| Author | Message | ||
     Andros |
Has anyone painted their 1125 matte black? | ||
| Miko_k |
I did my Firebolt, I like it this way. No more polishing for me  | ||
| 01xjbuell |
Did the front of my '08 matte | ||
| Spectrum |
I keep expecting to see a murdered out 1125R. I'm surprised we haven't got one on the board yet. | ||
| 07xb12ss |
i thought about it, might do it this next winter, not gonna have the bike down just to paint it, even tho its scorching down here in Tx, I was thinking matte black body work, polish the sides of the rims, basically everything but the center section where the spokes are, they would still be black | ||
| Andros |
pictures guys, pictures =) | ||
| 01xjbuell |
hmmm pictures....    I think I posted these before... but here you go | ||
| White |
I think that would look good with the CR. It would give it the sinister look, like an ax murderer look  | ||
| Andros |
I'm getting my CR painted in 2 weeks, matte metallic black. Stay tuned for pics! | ||
| Jdugger |
Helps with keeping the laser off of you, too. | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
wat kind of exhaust is that, any sound clips? Thanx Jake | ||
| 01xjbuell |
A good friend of mine and I built that in his shop about a month or two ago. I wasn't excited about the exhausts I saw that I could afford, and the ones I did like I couldn't afford. Did some research, some planning and voila. It's loud and I dont have any sound clips yet but my two buddies with Aprilia Tuono's say it sounds very similar to their bikes under load, just deeper and louder. Nick | ||
| Rasta_dog |
Your mods to your 1125R have turned out really cool. | ||
| 01xjbuell |
Thanks, I wanted to make it different | ||
| Avc8130 |
Is the muffler a 1-off, or is it off the shelf? ac | ||
| 01xjbuell |
Its a one off, a couple of local guys have asked about it, but its not for sale per se. PM if interested and I can tell you how I made it/whats needed. | ||
| Whynot |
I've seen this bike & pipe up close & personal, the pipe is really neat, symmetrical with two outlets as I recall. Question: when you wrapped the headers, did you just do the fat pipes, or did you wrap them where they split, too? | ||
| 01xjbuell |
When I wrapped them I started at the merge at the heads. Not quite ALL the way to the head, about 1-2 inches down I would say. It reduced felt heat by my leg immediately and for some reason my exhaust almost sounded a little louder/deeper after. No idea why/how just an observation by myself and people I ride with. Nick Also, got the PM and will answer it later tonight. | ||
| Usmoto |
u gonna matte out the rest of the bodywork or leave it? | ||
| 01xjbuell |
I was planning on it, but will wait until the season is over... Actually might change the color for next season, not sure yet though. Nick | ||
| Plumpton |
Bike looks great. So now I have to ask a dumb question. Whats the process to spray the panels? Sand down to put a key on for the paint to stick to? primer? what type of paint? is the matt finish easy to keep clean? If I were to start with the side pods I take it I need to remove the front part. Is this easy to remove? As for the fairing, I take it that it should come off the bike again. Did you mask up the 1125r graphic or use a new one? | ||
| Mr_incognito |
Plumpton: A friend of mine just painted my plastics silver for me. He said it was difficult to paint because the plastics are so "rubbery". He ended up using a lot of flex agent in the paint, and he had to put on 2 coats of primer for the paint to stick right. Obviously you need to sand down the bodywork, or at minimum give it a rough surface for the paint to stick to. I would reccomend taking off all the stickers and getting a new decal set, since the stickers are clear in some parts the old paint will show through the old decals. As far as taking the bodywork off, ive neve owned a bike that came apart so easy. Theres like 5 bolts in each radiator pod, 2 bolts and the mirror bolts in the front fairing, 5 bolts in the tail, and 4 bolts on the airbox cover. Its cake. I pulled all my plastics off in about 5 minutes. | ||
| 01xjbuell |
Mine were actually very easy AND spray bombed from a can. Prep well sanding it down first with 400 grit then 800 grit then the highest you can find grit... i did 4 coats of primer and wet sanded the primer. After wet-sanding i did one more light coat of primer. Then 8 coats of satin black wet-sanding between 4-5 coat and after the 8th coat. Then the final touch is 6 coats of matte clear wet sanding between the 4-5 coats again. Biggest thing about my paint job was patience and PREP. The flames were done free hand and are 2 coats of blue before the clear. |
