Powdercoat options, PLEASE GIMME OPINIONS!!!

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05 Nov 2005 20:07 #6753 by twowheeledterror
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Okay, the cafe fighter thingamajig is getting closer and closer. It's 80% to a rolling chassis and you know what that means.... piwdercoating the frame is coming up!

I need opinions people!

The frame and wheels are getting powdercoated, possibly anything else that catches my fancy.

Keep in mind that the block and valve cover will be painted too, so gimme ideas of what to do with that!

I was personally thinking a matte black tank and matte black block/valve cover, polished engine covers and rearsets, a bright red powdercoated frame (one of the reds below) and either silver metallic or matte black wheels. The matte black wheels would get a polised lip though.

So there's my idea for you to envisage.

Lemme hear your opinions people. Yours count more than anyone elses as you are fellow KZ peeps. :)



Thats the bike. Don't laugh too hard at the phone books. :P I gotta mock up to get an idea of position. This thing will be fun.

Here's the colors:

A:

B:

C:

D:

Run with it. Get crazy with it. :D

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05 Nov 2005 20:16 #6758 by ronboskz650sr
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I would polish the valve covers, and carb top covers, and float bowls to offset the tank from the black block, and carbs (also painted black, but polished would be okay, too.) I like the black wheel with polished edge, but I'm partial to that. When I painted my bike all black, I saw the need for the poilished parts to be clean and shiney to offset all that black. Today was my first real good ride afterall the mods, and i got to se the bike in the store windows, and sitting in parking lots as I walked out of stores. The contrast really paid off in making the bike stunning, as a whole package. You have the red frame to help with that, so your polished parts will be like highlights, to showcase the mechanical parts. I like the color choices.
I've been following your progress...really interested in this project.
I like the exposed rear tire when people do it. Especailly with a cropped front fender.

Post edited by: ronboskz650sr, at: 2005/11/06 00:30

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05 Nov 2005 20:18 #6760 by guitargeek
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My $.02:

Nickle plated frame.
Chromed tank.
Polish and clearcoat all aluminum.

That's just me, though...

1980 KZ750-H1 (slightly altered)
1987 KZ1000-P6 "Ponch"
1979 GS1000 "Dadzuki"

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06 Nov 2005 11:06 #6827 by twowheeledterror
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Wow... 55 views and 2 responses.

THANKS FOR THE HELP GUYS....:laugh:

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06 Nov 2005 11:23 #6832 by dutchz
I don't know about the red man, but I really like the metallic silver/matte black combo for your bike. I would paint the frame metallic silver and do the wheels matte black with a polished edge as suggested.
If it is going to be red, I like A better than B, on my monitor with my color settings;) Hard to tell off a screen...

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06 Nov 2005 16:16 #6862 by ronboskz650sr
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twowheeledterror wrote:

Wow... 55 views and 2 responses.

THANKS FOR THE HELP GUYS....:laugh:


Could be worse..2 views, 55 responses :laugh: .

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06 Nov 2005 16:17 #6863 by KzJim
If it were my bike.. id do the front fender/tank/tail satin black. Do a 2 color job on the wheels blood red and a smoke chrome (see colors) engine all satin black keep the head bolts chrome, do the valve cover and carb bodies red.





did i mention i have a PC'ing biz?... (shameless plug)

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Naiveté in grownups is often charming, but when coupled with vanity, it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Tis better to remain silent and thought a fool - than to speak up and remove all doubt.
Did ever think that maybe you've been doing it wrong all these years?
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06 Nov 2005 19:49 #6892 by twowheeledterror
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KzJim wrote:

If it were my bike.. id do the front fender/tank/tail satin black. Do a 2 color job on the wheels blood red and a smoke chrome (see colors) engine all satin black keep the head bolts chrome, do the valve cover and carb bodies red.





did i mention i have a PC'ing biz?... (shameless plug)

Post edited by: kzjim, at: 2005/11/06 19:24<br><br>Post edited by: kzjim, at: 2005/11/06 19:27


Dear Sir,
Please reply with some info on where a person could get that smoke chrome powdercoat. haha

I like that times 1 million as a color for the frame to be powdercoated possibly.

Thanks!!!!

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07 Nov 2005 05:39 #6929 by inline4
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ME TOO!
The pics aren't great, but they would look a heck of a lot better w/o the fender!:laugh:

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07 Nov 2005 05:39 #6930 by inline4
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07 Nov 2005 09:23 #6969 by KzJim
RE: Dear Sir.... LOL...
Here is the link to my powder supplier..
[/url] www.pendrypowdercoatings.com
Its a great color and just about all of there powder is UV and fuel resistant.... stands up to carb cleaner too....

Naiveté in grownups is often charming, but when coupled with vanity, it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Tis better to remain silent and thought a fool - than to speak up and remove all doubt.
Did ever think that maybe you've been doing it wrong all these years?

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07 Nov 2005 10:50 #6991 by ltdrider
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My two cents..
I prefer a black frame. I like to see the color in the body work, and the frame should be as invisible as possible.
Black body and black frame looks good to me IF some chrome/polished alum is there to break up the black. Polished aluminum is better than chrome, in my opinion, because it reflects the effort that went into work.

'76 KZ900 LTD (Blaze)
'96 Voyager XII (Dark Star)
'79 KZ650 Cafe Project (Dirty Kurt)
Greensboro, NC

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