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New Parts + Rattlecan Paintjob

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16 Jun 2007 12:07 #149986 by slickware
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So my "wrong" muffler/footpeg bracket showed up this week. Luckily, the holes lined up with the frame, although the part itself is shaped a little differently, so more of the frame shows now than it did before. I repainted the brackets from both sides of the bike with RustOleum metallic blue and several coats of clear, touched up the newly-showing frame parts with black, and I also painted the brake pedal... why not? I may throw some rubberizer on it or something where my boots rest so it doesn't get too nasty, but only if I really care. I don't think it came out too badly, all things considered!

Before-Before:


BEFORE: (Before clearcoat and touching up the now-showing frame parts with black)


AFTER:

Left Side:

Parts baking in the sun (side covers shown for color comparison):

Post edited by: slickware, at: 2007/06/16 15:17


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16 Jun 2007 13:21 #150004 by RetroRiceRocketRider
Replied by RetroRiceRocketRider on topic New Parts + Rattlecan Paintjob
Wow, that came out looking really nice! B)

If you really wanted to go gung-ho and dress it up a little, you could find a round chromed cap to place over the swingarm pivot bracket.
A local bolt and fastener specialty store near me carries various sizes of them, and is where I got the caps ($1.50 each) to replace the missing ones instead of paying top-dollar for the OEM caps at a Kawi stealership. ;)

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16 Jun 2007 13:39 #150007 by slickware
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hahaha this is why I don't usually do work on my bike.
anyone with an image editing program want to circle which piece is my swingarm bracket? I don't even know where my swingarm is!
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16 Jun 2007 13:54 #150012 by RetroRiceRocketRider
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Ask, and ye shall receive. :)



The cap is just a suggestion. It's your bike and you are the only one who needs to be happy with it, right. ;)

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16 Jun 2007 13:59 #150013 by slickware
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I like the idea. I have no idea where I'd find a "local bolt and fastener speciality store" though. I'll have to do some googleing.

I've been looking for some chrome caps for the black bolts that I just replaced, but I am having incredible trouble finding them in 12mm sizes! The best I can find is 1/2inch which it one size too big. ARGH stupid metric :angry:

edit: on kawi-dealer caps: this particular bike didn't have caps, it apparently has plastic covers over a hole in the original part I replaced. I think you can see it in my first photo, it's just a black plastic fitting.

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16 Jun 2007 23:38 #150123 by Mark Wing
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I agree, the parts look great. The bike looks nice too.
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