Painting bikes sucks ass!!
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Re: Painting bikes sucks ***!!
So the day after stuntwars i took my bike apart to paint it. just got it back together tonight after painting my tank 4 times, tail 2 times, and 2 hours to get the cage back on. Not to mention a **** load of $ for how it turned out 
. What does a decent paint job usually cost? Nothing fancy just maybe like 2 colors. I probably have about 30 hours and $250 into mine for supplies etc.(keeping in mind i got my powder coating for free). definately goona pay someone to do it next time.
. What does a decent paint job usually cost? Nothing fancy just maybe like 2 colors. I probably have about 30 hours and $250 into mine for supplies etc.(keeping in mind i got my powder coating for free). definately goona pay someone to do it next time.i painted lex's bike (sytfu_r6) with "OMNI" (PPG's jobber paint line) single stage and for all materials to do the job from start to finish (everything from sand paper to acetone to clean my gun) cost him around $300 and heres how it turned out
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yea they do suck to paint i just did a friends bike for 500 that included pepairing the fairings and it was just a 1 color job..anyway the kind of paint job u do to ure bike is the determining factor in cost ..sigle stage(urethane) would be the cheapest way while base coat clear coat (2-3 stage)would be more expensive but durable..u do the single stage cause were constantly repairing and repainting.. even brands of the materials have a price ..for bc/cc i like to use glasurit a good quality paint from germany ..single stage..go with dupont
three paint lines i recommend are HOK, PPG, and OMNI (ppg's jobber line).
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Re: Painting bikes sucks ***!!
That's cuz they bend in the same spot, and you need to get allen headed bolts, so the socket doesn't get stuck. It's a 10mm 1.25 pitch bolt.....i just ordered some more, cuz my new SI had hex heads, but i think i ordered em at 2 1/4 inches.
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Re: Painting bikes sucks ***!!
No My bolts do have allen heads. Its the cage that bent... i can only bolt the two holes on the frame on each side but i cant connect them on the bottom near the exhaust.....my SI Cage will still hold up right cuz theres no way to connect the two sides on the bottom way to bent.
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Re: Painting bikes sucks ***!!
No My bolts do have allen heads. Its the cage that bent... i can only bolt the two holes on the frame on each side but i cant connect them on the bottom near the exhaust.....my SI Cage will still hold up right cuz theres no way to connect the two sides on the bottom way to bent.
Mine did the same thing, just put some puss into it. It took 2 of us to do mine. It will hold up fine if you dont drop it. try a longer bold to sqeez it together.
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Re: Painting bikes sucks ***!!
If you think painting a bike sucks, don't EVER paint anything else 
2 hours to mount hte cage? DAMN
It takes me about 1.5-2 hours to go from a ridable bike, to completly stripped down ready to sand lol
Then yeah sanding kinda sucks, but its plastic, so that **** gets smooth FAST
And painting is great, don't gotta mask anything, don't gotta worry about overspray, just shoot it, lte it dry, and throw it back on
ya there is, bend it back lol
I ran my SI cage with no rear mounting bolt installed, wrecked and bent it to ****, grabbed a cheater bar and bent it right back into shape
still perfectly straight to this day, and easy as hell to mount it
2 hours to mount hte cage? DAMN
It takes me about 1.5-2 hours to go from a ridable bike, to completly stripped down ready to sand lol
Then yeah sanding kinda sucks, but its plastic, so that **** gets smooth FAST
And painting is great, don't gotta mask anything, don't gotta worry about overspray, just shoot it, lte it dry, and throw it back on
No My bolts do have allen heads. Its the cage that bent... i can only bolt the two holes on the frame on each side but i cant connect them on the bottom near the exhaust.....my SI Cage will still hold up right cuz theres no way to connect the two sides on the bottom way to bent.
I ran my SI cage with no rear mounting bolt installed, wrecked and bent it to ****, grabbed a cheater bar and bent it right back into shape
still perfectly straight to this day, and easy as hell to mount it
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