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Title: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 22, 2007, 11:08:26 PM

I'm going to need to paint my bike anyway and recover my seat............so I was figuring why not the tail peices, tank and any other accent pieces I decide at last minute in fabulous Olive Drab Green and have my seat recovered with the material from an old Woodland Camo Goretex???????? I dunno just kinda hit me as I was looking at paint. So yeah, I guess I bleed green.

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: bubba zanetti on March 23, 2007, 12:03:43 AM

I think it'd be pretty cool, as long as you don't park it in the bush cause then you might lose it. :laugh:

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: mach1 on March 23, 2007, 05:39:34 AM

i was thinking of doing my bike camo but changed my mind but it woul dlook good if done right.

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: The Antibody on March 23, 2007, 06:19:50 AM

Interesting. I agree, if done right, it would look pretty cool. If done wrong, you'll just be the hick on the block.

I would recomend obviously flat blacking all of the hardware and what about a brown seat?

Yeah

-Anti 8)

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 23, 2007, 09:23:02 AM

Yeah, it'll be done right, my mom has a friend who does auto customizations and has all the crap to do it. as far as the seat in brown I'd have to find material for that and I already have an old woodland goretex that I screwed the front up on pretty bad so its trash anyway but there's a large enough section of fabric left to do the seat

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: Wrecent_Wryder on March 23, 2007, 09:33:54 AM

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: Jarrett on March 23, 2007, 09:38:29 AM

Do it and post pics!

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Post by: nightrider on March 23, 2007, 09:48:42 AM

Digital new camo -- good idea. However that isht really blends in with everything, thats what its designed for, you know that right? :laugh:

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 23, 2007, 10:52:41 AM

Ok 2 problems with the ACU pattern......... !. that shaZam! is expensive ( trust me I just had to buy the crap)
2. I absolutely hate it , dunno why, maybe it's just the fact that they made everything velcro on em and that is the most combat inneffective BS I've ever seen and I get to train Airmen!!
Ohhh and that crap is expensive whereas the woodland is free cus I already have a surplus of it

I'll definately post pics it'll probably be next weekend, my new tail fairings wont be here til monday and I can't really part with my bike for a whole day during the week

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Post by: Wrecent_Wryder on March 23, 2007, 10:58:57 AM

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 23, 2007, 11:52:31 AM

Ya think the cops will ignore me too....... for some reason right now I'm a cop magnet :dunno_white: good thing my mom and the sherrif are friends :thumb:

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 23, 2007, 07:43:41 PM

OK, I'm impatient so I went ahead and started on the front wheel fairing and gas tank, took me 2.5 hours just to strip em the PO repainted it black from its original purple by just couting black on until he got tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well anyway the primer is drying and my moms friend say one more layer of primer then about 6 light coats of paint should do it. figure it'll be done sometime tommorow night!!!!!!

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: skiggitty on March 23, 2007, 08:18:10 PM

if this gives you any ideas here is a custom bike a friend of mine is doing as tribute to owners father who was in marines

(http://skiggitty.homelinux.com/obnoxious.jpg)

or larger view: http://skiggitty.homelinux.com/big.jpg (http://skiggitty.homelinux.com/big.jpg)

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 23, 2007, 08:35:25 PM

Holy crap that is an awesome bike. that style just wouldn't look right on a gs I went with a little darker green with a higher gloss for this. Thats what I want when I get a cruiser though, that is just awesome!!!

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: skiggitty on March 23, 2007, 08:39:15 PM

Quote from: spcterry on March 23, 2007, 08:35:25 PM
Holy crap that is an awesome bike. that style just wouldn't look right on a gs I went with a little darker green with a higher gloss for this. Thats what I want when I get a cruiser though, that is just awesome!!!

check out http://www.fithgearcustoms.com (http://www.fithgearcustoms.com) owner is a friend of mine here in Mobile, Alabama that does custom work. He is slowly getting into street bikes now. He does mainly custom exhausts that dont require rejetting and this winter he may get a chance to work on one for a GS500 O0

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 23, 2007, 08:43:29 PM

that's some nice work he does. Tell me when he's worked out an exhaust for the GS I'm sure it'll look great.!!!!!

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: spc on March 24, 2007, 07:16:40 PM

Well I went ahead and took off the tank. Took me about an hour and a half to strip all the paint off and sand it smooth with some 300 grain sandpaper. Laid a real light layer of primer and I'll reapeat that once more tonight and start on the paint tommorow. I'm thinking about 5 light coats will get a nice consistency. Now that the hard work is done it's time for a beer............or 12 :cheers: :cheers:

Title: Re: Is this going to far?????????
Post by: Jay_wolf on March 25, 2007, 10:02:42 AM

My Feelings Are... A Paintjob is a nice finishing touch to any thing , but to a stock bike,, isnt really worth it , i mean ,why respray a Stock bike , it will look like a a Gs500 still , better to change it , then paint it ,

Wolfy

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