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Title: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 02, 2008, 08:10:56 PM
went from this:(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/Buster-NC/IMG_4009.jpg)
to this:(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/Buster-NC/IMG_4014.jpg)

Just a rattle can job but I took my time (yesterday evening and most of today), and it came out great!   

Aaahh....that pink sticker is now a melted up ball at the bottom of my trash barrel.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: Mdow on August 02, 2008, 08:17:59 PM
not bad i like the black wheels.

i spray painted mine till winter when i can get real paint on it
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: liquid0715 on August 02, 2008, 08:18:17 PM
where did you get that bottom fairing piece?
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 02, 2008, 08:46:44 PM
ebay...saw it in the stores section...$27.00 plus shipping.   I need two of the mounting brackets though.  They might be tough to find.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: arbakken on August 02, 2008, 08:56:18 PM
i'd be interested to see what that paint has in regards to resistance to fuel. I painted a motorcycle tank once... it looked great until I filled it with gas...
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 02, 2008, 09:06:06 PM
Gas is gonna streak it.....that's ok though, this is a rattle can job and is expected to bear a lot of scars.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: fred on August 02, 2008, 09:17:55 PM
That looks sweet! I really like that scoop on the bottom.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: b_long_1 on August 02, 2008, 10:34:49 PM
looks a lot better than the bright red and pink. :cheers:
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: The Buddha on August 03, 2008, 07:01:05 AM
I guess you dont want the black front wheel then, that I spent all day digging out and cleaning and making sure the bearings are good and wrapping it with bubble and packing it in a box ...  :flipoff:  :flipoff:  :flipoff: ... nice of you to tell me ... Fellow NC state citizen.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: DoD#i on August 03, 2008, 07:05:13 AM
Quote from: arbakken on August 02, 2008, 08:56:18 PM
i'd be interested to see what that paint has in regards to resistance to fuel. I painted a motorcycle tank once... it looked great until I filled it with gas...

Not a problem if you don't spill, ya know? At today's prices, who can afford to spill?
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 03, 2008, 07:22:55 AM
buddha if we had had a done deal, I'd have sent the wheel and the dough.   Shipping both ways kinda strong.  I had to look at some other options.   I'll be glad to send you a paypal to cover your packing/handling charge as a gesture of goodwill though.   Don't want to screw up my Karma. 
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: The Buddha on August 03, 2008, 09:00:14 AM
Bbaaaaa ... I dont need your pity $$$ more  :flipoff:  :flipoff:  :flipoff: :flipoff:
I barely saw that wheel, just wrote all that to bug you.
Besides being a moderator and then recomending you to have wheels for you bike and then trading you the wheel ... may be a conflict of interest.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 03, 2008, 10:42:21 AM
Well shoot.  Then how about selling me some of those fairing mount brackets you're sitting on. :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: arbakken on August 03, 2008, 01:16:25 PM
Quote from: commuterdude on August 02, 2008, 09:06:06 PM
Gas is gonna streak it.....that's ok though, this is a rattle can job and is expected to bear a lot of scars.

well what was wrong with it before?
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: The Buddha on August 03, 2008, 06:00:38 PM
Quote from: commuterdude on August 03, 2008, 10:42:21 AM
Well shoot.  Then how about selling me some of those fairing mount brackets you're sitting on. :icon_mrgreen:

To the one who has scorned my black wheel, I dont want to sell nothing ... humph ...  :icon_twisted:
You'll never hear the end of this, might as well get out and join back in with a different name. The membership of this site has increased several 1000 just because they crossed me (or pandy ... dont ever even dream of taking a pic of you sanding the purple, that is the end of you) ...  :icon_twisted: ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 03, 2008, 06:10:06 PM
pretty please?  I know you've got some.....don't cha!
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: The Buddha on August 04, 2008, 07:11:10 AM
OK, purple wheel comming right up.  :flipoff:
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: TarzanBoy on August 04, 2008, 09:49:08 AM
Nice.  Now it looks like a Honda hawk

YOUR BIKE, GS500
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/Buster-NC/IMG_4009.jpg)

HONDA HAWK NT650
(http://www.arnold-talmon.com/images/hawk0.jpg)
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: commuterdude on August 04, 2008, 03:03:39 PM
I'd like to have one of those Hawks!
Title: Re: painted my bike!
Post by: The Buddha on August 04, 2008, 07:11:30 PM
Oooooo you could have ... but then you had to paint yours with rattle can ...  :flipoff:  :flipoff:  :flipoff:
I'm telling you, different Id ... only answer, the harassment is going to get worse and worse ... and whinier and whinier and for less and less and less provocation ...
Cool.
Buddha.