GOAL: Changing my gs500f into an all white gS500f with self DRAWN , CUTTED decal? so far i have done this ,( i didnt really take photos of me doing the spray painting since i was bymyself, but from here on im oging to get my friend to take pictures)

when i first bought it
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/ffg.jpg

painted the rims white, ripped off all stickers except suzuki
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/aw.jpg

Lol my 1st try of spraying the tail didnt turn out well LOL but u cant see it in here
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/w.jpg

Here is my tail resprayed n other things.
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/666.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/34.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/13022010002.jpg

here i took a pic of my bike half naked jst wanted to c what it wud look like
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/13022010005.jpg

and heres the result of todays work ! SO HAPPY! XD u can barely see it LOL
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/waaa.jpg

so tomoro ill be painting some of my self made decals onto the bike and doing the tank , cone STAY TUNED LOL
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/13022010009.jpg
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/13022010008.jpg

Copy the "IMG" line under the picture in Photobucket, not the URL.  That will display pictures and make sure people actually look at what you are showing.

DONE  tank / cone :L LOOKING SEXY!! all i need now is to make the decals =(

Quote from: remo2k9 on February 13, 2010, 06:04:30 AM
here i took a pic of my bike half naked jst wanted to c what it wud look like
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/13022010005.jpg

like a SV.

dang you painted the tank on the bike!? and with hardley any cover on the battery! bold man. ey, you paintin that front fender or what?

Um. Did you just paint right on over the top of the decals on the tank without removing them? If so, you just painted right on top of the clearcoat too.

What kind of prep work did you do before painting?

Michael

Quote from: mister on February 14, 2010, 12:39:58 AM
Um. Did you just paint right on over the top of the decals on the tank without removing them? If so, you just painted right on top of the clearcoat too.

What kind of prep work did you do before painting?

Michael

i used red sand paper to remove the clear coat i think its enough, cause it doesnt peel.

Quote from: gregvhen on February 14, 2010, 12:25:30 AM

Quote from: remo2k9 on February 13, 2010, 06:04:30 AM
here i took a pic of my bike half naked jst wanted to c what it wud look like
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/remo2k8/13022010005.jpg

like a SV.

dang you painted the tank on the bike!? and with hardley any cover on the battery! bold man. ey, you paintin that front fender or what?

yea i am! LOL

heres a pic of it without the tape evrywher :L

Now all you need is a white helmet. Then ride around in dark blue pants with light blue shirt so everyone thinks you're a copper.

Michael

Quote from: mister on February 15, 2010, 12:24:16 AM
Now all you need is a white helmet. Then ride around in dark blue pants with light blue shirt so everyone thinks you're a copper.

Michael

LOL

"painted the rims white, ripped off all stickers except suzuki"

I would have traded you my white rims! Sick to death of them. In fact, I want to find a way to put spokes on my GS.

Um, wow.  Painting it all on the bike?!  Not much prep?  No tank decals removed?  I will be surprised how long this all lasts?! 

Quote from: O.C.D. on February 15, 2010, 12:05:36 PM
Um, wow.  Painting it all on the bike?!  Not much prep?  No tank decals removed?  I will be surprised how long this all lasts?! 

yes.

Quote from: O.C.D. on February 15, 2010, 12:05:36 PM
Um, wow.  Painting it all on the bike?!  Not much prep?  No tank decals removed?  I will be surprised how long this all lasts?! 

yea lol, but my dad said its okay it'll last i did sand the tank though it was rough no clear coat and no i didnt paint over the stickers, only on the tank ,

Quote from: remo2k9 on February 15, 2010, 05:29:12 PM

Quote from: O.C.D. on February 15, 2010, 12:05:36 PM
Um, wow.  Painting it all on the bike?!  Not much prep?  No tank decals removed?  I will be surprised how long this all lasts?! 

yea lol, but my dad said its okay it'll last i did sand the tank though it was rough no clear coat and no i didnt paint over the stickers, only on the tank ,

If you painted over the decals, then you DID paint over them. Even if Only on the tank. So now you have a tank, with decals on it, but which have been painted over. So the decal outline can still be seen, but maybe not what's on them. And unless you sanded them to, then paint will also come off of them.

I doubt your tank didn't have clear coat. ALL tanks do. It's just not highly visible to the naked untrained eye. Some bike makers put the decals on and then clear coat over them. Not Suzuki, however. They actually put their decals on by hand, after the clear coat has been applied.

So after painting your fairings you have decided you don't like fairings? Could have saved a bit of paint and not painted them to start with.

What is it about the fairings that you don't like? Most fairings are quite similar so I'm not sure what you really want. Or even Why you don't like them.

Michael

Quote from: mister on February 15, 2010, 07:10:52 PM

Quote from: remo2k9 on February 15, 2010, 05:29:12 PM

Quote from: O.C.D. on February 15, 2010, 12:05:36 PM
Um, wow.  Painting it all on the bike?!  Not much prep?  No tank decals removed?  I will be surprised how long this all lasts?! 

yea lol, but my dad said its okay it'll last i did sand the tank though it was rough no clear coat and no i didnt paint over the stickers, only on the tank ,

If you painted over the decals, then you DID paint over them. Even if Only on the tank. So now you have a tank, with decals on it, but which have been painted over. So the decal outline can still be seen, but maybe not what's on them. And unless you sanded them to, then paint will also come off of them.

I doubt your tank didn't have clear coat. ALL tanks do. It's just not highly visible to the naked untrained eye. Some bike makers put the decals on and then clear coat over them. Not Suzuki, however. They actually put their decals on by hand, after the clear coat has been applied.

So after painting your fairings you have decided you don't like fairings? Could have saved a bit of paint and not painted them to start with.

What is it about the fairings that you don't like? Most fairings are quite similar so I'm not sure what you really want. Or even Why you don't like them.

Michael

yea my bike had clear coat over the decal , Lol
well yea i jst painted the side fairing for fun! :L i had nothing to do n the fairing looks awfully... big like robo cop u c how its a like a BOX mmm on hte sides? hard to explain like the top part goes up then bends in to the frame.. makes it look funny when u look at it from the side back view and worse from the tail LOL dontu  guys reckon?

If you are happy, that is all that matters.  A lot of us are going to disagree with what you did cause we wouldn't do it.  I, being one of them, would not do it.  But hell, you are having fun and being creative.  More than likely you will be encountering some "repainting" in the future, lol.  Then you can paint the whole thing lime green!!! 

Quote from: O.C.D. on February 16, 2010, 08:14:15 AM
If you are happy, that is all that matters.  A lot of us are going to disagree with what you did cause we wouldn't do it.  I, being one of them, would not do it.  But hell, you are having fun and being creative.  More than likely you will be encountering some "repainting" in the future, lol.  Then you can paint the whole thing lime green!!! 

haha lime green! yea in future when i  actually have more money n a garage n tools then maybe i might do it properly but for now! this is good! 

Have you see any fairings that do not do this?

For mine, they pretty much all do the same thing. So I think you might be shaZam! out of luck with getting a fairing to not do it. 

Michael

Quote from: mister on February 16, 2010, 01:32:13 PM
Have you see any fairings that do not do this?

For mine, they pretty much all do the same thing. So I think you might be oh my goodness out of luck with getting a fairing to not do it. 

Michael

the fairing like cbr 250 / 600 125 those ones  look good cause they dont stick out as much as the gs500f LOL but wat im lookign for is one that fits into the brackets or w/e they called without doing much to it, like how an r6 tail jst slips on,