| Author | Message | ||
     1324 |
Hopefully someone can help me out here since I'm pretty sure I'm not treading uncharted water here. I'm looking for some pictures of XB's with either Flat Black wheels or Black/polished wheels. I have a black 03XB9S and I'm trying to decide what scheme to go with. I have powder samples from Grandstand, but an actual picture would greatly help me out. Thanks in advance! | ||
| Damnut |
black wheels  | ||
| 1324 |
Ah, nice and black. Are those the factory gloss black wheels? | ||
| Damnut |
yup just dirty. | ||
| Etennuly |
City-X bikes have black wheels. They are powder coated. | ||
| Typeone |
Buell Villain Black Wheels.. .  | ||
| Lonexb |
powder coated flat black...  as long as you don't touch them you would never notice the break dust. brian | ||
| 1324 |
Awesome, thanks for the pics everyone. There is something about a blacked out bike that get's me going! Nice job lonexb....and typeone, I've seen your bike on here several times, I love the gas mask! Definitely one of the most creative front ends I've seen. I'm leaning pretty heavily for the total flat black wheels, but I'll wait until someone can convince me to polish the lips. Ah, to bling or not to bling? | ||
| Evil_twin |
Check my profile pic, Gloss black with polished lips. Rich  | ||
| Hcla |
Here some pic. of mine xb12s (Message edited by hcla on January 10, 2008) | ||
| Hcla |
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| Hcla |
Here is some more.   | ||
| Ironken |
Polished/Black looks very sharp! | ||
| Rootintootin |
Here's a set painted. Dupli-Color Engine Enamel, Low Gloss Black. Its pretty tough paint and they have several levels of gloss. I was trying to decide if I wanted to go with the Villain Black from Buell so I painted them to see how I liked the look. That was a year ago, and I don't think powder coating is any better. Just have to touch them up a bit when I put on new tires. I can see a little yellow around the lip if I look close. The best part is like Lonexb said, you hardly know they are dirty  | ||
| Newbuellertoo |
Hcla, How did you get that look on your rims? They look awesome. | ||
| Br8knnex |
powder coated satin black  | ||
| Midknyte |
Typone - is that a gas mask? need front pic o that! | ||
| Sath |
Hey Br8knnex, what kind of seat is that and what kind of lights do you have there? | ||
| 1324 |
Pretty neat looking headlight...Acerbis? About that satin black wheels...do yours have a slight texture finish? The satin black sample I have has a light texture and I'm not sure how I'd like that on my wheels. | ||
| Jaydub |
love the black wheels | ||
| Evil_twin |
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| Sgthigg |
Anyone running the solid blue with amber wheels with the sides of the rims silver like Evil twin and hcla? | ||
| Odie |
Newbuellertoo- My wheels are the same. I stripped off all of the amber, polished the rims, taped off everything and the sprayed the centers black with some semi-gloss. Turned out well and are semi-easy to maintain. You have to keep up with anything polished. | ||
| Br8knnex |
sath and 1324 here is a link to my headlight pics and info http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/325985.html?1199463526 As for the wheels there is no texture the powder coat is smooth. | ||
| Sath |
Nice Br8, now what kind of seat is that? | ||
| Newbuellertoo |
Thanks Odie, What did you use for stripper? I've been told to use a gel paint stripper or even Gasket remover. Did you remove the tires first or just mask everything? Your wheels are exactly what I want mine to look like. Would love some P.M.'s , just no money for them right now. | ||
| Br8knnex |
sorry sath its the corbin gunfighter | ||
| Odie |
Newbuellertoo- I took the tires off and the bearing out as my intent was to powdercoat the wheels. However, after days (literally) of work trying to get the amber off of the wheels with De-Cote from Eastwood, I went with aircraft paint stripper from AutoZone which worker real well. It was dirty, messy work. I had to use small brushes in some places. After tons of prep work I had the lips masked off and went to apply the powder and it wouldn't stick to the centers of the wheels. It stuck to the lips perfectly though. I messed with them another day or two and called it quits and prepped them again and painted the centers. I know powder would've looked better but I'm happy with them. Everything else on the bike that I've powdered turned out great though. If you have more questions just drop me a line. | ||
| Kmfw160 |
Evil and friends- just a quick question that isn't about the wheels. How hard is it to install the R tail on an S (like on evil's)? P.S. I think I'm gonna do what you did, Odie, but keep the amber at first to see how it looks. Kevin  | ||
| Evil_twin |
Kevin, I didn't think it was toooo difficult. A little time consuming, though. I did it over the course of a week, a couple hours each night after work. All together it probably took me any where from 8-10 hours or so. The hardest part was figuring out what to do with the electronics, keeping them some what neat and accessible. I remember having to trim some plastic from the undertray near the shock for the loom and goofy stuff like that. But all in all, I wouldn't say it was hard. P.S. If you plan to do the swap, and are not in a hurry to do it, watch ebay for the more common parts. Fairing, seat, subframe, etc... you could save a bit of money that way. Rich | ||
| Xbcrazy |
Hey 1324, I know I e-mail you a few pics directly, but here is my personal setup for this year. It is powdercoated Super Wet Black then I pin striped it with silver metallic and Chrysler Hemi Orange. Pete    | ||
| 1324 |
Thanks, Pete. Looks good! | ||
| Newbuellertoo |
Buells and Hemi's...It doesn't get much better! The wheels look great. | ||
| Thespive |
Here is mine...  but, I am thinking of swapping over to Kick Ash w/Cherry Bomb letters and wheels. --Sean |
