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Did some more painting

ddaniels

ddaniels

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Painted my Rooster fairing and side covers to match the black/red theme of my luggage. I think they came out great.

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Hi,

Super! That's a good looking touring setup you've got there.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
That looks a whole lotta much more gooder Dave. Except I can't decide if I liked the side covers just red, or the new look. They both looked good, and I know you did it to tie the black in more, but I can't decide...
 
Looking at it some more, and I know you don't wanna mess that pretty OEM painted tank, but I think it pop like a tube of biscuits if the panel on the tank was black too. That would really look euro.
 
TheCafeKid said:
Looking at it some more, and I know you don't wanna mess that pretty OEM painted tank, but I think it pop like a tube of biscuits if the panel on the tank was black too. That would really look euro.
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Tank and front fender to match. ;)

Daniel
 
7981GS said:
Tank and front fender to match. ;)

Daniel
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Were it me, I'd leave the fender red. That way only side facing panels were black. Or maybe trim the fender in black with a red panel down the center.
And Dave you shouldn't leave your helmet in the garage. For one, it makes a lovely home for spiders now that weather is getting cool (ask me how I know) and second, they say leaving helmets around areas where fumes can build up can do damage to the internal foam and shorten the life. Not to sound like a know it all or anything. I learned about the spiders first hand though. Nothing quite as exciting as having a big brown hairy spider drop down in your line a vision with your helmet on and shut while at speed.
 
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Way ahead of you on doing the tank too. I know it would look good, but I really am hesitant to mess up a good thing. Undecided at this point. In all honesty, I'm still not sure I like the sidecovers that way or not, but they turned out really good.

In all these years, I've never kept my helmets anywhere but the garage, but I hear you. And I do always look inside it before putting it on.

Not much of a painting setup here. I don't have any kind of booth or anything. I just lay newspapers on the floor, and start spraying. Very low tech, but I end up with a fairly decent result because of all the wet sanding I do....which I hate. Oh well.

Thanks for the nice comments.
 
I wonder if you could get some black vinyl contact paper to apply on the tank, so it wouldn't be permanent.
 
Nicely done! That all blends in well, although I think I'd have to agree with doing the side panels on the tank black as well. I really like the scheme and the side panels the way the are is definitely the right thing :)

Just an unrelated question... do you find that fairing reduces the side vision at night with the headlight being so recessed?
 
Looks good but you know me. I would have went the other way and painted everything one color.
 
pete said:
Nicely done! That all blends in well, although I think I'd have to agree with doing the side panels on the tank black as well. I really like the scheme and the side panels the way the are is definitely the right thing :)

Just an unrelated question... do you find that fairing reduces the side vision at night with the headlight being so recessed?
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I haven't noticed anything related to the headlight. But I don't ride much at night anyway.
 
ddaniels said:
I haven't noticed anything related to the headlight. But I don't ride much at night anyway.
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That's cool, just curious as the sides appear to project so far forwards.

If you don't notice, then obviously no issue there :)
 
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