Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Is it a sumo? Or a dual sport? Dirt bike maybe? Pit bike? Street fighter? Meh fuck it, it's all of them.

 

Just finished painting this K1100 build... ended up using Toyota 1H5 cement grey

 

Looks good...............Needs battery cover............color matched to bike.. jusy my .02

 

Agreed, or just wrap the battery in matte black vinyl. Clean fucking build though.

 

Yep, Ordered some matte carbon vinyl wrap on monday still waiting on it in the mail, I wrapped it in flat black I had and it looked too plasticky.. hopefully the carbon stuff looks ok, otherwise ill box it in.

 

Picked up a 2005 Yamaha Roadstar Warrior for $1500!

Cammed, headwork, straight pipes, power commander. This thing shakes the entire block and pulls hard. It’s stripped to bare metal, no clear or anything. Debating what color to paint it

 

Midnight blue

 

Dude I have been debating between gloss black and exactly midnight blue for the past few days.....

I love the blacked out look but at the same time I want it to be unique

 

Midnight is pretty close to black, but not not many people have it.

 

x2 on the blue, IMO blacked out is getting overplayed

 

x3

 

1963 Corvette Midnight Blue....awesome

 

Dark blue or a plum would be my core. Blacked out is meh

 

Clear coat it as is

 

Could just rub some diesel on it. Gives raw steel an awesome patina.

 

The only good use for diesel i could ever see lol

 

hmmmm...

 

The power curve on those is supposed to be ridiculous....... Until the sudden drop when it loses charge.



Also I finally ordered my Lane Splitter today. Noticed that my current full-face is starting to get tacky. I made the mistake several years ago of buying a matt black helmet because I was tired of all the nicks and scratches on gloss helmets. Unfortunately, the one I bought had that rubberized coating that doesn't like solvents like gas. Well the occasional spill while fueling up has finally started to wear the coating down and I can't see a clean way of removing it all. Now I have a sticky helmet. Boo. Guess I'll retire it with the others.

 

Well the 250 is up for sale...

https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/mcy/d/2014-honda-crf-250l/6677992526.html

 

Upgrading to Africa Twin 1000 ?