In the heat of it all.... (DONE! :Now with links to pics)

[natedawg120]

So I was putting spacers in my forks....all in GD if you want more, but i was looking at my bike and I had grown to dislile the stock decals. The tail stickers were faded bad, the right was faded a little and the left was faded more, mainled because I replaced the right after my encounter with a deer.  So me, a rag and a can of WD-40 set out on a mission to rid the gs of all the stickers.  I got them all off except the ones on the tank, didn't want to try because of the clear coat over them.  I like the looks better without the stickers, mainly because it doesn't look like the other couple black gs's i have seen motoring around b'burg.  The next thing that I am going to do, I think, is paint the gray side plastics black.  I still have the broken one to test with so I can get the best paint match possible.  I think  jet black F would be hot.........



All that being said we'll see how long it takes me to get lazy and like the looks of black on grey


front/side
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I don't know what I would do without my mac now, stupid vista.......


After :
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front/side

My only concern is the toughness of the paint, hopefully nothing major will happen for a month so I can put a thick coat of wax over it to further protect the finish. 

[RVertigo]

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[natedawg120]

they are all on my phone.  And me being a dummy forgot my trunk, aka bookbag.  So i was unable to get my laptop home from work.  Anyway it would have had to wait till tomorrow anyway cause i just remembered that i have vista and vista sucks at all things command line so i couldn't have gotten the pics on my sever.  I will put some up tomorrow morning.  Then if someone cold do a quick photochop, my computer exploded, to all black just so i could visualize it would be appriciated.

[natedawg120]

there are not links to pics in the first post, so this is nothing more than a long winded bump

[RVertigo]

OK...  If the sides were black and the Red Stripe (Hurray!) was gone from the tank.......  That would look SWEEEET!


But...  Right now it looks like you crashed it and couldn't find matching bits to fix it.   

[natedawg120]

Yeah I am thinking that I am going to paint it black.  The red stripe from the tank would be a pain cause i would have to pretty much strip the tank to get them off because Suzuki clearcoats over them.  Still I like the plain F better than the way it looked before, sun faded stickers .  Glad i have the extra fairing to paint black to paint match before I do the ones that count.  After i am done though I am going to spray chalk board paint on the one fairing that is damaged and hang it somewhere, I think that would be cool

[salad]

...sorry about the overspray. guess i shouldve taped it up better. it just looks flat because i didnt get a chance to do the clear. 

[salad]

  sorry, couldnt resist. 

[natedawg120]

man you made my bike furry, thats a gs foul

[RVertigo]

[natedawg120]

Yeah thats the real fur foul, I was wondering how long it would take for that pic to come up

[natedawg120]

got the paint.  It doesn't match the bike exactly because of the metalic flek paint on the bike.  Can't find a match.... I am going to spray the fairing black with a clear coat finish and we will see how it comes out. 

[salad]

got the paint.  It doesn't match the bike exactly because of the metalic flek paint on the bike.  Can't find a match.... I am going to spray the fairing black with a clear coat finish and we will see how it comes out. 

good luck! 

[mach1]

you should polish the lips of the rims and get a red suzuki logo for the side fairings I think that would look pretty hot.

[natedawg120]

Well one is done and the paint is drying.  The other is on its second coat of black.  I can't wait to see what they look like on the bike, man i hate waiting for paint to set

[natedawg120]

Just a curious question.  How long should I let the paint on the fairings set before I reinstall them on the bike.  I was thinking 3 days, then a month before any wax or anything goes on them but I am open to suggestions.  The finish is perfect as well, they should look great once they are back on the bike

[natedawg120]

There are after pics in my original post.  The black paint came out very well. 

[Turd Ferguson]

Just be careful at the gas station.  One drop will really make that paint start to bubble, wax or not.

Looks great, though!  Now you just need to get rid of that damn shovel!

-Turd.

[natedawg120]

Just be careful at the gas station.  One drop will really make that paint start to bubble, wax or not.

Looks great, though!  Now you just need to get rid of that damn shovel!

-Turd.

Yeah, It was an automotive paint that I used so hopefully once fully cured it will be tough.  As for now I am pleased with the appearance.

[Turd Ferguson]

Yeah, It was an automotive paint that I used so hopefully once fully cured it will be tough.

Well in that case, it should be able to stand up to any solvent.

-Turd.