This is my new paint scheme.

[The Antibody]

I'm painting it in a couple of weeks. Tell me what you think. Any ideas?

My bike


  -Anti

[pantablo]

God I love it. if I painted mine it'd be orange too.

Why don't you paint the grab rail white too?

[Black Snowman]

Looks good and a real nice photochop job too  

I'm too cheap to do something that nice. I was thinking of going flat black but after seeing some really nice GS in the Hall of Fame I'm starting to rethink that.

This winter I'm taking the bike apart and painting EVERYTHING from the engine cases, frame, swing-arm, wheels, bodywork, etc. . .

I still haven't decided completely on the plan but I think I'm going to paint the frame something really obnoxious like the Buell Neuclar Blue or Metallic Safety Orange  :mrgreen:

[kigroy]

That looks really good.  Are you going to paint it yourself or are you going to send it out?  But, I definately wouldn't change it.  And for some reason I really like the S on the front fender.

[The Antibody]

Thanks,
 I dunno, I might go white on the grab rail. That "S" was a last minute thing to laugh at and it stuck. I don't have the facilities to paint it myself. I'm still shopping on who will paint it.

 -Anti

[Black Snowman]

Depending on the paint and prep you can probably have a good job done for around $300. Any less that that and they're probably skimping on something. Find someone who's work you can see.

There's a local guy here in KC that does great work quite reasonably. He'll put ART on your bike (and I mean art too, really nice quality stuff) for about $500-600

[The Antibody]

Oh yeah, definately have to see their work. Any negative things? Although I do love to hear that it's cool. (because thats what it was meant to be!)

 -Anti

[pantablo]

Well since you asked for a bit of a critique:

Overall I love the scheme but there are a few places I would do differently so here they are, for discussions sake:

1)the swooping on the side panels-front of the vent I would have follow the side panel lines instead of tryoing to pick up the swooping of the tank.

2) I would make the 'Suzuki' on the tank look more factory-just like you did for the rear 'gs500' sticker-larger and higher on the tank (same as on 2002 model maybe)

3)I'd ditch the 'S' on the fender and if you have to have something I'd use a michelin man sticker there instead (more race 'inspired'). Otherwise I'd leave it solid orange.

4) think about a white/grey stripe on the TOP of the front fender, not shown in picture.

5) paint grab rail white

other things to consider:
a)reupholster seat (second skins?) with white rear portion, leaving black in place
b)painting wheels orange w/polished edges ala Z1000
c)orange(?) headlight fairing
d)less rear fender  :nana:
e)white solo seat cowl (when I get around to having a mold made!)


the idea is a great one and I'm sure It'll look great as is.

Those are my opinions...

[nsoccer3097]

how do those "great" white wheels look with the polished edge?  anybody have any ideas how to keep them somewhat clean, besides not riding at all?

Snowman, what's the name of the guy who does custom paint jobs?

[Black Snowman]

A friend of mine was looking into getting his dropped CBR repainted with the Pecote "Jester" head on it. He won't be back to work until Tuesday and I'll forget all about it by then. E-mail me a reminder black_snowman#yahoo.com

[juggernaught]

Very Nice..!!

[Michael]

Tres chic, n'est pas?!  Kinda reminds me of the scheme on the original GSX550 (not the colour, just the design.)  We will all need to see the thing in the flesh (or pictures I guess) once you've got the job done.

[average]

i like it

[The Antibody]

Ok Guys,

 Gimmy two weeks and she'll be born.

 I'll keep your comments in mind pablo. Although, you are crazy to not like that "S" on the fender. I played around with white and grey on it, but just couldn't get it to look right. Orange works the best.

oh, and also, I am going for originality points here. thats why the suzuki is diff. I tried it like the 2002, but this looks much more retro.
 
 -Anti

[fuzzymemory]

Orange = Harley Racing colors...

http://www.harley-davidson.com/PR/MOT/2003/03_model_styling.asp?bmLocale=en_US&market=US&family=Sportster&model=XL883R&modelSection=styling

Just in case you wanted to be mistaken for a sportster  

[klimber]

Also kinda like the 2003 SV650!

[javio1]

That looks kick ass!  

[Cenobite]

Ok Guys,

 Gimmy two weeks and she'll be born.

 I'll keep your comments in mind pablo. Although, you are crazy to not like that "S" on the fender. I played around with white and grey on it, but just couldn't get it to look right. Orange works the best.

oh, and also, I am going for originality points here. thats why the suzuki is diff. I tried it like the 2002, but this looks much more retro.
 
 -Anti

Can I ask how you do that in photoshop? I have PS7 and Im ok on it but I have no clue how to change the colours like that....

Id love to be able to mess around and come up with some paintjobs for mine....

[tmckay]

Wow, that looks really nice.  Maybe you should sell designs  

I saw a picture of a bike that was rhino-coated once (I think it was on a different list).  Rhino-coating if you don't know is the spray on rubber compound they put in truck beds.  Comes out bumpy but protects the truck and is pretty sturdy.

 As an experiment, someone rhino-coated all the paintable surfaces on the bike.  Looked funky, and no more dents     the only down side was that the rhino-coating started white but turned green over time from sun exposure!  And it didn't change evenly.

Trev

[ladybrid]

oooh! orange creme cycle?
especially if you used the metallic aztec orange
... you need to figure out how to get the emblem on the case orange too, lol, instead of black