Paintwork back & ready to fit

When I fitted the new front & rear guards last year, I just had my cousin waft 'em over with some flat black (along with the speedo housing, air filter cover & front indicator cover) till I could decide which way I was going with the paint.  As the original paintwork was only meant to be short term & done within a limited time-frame, it was literally just a flat black coating, without much prep-work on the chrome bits.  The speedo housing & front indicator had picked up a couple of chips, as had the front guard. so I decided to have them re-sprayed.  As the had bike moved on with the flat drag bars & now the chopped pipes, I've decided that the all-over black look actually suits it & if I start complicating the paintwork, I'm in danger of losing the "lean" look I'm after.

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With that in mind, I've gone for more of the same - picked this lot up this afternoon.  I've had all the original stuff re-done, as well as the side panels (spares off ebay)

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However, Rich has now had time to prep it all properly & the chrome finish has been peeled off to give the paint a proper key on the surface.  Rather than go for flat black again, he's used a satin black which has the been over-laid with a silver metal flake lacquer, with a very heavily textured surface - you can feel it as you run your fingers over it, it's almost orange peel.

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The pictures do not do it justice at all - as the light catches it, you really see the metal flake.  I still have to finish cleaning the wheels so it won't be going on just yet.

Nice finish Dave, Very impressive! 

as you say the pics probably don't do it justice mate will look forward to seeing all back on the bike

Looks really good Dave!

Looking good, meaner looking than that dodgy HD bike, eh whats it called again oh yeh the "iron"
When its complete I wonder which company will use it to "sell" their stuff, very smart finish.

Very good finish,will look well on the bike.

hawktheslayer wrote:

Looking good, meaner looking than that dodgy HD bike, eh whats it called again oh yeh the "iron"
When its complete I wonder which company will use it to "sell" their stuff, very smart finish.

That'll be "HeadBlade" in The States.  They send me shit loads of their stuff & gave me permission to use their logo on my speedo face

What an ace job, should look ace fitted 

Looks great.