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very nice effort, esp. for your first go.
you will have it the way you want in no time.

leon

well i couldnt get the candy just right so i used the dupicolor and re-cleared over top. i was too lasy to strip all of the parts at this time so i only wanted to redo the tank and 1 sidecover, since the other duplicolor, cleared parts are in great shape.
its very expensive to do trial and error. it costs $60 for a quart of clear alone. this will keep me riding for a few years i supose.i dont know how long the duplicolor will last. the clear has the uv blockers that the duplicolor lacks, so it may hold out well?
i still have to find the ambition to tare the bike down and repaint the frame some time. i will likely go black next time. that would allow me to change the body color at will. i may go with a modern metalic Kawi green body next time ?
1 thing i am not happy with is the thickness of the bottom stripe. i should have made it thinner . it would have looked better if it was thinner on the tail.but being a dumb ass i did the tank before the tail.

ah now the tank looks much better!

Lookin good buddy! Mark, in a regular basecoat/clearcoat system, the clearcoat provides all the UV protection. The base has none. You should be just fine as long as your clear and the duplicolor get along.

BTW I saw a Kawasaki Versys over spring break that was painted in a candy metallic green. That was a really cool color. It's been stuck in my head ever since I saw it.

I actually really like those bikes. The green is freaking awesome and they put down really nice power from a parallel twin 650. Great around-town/weekender bike.

Mark - what duplicolor did you use? Did you thin it out or was it from a spray can?

Thanks guys
i used the spray can Duplicolor and covered it with an Acrylic Urethane 2 part clear.
I love that Green.

How many coats? It looks fairly transparent still. I like it. I personally think the clear will take care of it as long as there was good adhesion.

i had already put 3 under the red. then 3 cts of red. then i put 2 cts over the red. the red is very transparent. it is over the black.

i finally got around to taking a pic of my bike with new paint.


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i finally got around to taking a pic of my bike with new paint.

So what paint did you wind up using to finish it? It looks a lot darker red than your first attempt with the candy red.

KZ12R huh, I like it!

EDIT: I guess if I had more than two brain cells, I would have looked up the page to see that you used the Dupli-Color. Must be time for bed. Nice job, it turned out real shiny.