two wheel colors

[gregvhen]

just wondering, does anybody have two differant colored wheels on their bike? im painting my frame soon, and maybe one of the wheels. flat black tank and plastics with gold frame and bars, and maybe a gold wheel. i dont wanna do both wheels gold though cause i think that would be too much.  just wonderin if two colors looks tacky or if it can be done well.  obviously dont reply without a pic please 

[dauphinc]

If tactfully done, I think that that would be looking good. If you did the rear wheel a bronze color and the front black it would be cool. Just keep it all clean, no superfluous junk and stay away from the ricer look of the bike world. Get inspiration from other bikes as well- doesn't even have to be a gs. To me, a clean bike is beautiful. When I say clean, I mean more of the streetfighter look.

[fastedmiami]

This is a nice look when done right.  A lot of the race teams do this.  The front wheel is a lighter color that matches some part of the color scheme and then the back wheel is usually black.  I think that it looks sharp, and with all of the gunk that builds up on the back wheel, a black wheel will not show so much of this gunk.

[scottpA_GS]

I think it would look cool as well. 

[dauphinc]

Hey Scottpa, are those dominator headlights on your bike?

[dauphinc]

And Greg, post pics if you do it- I may do this as well!

[tt_four]

I've seen a couple bikes done that way, and it's pretty hard to make it look like it was meant to be that way. I think it usually comes across looking like you replaced one of the wheels and never painted it to match.

Did you consider painting each of your wheels two colors? Leave most of the wheel black, but do the lips of the rim gold or something like that?

[JB848]

I personally like the rims to be the same color as the dominant color of the bike and if there are two dominent colors on the bike back and front I think it would look sharp to either match those colors or reversing them it would look sharp.

As a side note no matter what the color I think polishing the outside rings always looks sharp as hell!

[seamax]

Here are my red/black wheels, will be painting them all flat black, to match the bike, with red rim tape.

The red paint on the wheels get chipped so easily, even with mutiple clear coats so hopefully the flat black will hide them better and is easier for retouches. 

[jeremy_nash]

Here are my red/black wheels, will be painting them all flat black, to match the bike, with red rim tape.

The red paint on the wheels get chipped so easily, even with mutiple clear coats so hopefully the flat black will hide them better and is easier for retouches. 

that bike is so sweet, I wouldn't mess with it!

[conoral11]

I have to aggree with jeremy_nash, thats a very well put together bike!

Have you looked at powder coating the wheels, should hold up better to chips if I remeber

[gregvhen]

And Greg, post pics if you do it- I may do this as well!

of coures, ill post pics whether i do two colors or both gold. or leave both the dark charcol gray. but obviously none of you read my whole post.   i said no replies without pics but oh well, thanks for the responses anyway, im glad someone mentioned the lighter color in front cause the back gets more gunk, i was actually thinkin i might the back gold, but now i wont.  and as far as just making both wheels two colors, im not really too paitient when it comes to taping, so its all or nothing for me, but i dont think it looks good, but i also like the somewhat uniqueness of two diff wheels

[gregvhen]

I have to aggree with jeremy_nash, thats a very well put together bike!

Have you looked at powder coating the wheels, should hold up better to chips if I remeber

yea powdercoating definatly holds up better to chips, but its also more expensive then paint 

[scottpA_GS]

Hey Scottpa, are those dominator headlights on your bike?

No, they are from a Buell Lightning

 

[JB848]

Here are my red/black wheels, will be painting them all flat black, to match the bike, with red rim tape.

The red paint on the wheels get chipped so easily, even with mutiple clear coats so hopefully the flat black will hide them better and is easier for retouches. 

I've seen this bike many times and I love it! I think the exhaust configuration is so ingenius I wish Suzuki would use this on the F version! I can't remember if you gave a link to hear how this sounds but I can just imagine. Have to say not a big fan of the paint scheme but I love all the red annodized accessories. I think the only improvement that could be made with this flat black paint scheme is if the red part of the rims were annodized in the same red as the rest!

[gregvhen]

 Yea annodized red would look sick on those rims, but you can only annodize aluminum. BUT you can buy spray paint from duplicolor thats looks like annodize, and thats what i plan to use for my frame. only gold. heres what i want to do

[JB848]

Well I think you are on the right track doing the PS thing or whatever you are using to get an idea before you commit totally. As I said I am in favor of solid colors or solid with polished rings. First thing I did when I got my F was to paint the rims. Having painted rims both on and off of the bike I recommend off. I good roll of masking tape and 2 hours total per rim and you're good to go.

Here is the bike stock with stripes added which I have never liked that much:



And here is a slight improvement that I think goes a long way as far as presentation? what do you think? I never got compliments on the bike before painting and now I get them all of time! Go figure? I wish I had that dual pipe that Seamax has with yellow anodized tips!



A couple of hours and it looks like a different bike if you ask me.

[seamax]

A couple of hours and it looks like a different bike if you ask me.

That's sweet!    At least your wheel color matches your fairings. My red wheels don't match my acessories. I really want to get them anodized but it's just too expensive so I'm going flat black with red tape for now. I know Buell makes some nice anodized red wheels and they look sweet.

And it's too late, the bike no longer looks like that...it'll look better hopefully.

[JB848]

What do you mean it doesn't look like that anymore? I hope you didn't change the exhaust!

[seamax]

What do you mean it doesn't look like that anymore? I hope you didn't change the exhaust!

I would never change the exhaust except for maybe a new red angle tip. Alot of peeps have been asking me about the exhaust and it is quite easy to do.

1. Use a sawzall, what I used, and cut at the part of the pipe before the two into one section. This will leave you with two pipes held together by the h-section. One pipe will be straight and the other will be angle inward.

2. Bend the inward angle pipe straight so that is runs parallel with the other if you want the pipes to run straight bike or bend both out for a flare look. I clamped mine underneath my deck stairway and put a larger longer metal tube on the angle pipe and bent it straight. Warning, the exhaust pipe is extremely strong/tough. I bent it straight with a 5' long tube and 135 lbs on top of that.

3. Look for muffler(s) that would fit your application. Mine are 2 atv carbon fiber mufflers of ebay.

4. If you don't have a welder take it to a muffler shop and they weld the muffler(s) on for you anyways you like for abount ~$8 a weld.

5.Install the exhaust. Clamp the pipes to the frame, reject and your ready to go. The sound is amazing just like a Buell.

Anyways here's my winter project.

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=51038.0