My new paintwork

Result Alan

Yeah , that makes a change?

CBRRRT wrote:Photo of Dark matter.....
















Dark, init!

LMAO

Megawilly,s version of anti-matter. Has given up on the nuclear stuff

Just painted my front calipers with Plasti Kote metallic grey and laquer from B&Q. Not black, not same as paintwork, but I like em. Whadya think?


Gonna split em, fit new seals n pistons, polish and coat the bolts shiny and rebuild em.

Owwwwwwww shiney

Bloody ell mate, you were quick!

Odd, my wife just said the same thing

Nice colour choice mega!

Makes me think I may be a bit boring ? Black wheels , silver bars n forks, gunmetal paint, grey calipers??? Do I stick with the monochrome colour? scheme or put in some real colour. ???????
A red engine? Yellow engine covers? Green seat??????? Hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!

Fluro orange wheels

Powder coated chrome effect wheels.

Calipers look nice.......hope you don't end up having to re do them when you rebuild them.

Yeah would like the black chrome wheels, but aint got £200, so it's standard black for now!
I did loosen the bolts a bit whilst painting and the masking is still in the cylinders and on the joint faces. I will use a craft knife along the seam when I split them and another coat of lacquer if necessary! Should I stick with the original HT Honda bolts or replace em with stainless?

megawatt wrote:Makes me think I may be a bit boring ? Black wheels , silver bars n forks, gunmetal paint, grey calipers??? Do I stick with the monochrome colour? scheme or put in some real colour. ???????
A red engine? Yellow engine covers? Green seat??????? Hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!

Oh no mate, don't go over the top with crazy bright colours!

In my opinion less is more, the engine looks sweet when painted black & I would consider doing the cases in the same colour as the bodywork.

In saying that it's all down to personal choice & taste, I'll just put on me shades on blade day!!

Been making stainless brackets for fairing n clocks. Just bolted it together and if you look closely you can see the top of tacho above fairing! Looks like I'm gonna need a small deflector screen,was hopin to avoid it! whadya think?



The last pic shows fairing tipped forward a bit too much. Whadya reckon if I have the clocks flat? May not be good on a wet carpark?

Don't look that bad mate, can you see the clocks ok when sat on the bike, they look a bit flat?

Just flat in that last pic mate, can still see em ok when flat. Just might not be good for clock longevity if they're sitting in the rain. Need to make a black deflector?

How about turning the clocks more upright & raising the headlight unit that bit higher to cover the clocks?

I'll try again tomorrow, but the top of the clocks are still visible when the bottom of the clocks are touching the back of the light unit, with the clocks at about 45 degrees. The only time you can't see em is when the clocks are laying nearly flat.! Whadya reckon I could use as a small deflector/screen?

Ah I see, try a bit of screen & see how it looks me thinks!

I think it looks fine mate?

I wouldnt worry abour them showing out a little mate, I think they look good as they are.

Yip, I like em!

From the front view mate the focal point of your bike is the centre of your
mask, from there the bike explodes out like its bursting through some invisible barrier .

The front fender flowes back and out to the forks then up to that killa mask where the rise on the bars compliment it and radiate out to............... wait a minute.............. whats this???

THEM f**kin HORRIBLE, BIG SQUARE, HIDIOUS, BILLBORD,
AUSTIN MORRIS 1100 VANDEN PLAS REAR VIEW MIRRORS.




Here are a few that I think would look the dogs bollocks with your mask mate and continue its suxy lines

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/551951/Custom/Mirrors/Elysium

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/580350/Custom/Mirrors/Elysium

http://www.mandp.co.uk/productinfo/557422/Custom/Mirrors/Elysium

Hope my 2 cents hasnt offended you buddy, but Alan, mate, they have to go

Thanks gents. Bloody ell Jon I've only just put em on and removed my 50mm Oberons coz they were too small!!!! I'll have a look at your sugestions, but I'm running outta money!!! Yeah , I see what ya mean mate. I already had the Motrax ones, they came with the MFW top yoke! I'll put some replacements on my list of future improvements. Thanks Johnathan , I do appreciate your input. And you too Griz n Bill.

Apart from that small detail mate, she lookin purdy

Cheers mate, I should finish the brackets tomorrow. Then it's move the ignition switch, finish off the brakes, Then align the front wheel and adjust the spacers, then .........................

Lol, I know mate, I finished mine 4 times last year.

Gatecrasha on BWA just sugested a sheet of Lexan off eBay. Will order NOW!!!

megawatt wrote:Gatecrasha on BWA just sugested a sheet of Lexan off eBay. Will order NOW!!!

Be careful of the postage cost's mate!

HOHOHOHO!