As my parts are coming together..its getting to be the time for paint once again. I am the most indecisive person in the entire world...and I can't decide on a paint scheme. There's absolutely one thing I want to keep...my blue. I loved the blue and it made my bike an eye catcher.

Now..this is everything you can play with here...frame, wheels, headlight bucket, guage buckets, swing arm..go nuts guys...I was kinda attached to my white wheels..I don't mind cleaning..at first I wanted to paint my frame white to match..now I'm kinda heading away from that...I have a new scheme up my sleeve but if I like what you guys come up with better...I'm gonna run with it..so where are my art people?

Bonus points for:

• Things that don't look vinyl
• Simplicity, don't cover up my blue too much
• My painter won't do pinstripping
• I like contrast, white on blue, silver on blue etc
• NO FLAMES 

Here it is kids note it will have SM2s and different rearsets..go at it...I  know we have talented people here...I'll send you presents...in the form of fedex-ed baked goods...or something 

What about naked women??  Are they ok??

TLR/K3~K4 GSXR 1000 forks.  Katana swinger and rear wheel.  Bandit 1200 guages. SS lines.  Full exhaust.

That'd do it.

I think we are talking about paint and graphics here buddy boy.....

  Paint Mak PAINT!!!


The forks stay...cause Im short..and even the different springs made it too hard for me reach...stock is actually made for my skinny 100lb ass...my exhaust is fine..no more mods..just paint for now..


No neked women.....although random abstract cooters are ok  that was my previous scheme

Oh...ummm...just black it all out.  That's what I'd do.  Black bikes are the sexiest.

gix forks are actually shorter...

Frame and swingarm matte black perhaps?  That would bring out the detail work in the paint more.

no..blue is sexiest...blacked out is for boys who don't get noticed anyway    


are they shorter? I dont even get any sag on my stockers when I sit on it..thats why messing with the suspension made me nervous..


Noah I thought about that...I may do that....now I must say...I'm a huge fan of The Antibodies bike...

Yup...if I recall correctly almost by an entire inch.

Anyone got a GS fork sitting around they can measure?  We'll get the exact number in here.

hey pastrami, how about, same color, but more coats with lotsa clear on it, perhaps some pearl or metallic in it, make the paint almost look deep enough to swim in

  Thats exactly where I'm going wtih the blue Aaron

ive seen cars done like that, my 48 plymouth i had painted like this, b4 i sold it, but i had it done in a deep navy blue. btw blue is my fav. color lol, but keep the graphic on the tank tho, it kinda sets it off

I agree--definitely keep the blue and the image you have painted now.  When I look at the photo of your bike, my eyes are first grabbed by the tank.  The black of the seat works well with that blue.  Then the fender, then the plastics, then the chain guard--which brings my attention to that swing arm.  Like mine, it's--well--ugly.  The matte black of your seat would work really well at that point (other than upgrading the swing arm entirely).  If you do that though, the frame might as well go black too.  The sports fairing is going to do a wonderful job of hiding the GS500's instrument panel and add a more sleek look to the front of your bike--without taking away from it's naked appearance.  OK, I just realized that I'm starting to sound like an interior decorator here.  Time for me to go reaffirm my manhood or something. 

Chilly 

at one point..i wanted the frame and swing arm white to match my wheels...I nixed that when I gave up the crack..


the reason i don't wanna keep the same graphics is because everyone asked me where i got the vinyls...it made me sad...

People asking dumb questions shouldn't make you feel bad.  And just about any graphic's you do add to your bike your going to get the same question.

I agree paint the frame black.  Add some white to the tail section.  And personally I'd go with blue wheels, over black.

Here are some really bad 2 min photochops for your viewing pleasure:

Here is your bike with a (simulated) black frame, subframe, passenger pegs, headlight brackets and bucket, with the stock white rims:


Here is the same picture with (poorly simulated) black rims (If i were to go this route I would use blue rim tape to outline and offset the rims a little):

Pastrana,

I know you said you like contrast, but the second photoshoped image w/ the black rims is gorgeous!  Wow, that looks nice!

Chilly

Quote from: xxqualitysealxx on November 10, 2006, 06:49:20 AM
Here are some really bad 2 min photochops for your viewing pleasure:

Here is your bike with a (simulated) black frame, subframe, passenger pegs, headlight brackets and bucket, with the stock white rims:

Here is the same picture with (poorly simulated) black rims (If i were to go this route I would use blue rim tape to outline and offset the rims a little):

This makes it look like a Speed Triple, kind of.  I love it.  Just blue with no graphics would be kick ass.  Maybe a silver Suzuki on the tank.

That looks like the blue on my Super Hawk.  Is that Candy Tahitian Blue?

Photoshop the front suspension black or same blue.

Not the tube, just the silver reservoirs.

Better yet, do the silver part below the fender black, the part at and above the fender the same blue.

That'll do it. 

The fork tubes a gun metal, then black wheels, swing arm, frame, headlight brackets, etc.  That would be awsome.