Me likey!! :clapping:
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Project: Transformation
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FJR-Voltron
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:clapping: :yahoo: :yahoo: :assassin: :clapping:
Phugedaboudet
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beautiful! Are you going to paint the silver panels under the seat to match too?
Any of you photoshop gurus, can you do a mockup of what the bike would look like done up in the OP's sweet red but with the plastic silver panels painted red to match?
Any of you photoshop gurus, can you do a mockup of what the bike would look like done up in the OP's sweet red but with the plastic silver panels painted red to match?
odot
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You win the lottery or sumpin, bounce? That is some very impressive and expensive work yer doin. Hey, can ya help me with a credit card prob I got?
Toecutter
What would DoG do?
That's gonna really look nice, like the one at NAFO last year (Alex's old bike, was a black '03 in Reno and Park City, IIRC).
If I paint mine, I'll go white. Wanna look more like an LEO than I do already. Function over form....
If I paint mine, I'll go white. Wanna look more like an LEO than I do already. Function over form....
odot
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Then you have to wear a beanie helmet to look like a copper....ya gonna do that, toe?
Duff
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+1
I always said I would buy a white Wing and add the modulating headlights JUST to look more like a LEO. Better to be seen and feared than to be ignored and killed. :assassin:
Toecutter
What would DoG do?
the only new thing is the paint job. it was costly but about half of what it would have been within the dfw metroplex proper. it pays to have a friend in the business and, like we tried to tell the anti-PdP gang, it pays to be patient. me telling him to take his time meant he could work on it between his scheduled jobs. it took longer but the last time i checked i have more time than money.
the cruise control and stator have been sitting on the shelf for a while. The wave rotors, lower fairing replacements (and other bits) were picked up over the years from people (mostly on the lists) who either had NIB they didn't use or off their wrecked bikes (at some savings). this project has been in the planning stages for about 3 or 4 years. one delay was money. the other was commiting to a color. for most of this time i was thinking high-gloss gunmetal gray. at other times it was a white base with a blue pearl and then several coats of clear for depth and sheen. based on how this turned out, imo this was the better choice for me.
if anyone thinks of going white consider it as a base over either a blue or yellow pearl. done right, it looks like a white bike but shows hints of "snow blue" when the sun hits it just right. the yellow pearl results in a warmer look to the white.
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I finally got some photos of something a little bit better representative of the paint job. I'm still not 100% happy with how close these are to the real look, but they are closer. The helmet also gives a better idea of how the different angles of the parts will look than a flatter side panel that's not assembled as part of the whole.
Those photos are in focus, the finish really does look that liquid.
Those photos are in focus, the finish really does look that liquid.
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Welcome to the big Red club. Just wait til you see how fast that thing will go.... 
BTW, what is the name of that color?
BTW, what is the name of that color?
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thanks. i waffled on red for a long time because of the LEO recognition factor. i finally decided "**** it' if i'm paying for a paint job i might as well enjoy it. since yamaha made sure that blue was done to death... well... then any red should be a real eye popper. i think this will fill that role well.
it's alternately called:
dark red candy metallic
dark red metallic
and it's based on Color-Rite's mix for Yamaha's "Shift Red" on the R1 in 05 or 07. but, as always, CR was off quite a bit and my painter came to the rescue with his combination of art and skill: mods to the mix and layering of the candy clear got the red deep without being a maroon and the gloss almost liquid thanks to something like 7 coats of the candy clear.
i simply call it candy apple red.
i fell in love with candy apple red when, as a kid, i saw an uncle's 57 chevy done up in it using lacquer. in his case i remember him telling me they did many more coats. maybe something as many as 20 or 30. it had a finish you could fall in to it was so deep.
the black parts you've powder coated for me really work with this paint job. as i have time and money, more things will be coming (rims at the very least and maybe more as i get things sorted). my list above is my current wish list. this week i've also added that i want to do replacement fasteners for the fairing in red from Tasty Nuts.
it's alternately called:
dark red candy metallic
dark red metallic
and it's based on Color-Rite's mix for Yamaha's "Shift Red" on the R1 in 05 or 07. but, as always, CR was off quite a bit and my painter came to the rescue with his combination of art and skill: mods to the mix and layering of the candy clear got the red deep without being a maroon and the gloss almost liquid thanks to something like 7 coats of the candy clear.
i simply call it candy apple red.
i fell in love with candy apple red when, as a kid, i saw an uncle's 57 chevy done up in it using lacquer. in his case i remember him telling me they did many more coats. maybe something as many as 20 or 30. it had a finish you could fall in to it was so deep.
the black parts you've powder coated for me really work with this paint job. as i have time and money, more things will be coming (rims at the very least and maybe more as i get things sorted). my list above is my current wish list. this week i've also added that i want to do replacement fasteners for the fairing in red from Tasty Nuts.
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Old Bear
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Great color-AND you'll have a "new" bike for a whole lot less $$ than from MamaYama (Not to mention a color unlike any other FJR out there! Many many moons ago, back in the dim and misty past of the late 60's I had a good friend who rode an OLD Sportster. Every year during the winter it went into his shop behind the house not to be seen again 'till spring, when it would roll out with some new performance mod AND a new, different color paint job-A new bike every year ('course there wasn't that much to Paint on a Sportster), still it was a pretty cool idea and by being a DIY'er it didn't cost much
mattster31
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Ahhh...............but does he swallow?? :clapping: :clapping:
Thank you, thank you...............I'm here all week............try the veal.
h34r: BTW.........love the color.
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clocklaw
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That is the exact color I want.....I am patiently waiting for Yamaha to go for this one!
Dudewado
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Ya' done good, Bounce.
I can't wait to see pics of the whole thing put together.
I can't wait to see pics of the whole thing put together.
Took a break from bike stuff this weekend to clay bar and wax the car.
I have some other pics I've not put on line (taken when the light was more angled). But for now, here's one that shows the reflection of the paint being nearly the same as the glass.
I have some other pics I've not put on line (taken when the light was more angled). But for now, here's one that shows the reflection of the paint being nearly the same as the glass.
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