DiegosAnotherR1]

Originally posted by dre_2k2_f4i
uhm, your before and after pictures look the same!?

oh...my bad...that was the clear coat part....this what my bike use to look like:
http://www.pbase.com/image/19868697.jpg
and before that, it looked like this:
http://www.pbase.com/image/27487502.jpg

[CjrJAM]

Originally posted by dre_2k2_f4i
Team IMR colors:
http://img.aguto.com/albums/040403-04/IMG_1070.jpg
WOW :eek: SICK! Do that Sean, do that

[GPTECHMAN]

dope...so can you give me a whole rundown of steps and costs?

[DiegosAnotherR1]

yeah.
1. I got a aircompressor for free from my uncle. use at least a 60 gal compressor if you dont want to wait for the motor to keep pumping air into the tank. you should keep a constant psi when painting. if you aint got a aircompressor, try finding a place that rents them.

2. I bought a cheap paint gun from Lowes. I think it was like 50 bucks. it came with a gun, touch up gun, airbrush, and misc hardware.

3. I got paint from tricity. paint cost vary from color to color. the yamaha blue was about 40 bucks for a pint.

4. sand paper(400, 600, 1000, 2000grit), masking tape, mixing cups, tack cloth, etc.... i paid about 75-100 bucks

5. anglegrinder, or one of those professional polishers to polish after wetsanding....luckly my cousin got one, but you can proably rent one.

6. stands to hold your plastics while painting them....you dont want to lay them on the ground. you can make them out of wood or pvc pipes, or whatever.



make sure you wet the ground to avoid dust from rising off the ground when you paint. make sure you prep everything perfect before painting, cause every little imperfection will show through.

if i can think of anything else...i'll post again...or if you got questions just ask. its not that hard....just time consuming, specialy when your doing alot of masking to make a certian scheme.

[GPTECHMAN]

yeah and how about with one hand?

[DiegosAnotherR1]

o'yeah. i think i spent a total of about 300 for paint(paint, primer, clearcoat, reducer, hardener), materials(sand paper, tack cloth, maskingtape), tools(just the paint gun. i had everything else).


o'yeah...if you dont want to do it yourself...there is a place i think in escondido, or somewhere around there that does race schemes. i think they might of changed there name...but it was called Chad's paint and polish. they painted alot of the race bikes you see in the AMA races.

[GPTECHMAN]

cool, thanks for the runthrough

did you clear coat?

[GetnJgyWitit]

Talk to LimitedR6 he just got his bike painted and it looks saaawweeetttt! It is a solid color, but I don't think he payed that much for it.

[DiegosAnotherR1]

if you need more info on doing it yourself, try:
www.customflamepainting.com they got a informative message board on there. thats where i learned most of the stuff.

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by DiegosAnotherR1
if you need more info on doing it yourself, try:
www.customflamepainting.com they got a informative message board on there. thats where i learned most of the stuff.

Hey Jeff, is that's Rich's kevlar tail? Or is that the carbon fiber one you had a while back? Dood, if I get some paint from Tri city, can I use your air gun and comp to paint my race fairings? :pray:

[GPTECHMAN]

um when did u get race fairings?

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by GPTECHMAN
um when did u get race fairings?


Shhhhhh! Bonnie at Catalyst Composites is making them! R1-forum group buy.

[Ikazuchi]

get everything painted by a shop for $200 - any other colors you want do with stickers - powercoat the rims for about $100

seems a lot easier than doing it yourself for about the same cost.


I got my race plastics painted for $100 . . but I know a guy ;)

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by Ikazuchi
get everything painted by a shop for $200 - any other colors you want do with stickers - powercoat the rims for about $100

seems a lot easier than doing it yourself for about the same cost.


I got my race plastics painted for $100 . . but I know a guy ;)

Well c'mon Marc, share the wealth!

[DiegosAnotherR1]

Originally posted by Arnold_R1
Well c'mon Marc, share the wealth!

damn arnold......you know everyone on this forum by name huh.

yeah...you can borrow it...its a cheap as gun...but you can use it if you want.

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by DiegosAnotherR1
damn arnold......you know everyone on this forum by name huh.

yeah...you can borrow it...its a cheap as gun...but you can use it if you want.

Yeah, a lot of us ride Palomar, Telegraph, Sunrise, Willow Springs, Button Willow, etc. It's like we're one big az DISFUNCTIONAL family! :-p j/k

Jeff, does Tri City have the actual Yamaha blue or do they have to custom mix it to match Yamaha Blue. Because Robert at Graphic Art has the exact paint code and it's like 3 different colors mixed together!

[shaggy]

Originally posted by Ikazuchi
get everything painted by a shop for $200 - any other colors you want do with stickers - powercoat the rims for about $100

seems a lot easier than doing it yourself for about the same cost.


I got my race plastics painted for $100 . . but I know a guy ;)

where'd you get the rims powder coated??? I'm in ned of some of that right now...

BTW, that paint job on the R1 turned out awesome, good job!

[Arnold_R1]

Originally posted by shaggy
where'd you get the rims powder coated??? I'm in ned of some of that right now...

BTW, that paint job on the R1 turned out awesome, good job!

Yeah Jason, Jeff's paint scheme is kind of like the Dynomite R1.


**Jeff-my friend N8 has a 3/4 hp compressor and nice garage. He even has most of the stuff to prep it. Let me know if I can borrow your paint gun.