| Author | Message | ||
     Ericz |
I am going to change my rear wheel for a 2010 3-bearing wheel and am considering what cosmetic changes I can/should make while I'm at it. I currently have silver w/ polished lip wheels. I can't buy a 3-bearing wheel with the factory silver finish to match my front wheel so I'm left with these options: 1. Have the new rear wheel re-finished to match the factory silver w/ polished lip. The finish may not match the factory finish though. 2. Have the new rear wheel and my current front wheel both refinished to match. I'm considering chrome plating, a bright fun color, or just a matching silver w/polished lip. I am also considering swapping my silver front forks for a newer set of the black anodized forks. I really like the current black and silver combination and I am always apprehensive when it comes to cosmetic changes. I have no problem deciding on mechanical upgrades but I fear regret with cosmetic investments. Help me decide!! Photoshop may be a good way to see how things would look, but I don't know how to make that happen. Here is the bike now:    | ||
| Tq_freak |
The black and silver is pretty sweet looking. I have always been a little partial to the black with amber/orange wheels, even thou they are a PITA to keep clean. Chrome would look good, easy to keep clean but might get pricey to have them chromed. If it were Mine I might get crazy with the powder coat and do something like 90% black but one Bright Red spoke on the rear and pair or spokes up front. Or the hubs and hoops one color and the spokes another. What ever you decide, I might be interested in what ever you have left over, be it just a 2 bearing rear or a rear and front. Could use some spares. | ||
| Schwara |
I love the look of your bike. I have thought about striping the black off my wheels, doing a light polish, and then anodizing clear ... assuming that is possible. | ||
| Noone1569 |
I've got Hyper Black wheels on my car: (Not mine but similar) http://www.wheeldude.com/wdg/ul/index.php/800/800/ gallery/7379_3.jpg its like a black chrome, that would look sick on this bike. | ||
| Canucklovingbrit |
Love following your posts, and the progress you're making with your bike. Such a sweet ride! I think it would look great with Cherry Bomb Red wheels - that's one of my favorite features on my 12R! | ||
| Andersonhdj |
Personally, I think you've got it exactly right! Maybe a reflective striping one the rimlips to aid visibility. So I would stay with the silver rims.It is understated and all business! | ||
| Teeps |
In keeping with your aesthetic vision: Consider polishing both wheels to a high luster. Then have them clear powder coated. Beauty of sparkle with durability of powder coat. | ||
| Bads1 |
I don't know why but I vision powder coated in Baby Blue. The same color as on the Rizla Suzuki Moto GP bikes. Nothing else coated that color.... just wheels. | ||
| Dtech |
Just my opinion but no chrome, the satin finish looks great! | ||
| Rotor |
a black wheel rear and a silver wheel front, to match your engine setup ( turbo with a black propeller on the exhaust side and a silver one at the intake side ). | ||
| Ducbsa |
Half & half side-to-side like the HD VR1000?  | ||
| Geedee |
"I really like the current black and silver combination..." So do I Ericz. Your bike looks so good the way it is. Tastefully classy. Match the wheels as they are and keep the silver forks. Thanks for the video. |
