Might paint my bike.. which is best?

shawntmartin wrote:

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call me crazy,i like the yellow;)

Looks good. I would suggest a wide white stripe along the top of the tank and tail on the red or a wide green stripe on the yellow.

shawntmartin wrote:

Sorry, I don't know what that means. :huh: Those pics are half-assed by the paint accesory in Windows. Far cry from Photoshop, I realize....<br><br>Post edited by: shawntmartin, at: 2007/04/02 14:19

I think people thought you were painting over the flames...not onto another set of tank/panels.....

Thats all I was saying:whistle:


Oh I like the yellow but maybe a little more on the orange side would be good.

Post edited by: Fourtoes, at: 2007/04/02 15:58

Sorry, do you mean the stocking thingy or do you think I was being funny by saying"that old trick"....

I've seen someone stretch a fishnet stocking over body work/tank and spray, when you remove the stocking it looks like snakeskin. ish

Post edited by: Fourtoes, at: 2007/04/02 16:00

I like the flames too, and it does look better to me, without the scoop. I like fairings but smaller ones, like the ones they have on Suzuki SV650's.

Yellow looks good. Maybe get the wheels powdercoated as well as the seat, frame, tires ect. It should all be yellow to be really cool. Maybe two tone would even be better, what about red for the tires and the seat ect? Now we're getting somewhere. How do we do rubber though? Will standard paint stick to tires and the seat? Maybe don't even need powdercoat. Powdercoating rubber is probably better for long term than paint though I would say.

RonKZ650 wrote:

Yellow looks good. Maybe get the wheels powdercoated as well as the seat, frame, tires ect. It should all be yellow to be really cool. Maybe two tone would even be better, what about red for the tires and the seat ect? Now we're getting somewhere. How do we do rubber though? Will standard paint stick to tires and the seat? Maybe don't even need powdercoat. Powdercoating rubber is probably better for long term than paint though I would say.

:woohoo: :silly: :woohoo: :silly: :woohoo: :silly: :woohoo: :silly: :woohoo: :silly: :pinch: dont hold back Ron!

does the fishnet thing really work?:huh:

Well phooey.....cant figure out how to dump the flames and do a PROPER photochop! Dash it all.....where Pterosaur whe ya need him!!??!!??

p.s......if you lose the chin scoop, I'd like first dibs on it! :whistle: :whistle:

indykaw77 wrote:

Well phooey.....cant figure out how to dump the flames and do a PROPER photochop! Dash it all.....where Pterosaur whe ya need him!!??!!??

Oh, I'm around - cross-eyed and carpal tunneled, but I'm around.

"Proper" chop? I'm hardly a talented amatuer, believe me.

Okay - so what is it I'm supposed to mangle? The flame job and lose the chin? All yellow?

If that's the desired look, I can give it a shot - and it might take a little longer than the usual "Perils of TG" I whip out in less than a minute...

Tell me what you're looking for..

boomboom45 wrote:

does the fishnet thing really work?:huh:

Way back when men were men and proper motorcycles had two cylinders, using lace table cloths, fishnet, etc, as a mask over a solid color was the "cool" thing to do.

The paint jobs never seemed to last long though.

(Snuck in another twin reference):evil: :evil:

Whatever photoshop you want to do is perfect... the more the better.... do any of them if you have the time and interest...

shawntmartin wrote:

Whatever photoshop you want to do is perfect... the more the better.... do any of them if you have the time and interest...

It isn't really a matter of "how many" - it's *how good*. I'd rather do one nice one than half a dozen cartoon panels on TG's love life. :woohoo:

In order to do one right, it takes multiple layers and attention to detail; check some of the shots in this thread - and even they're hack jobs.

That's why I asked for some more detail before getting out the p-hacksaw....