Priceless....
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Re: Priceless....
Originally Posted by paragus
i just painted my bike this weekend too, not flat black.. olive drab green
Glad everyone likes it. It's really not that hard to do. The stickers can be a pain in the dick to get off though. Hope you like it bro, now stop bitchin about the dust and dirt. But yea, I would keep it out of this rain for a bit haha. I'm commin up tonight for more beer... wish I had the 50. But I guess I"ll just have to bring that up on sunday. 
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Re: Priceless....
Bike looks bitchin man. Sorry to hear about losin him. R.I.P.
As far as how to do it. (for the guy who asked) It's not hard at all. If you've ever sprayed anything you know to use lots of light smooth coats. Here's how I did it.
1. Disassemble the entire bike and clean off all the plastics with rubbing alcohol and then let them dry.
2. Using a power sander (using your hands will take hours on end and you will quit before you're done) With some 80 grit sandpaper, sand off all the stickers. *note, you can use lighter sand paper like 100 grit but it just takes longer.
3. Once all the stickers are off, take the lighter sandpaper (I used 120 grit) and sand all the area as smooth as you can. Then take your hand and lightly scuff the entire plastic using a rougher sandpaper.
* don't worry about everything being completely smooth. The paint will fill in most of the marks made by the higher grit sandpaper and help the paint stick.
4. Once everything is scuffed and sanded take the alcohol again and clean the plastic off. Make sure there is no dirt or leftover dust from the sanding
5. Repeat all these processes for each plastic.
6. once everything is sanded just spray away. (I would also suggest getting one of those spraypaint gun handles. it saves your hands and makes the job easier)
7. Use light coats and allow them to dry in between each shoot. it should only take 12 minutes for it to dry. So by the time you've sprayed everything you can go back and start over again. After the second light coat. Wait for everything to completely dry. The go over all your pieces and check for rough parts where you sanded with the rougher grit paper. You'll most likely find some. Take a really light sandpaper and gently sand down the area until it's smooth. The paint will fill in any gaps, cracks, and holes and you sand down whats left and it's all smooth.
8. Continue to spray until you feel you have enough coats on it that it won't chip and peel really easily. then let it all dry and put it all back together. And you're done. *you can add a clearcoat to it to help protect but often this brings out the imperfections in the plastics and makes it look pretty shitty. PLus if you're using a flat color it makes it shinier. You can buy "flat" clearcoats, but in all honesty I don't think it's worth the time and doesn't look that good.
There you have it. My very first super shitty writeup! YAAAAAYYYYY. I made a write up! YAAAAYYYY. Yea I'm bored.. sorry. Thanks for the comments everyone. Bob, I hope you like your bike dude!
As far as how to do it. (for the guy who asked) It's not hard at all. If you've ever sprayed anything you know to use lots of light smooth coats. Here's how I did it.
1. Disassemble the entire bike and clean off all the plastics with rubbing alcohol and then let them dry.
2. Using a power sander (using your hands will take hours on end and you will quit before you're done) With some 80 grit sandpaper, sand off all the stickers. *note, you can use lighter sand paper like 100 grit but it just takes longer.
3. Once all the stickers are off, take the lighter sandpaper (I used 120 grit) and sand all the area as smooth as you can. Then take your hand and lightly scuff the entire plastic using a rougher sandpaper.
* don't worry about everything being completely smooth. The paint will fill in most of the marks made by the higher grit sandpaper and help the paint stick.
4. Once everything is scuffed and sanded take the alcohol again and clean the plastic off. Make sure there is no dirt or leftover dust from the sanding
5. Repeat all these processes for each plastic.
6. once everything is sanded just spray away. (I would also suggest getting one of those spraypaint gun handles. it saves your hands and makes the job easier)
7. Use light coats and allow them to dry in between each shoot. it should only take 12 minutes for it to dry. So by the time you've sprayed everything you can go back and start over again. After the second light coat. Wait for everything to completely dry. The go over all your pieces and check for rough parts where you sanded with the rougher grit paper. You'll most likely find some. Take a really light sandpaper and gently sand down the area until it's smooth. The paint will fill in any gaps, cracks, and holes and you sand down whats left and it's all smooth.
8. Continue to spray until you feel you have enough coats on it that it won't chip and peel really easily. then let it all dry and put it all back together. And you're done. *you can add a clearcoat to it to help protect but often this brings out the imperfections in the plastics and makes it look pretty shitty. PLus if you're using a flat color it makes it shinier. You can buy "flat" clearcoats, but in all honesty I don't think it's worth the time and doesn't look that good.
There you have it. My very first super shitty writeup! YAAAAAYYYYY. I made a write up! YAAAAYYYY. Yea I'm bored.. sorry. Thanks for the comments everyone. Bob, I hope you like your bike dude!
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Re: Priceless....
Originally Posted by NovaMan
definatly will have to keep this post in mind for when i screw up the rest of the paint on my bike :|
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Re: Priceless....
and for anyone that hates wetsanding like me i would highly recommend using steel wool, it comes in different thicknesses (like grits) and is a lot easier to use IMO...
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Re: Priceless....
Scotch brite pads (the stiff things that people use on pots and pans) work great as well. If you use the red ones they will be fine enough to not leave obvious sanding scratches, as long as you sand evenly.
As for the one rotor thing...
That is something that started with drag bikes. They remove the rear brakes, and one side of the front brakes to reduce weight. You really only need the one rotor to slow a dropped/stretched bike in the shutdown of a dragstrip. The references being made are b/c the Show/Squid crowd picked up on it as a style for their dropped/stretched/turboed/spraied/parked bikes. They do it to look cool.
The 750 in my pic still has all it's rotors b/c I still rode it on the street. The previous owner (a much smaller guy than myself) did clock an 8.80 at the 1/4 in Tulsa, OK...with all the brakes intact.
As for the one rotor thing...
That is something that started with drag bikes. They remove the rear brakes, and one side of the front brakes to reduce weight. You really only need the one rotor to slow a dropped/stretched bike in the shutdown of a dragstrip. The references being made are b/c the Show/Squid crowd picked up on it as a style for their dropped/stretched/turboed/spraied/parked bikes. They do it to look cool.
The 750 in my pic still has all it's rotors b/c I still rode it on the street. The previous owner (a much smaller guy than myself) did clock an 8.80 at the 1/4 in Tulsa, OK...with all the brakes intact.
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Re: Priceless....
Originally Posted by Godfather1138
I've seen that paint job somewhere before...hmmmm....where was that....OH YEAH! All my rides (including an '02 R1) Straight gangsta man, I wouldn't have it any other way :YEAH Mine are all black epoxy primer though.
Straight gangsta man, I wouldn't have it any other way :YEAH Mine are all black epoxy primer though.
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Re: Priceless....
Thanks for the tips. I sprayed part of my bike this weekend and I'm loving it. I used a semi gloss black for the lower part of the bike and a dark matalic charcoal for the upper. It looks
I'll post some pics when I finish with the upper and left side. Also, how many coats do you usually use. I sprayed two coats of primer, three to four coats of color, and about three coats of clear. I've noticed it still chips in places. Any advice? Thanks again. 
I'll post some pics when I finish with the upper and left side. Also, how many coats do you usually use. I sprayed two coats of primer, three to four coats of color, and about three coats of clear. I've noticed it still chips in places. Any advice? Thanks again. 
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Re: Priceless....
Originally Posted by RoadStainR6
1) 2 bored *** college students (price of beer= 2, 40's, $3)
2) 1 beat to hell '02 R1 (more than I should have paid)
3) sandpaper ($6.25)
4) 5 can's of Krylon Flat black spraypaint ($ 15.40)
5) Pack of marlboro Reds ($3.85)
6) 61 zip ties (5 finger discount)
7) Time and energy (refer to point number 1... add more beer)
8) Spending 9 hours destroying, ziptying, painting, and reassembling and drooling over the newly built hunk of **** (we call it a masterpiece) we have created.... PRICELESS
For rich people there's custom paint jobs ($1000's) For everyone else (like me) there's Krylon!
"before" pics to be uploaded soon. What do ya'll think?
2) 1 beat to hell '02 R1 (more than I should have paid)
3) sandpaper ($6.25)
4) 5 can's of Krylon Flat black spraypaint ($ 15.40)
5) Pack of marlboro Reds ($3.85)
6) 61 zip ties (5 finger discount)
7) Time and energy (refer to point number 1... add more beer)
8) Spending 9 hours destroying, ziptying, painting, and reassembling and drooling over the newly built hunk of **** (we call it a masterpiece) we have created.... PRICELESS
For rich people there's custom paint jobs ($1000's) For everyone else (like me) there's Krylon!
"before" pics to be uploaded soon. What do ya'll think?
