What Do You Guys Think? (Cosmetics question)

I've determined that my tax return will be spent getting my new plastics for the bike... Well, along with plastics I'll need a new paint job, and this is what I've been kickin' around:


(I stole the image of a white VFR from a site and messed with it in paint)

Feel free to give me your opinions, and know that I'm still playin' with a bunch of different ideas for paint. I havent decided if I wanna try and find a rear seat cowl, so I left that white for now; If i end up gettin' one it'll be color matched with some sort of detail on it as well... I also wanna go with a clearish yellow windscreen, so disregard the stock one in the pic. For reference, here's what the original paint scheme we did ended up like:

 

wheres the elbow pads? LOL just kidding............. I like the newer look.. but then again I am a minimalist, I don't like a whole lot of colors

 

I like it Pyro.
A black seat cowl with just a bit of yellow scallop like you've drawn on your fairings would finish that off nicely.
What kind of paint were you thinking here,high gloss or matte finish?
You gonna be blacking out those rims too or leaving them white?

 

Thanks Stosh, after seein' your paint I'm inclined to think you know your stuff haha... leavin' rims white, gotta clean 'em up though... yeah, if I do end up buyin' the cowl it'll be black as well... Honestly, I'm gonna do what I did before, hit up Autozone for $80 in high gloss rattle can paint and pinstriping tape... I have a "paint scheme 2.0" I'll be uploading later tonight w/ a bit more detail, done with a pencil...

@Crusty: yessir, I thought the last scheme was a tad busy, I prefer a little less craziness... and of course you prefer minimalist, your baby is bone white (p.s. that pic was BEFORE the elbow gear)

 

Moar YELLOW

 

Scheme 2.0

Keep in mind, the grey is all pencil, it's gonna be black... and the yellow will likely be a tad thicker, and have a .5" white edge to it when I'm finished... and the headlight is gonna have a yellow bulb as well... flush mount blinkers in clear, not the amber lens... and the rear seat cowl is still as of yet undecided...

 

HAHAH batman... wow never considered that...

oh yeah, *bump* cuz I want more opinions =P

 

just outta curiousity, does anyone know where I could find a right side miror for a gen2? been killin' myself to locate one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg....

 

i appreciate the clue never thought to try that... and bikebandit has done well with my fam in the past. Thanks reg!

 

YELLOW = GAY... :lol:


Just kidding... Looks cool man, can't wait to see that baby pull up to bike night all bumblebeed out!!!

 

well, got most of my plastics ordered up... just waitin for em to show up... hey, does anyone know how to get hold of the guy Chuck who makes tail sections? I tried his email and it got sent back =/ the tail is the last piece I need to get ordered...

 

I'm wondering if there's any other place to get a gen2 tail... if not, I may end up buyin' a GSXR or CBR plastic and fabricating somethin' totally off the wall and different

 

the pearl white the way that bike came was cool, i would leave it that color it would stand out in a crowd just by being all white with the gold lettering...

 

I would definately do a lot of carbon fiber accessories. I think it would look nice with the black. Some nice black rims and a black seat cowl would finish it off nice. I had a ninja I did a lot of custom paint to. Turned out nice.

 

what about a yellow and black checkard on the side fairings...something different

 

have a good time with it any paint graphics I had to play around with alot on the bike with masking tape and cutting out stencils. Some time it goes right like you plan, other times it's way differnt when you shoot the paint.

 

Well, I FINALLY got my tail section ordered (VFRChuck posted one on ebay and I scooped it up inside of 3 hours)... that was the last piece I was tryin' to locate... gimme about a month for all the parts to arrive, and I'll be postin' pix of my baby before and after facelift