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Some of you may have seen pics of this bike before, I sprayed it white after i had an off that cracked up the fairings. Well its apart again for paint. Why? good question. The official story (so i could get my dad to let me use his garage to do this) is that i went to get wax off the shelf and knocked a bottle of paint thinner that wasnt fully closed onto the bike. (lol) the real story is that the first time I painted it I used really cheap paint and i was terribly unhappy with it, so after going for a ride last week and almost dying between the sand, pot holes, and people who forgot what a motorcycle is (i live in New England), I figured taking it apart to re-paint it will kill 2 birds with one stone for me. Fix the paint, and make it so i cant ride it for a little while. heres a picture of her after her last paint.
the paint will stay mostly the same (just a better paint, and hopefully less orange peel), only a few things are being changed, most wont even be noticed, the most noticable change will be that all the logos (that i never applied) will be painted on instead of decals. I will also be adding a carbon fiber front fender (notice in the pic my fender is busted and im using white duct tape to hold it together) and chain cover.
heres the progress,
almost apart:
Today, finished 8 coats of championship white.
up next, after the white cures, it will be masked in order to spray the jet black.

the paint will stay mostly the same (just a better paint, and hopefully less orange peel), only a few things are being changed, most wont even be noticed, the most noticable change will be that all the logos (that i never applied) will be painted on instead of decals. I will also be adding a carbon fiber front fender (notice in the pic my fender is busted and im using white duct tape to hold it together) and chain cover.
heres the progress,
almost apart:

Today, finished 8 coats of championship white.

up next, after the white cures, it will be masked in order to spray the jet black.