Muscle Paint Thread

[one2dmax]

Figured I may as well start a thread with some of our paint schemes. Check out this latest one. I've included a before, during and almost after set. Still a lot to do before we are done.


Sean

[KJShover]

Smoooooth :punk:. What are you using for paint ?

[Hulign]

Looks cool... I need to figure out a paint job that shows off the louvers in my tank cover.

I'm wanting a Lambo orange/Black combo I think

Frank

[one2dmax]

Don't recall the brand but it seems to work well. It's a nearly exact match to the flat paint on the newer vmax frames, engines and other parts.

There is a lot of it going on this bike. Look for a copper bike soon with lots of satin and black chrome!

Sean Morley

[shawn kloker]

Green!

[KJShover]

Green!

That bike should be called the hulk :)

A friend of mine wants to paint his truck this color. How about a classic yellow? lol

[shawn kloker]

Green!


It's my honda CB1100f drag bike.

Some kind of mopar green.

[KJShover]

It's my honda CB1100f drag bike.

Some kind of mopar green.

I like it!, Back in the late 80's hot rod or a similar rag had a picture of a rodded truck I think is was a '68 c10 GMC that was painted to match Cheeze whiz. my old roomate Rob wants to paint that color somthing fierce.

My bikes have always been Black, Blue, or Red.

What kind of times are you getting out of that CB?

[richwrench]

http://www.vmaxforum.net/image.php?u=1162&dateline=1202864163&type=profileHow about Safety Reflective Silver ?

[richwrench]

sorry - pic didn't come out - need to learn how to resize to 800 by 800 ...:damn angry:

[Mitchell]

Figured I may as well start a thread with some of our paint schemes. Check out this latest one. I've included a before, during and almost after set. Still a lot to do before we are done.


Sean

Looks good,,, I really like the blacked out area design. :thumbs up:

[shawn kloker]

I like it!, Back in the late 80's hot rod or a similar rag had a picture of a rodded truck I think is was a '68 c10 GMC that was painted to match Cheeze whiz. my old roomate Rob wants to paint that color somthing fierce.

My bikes have always been Black, Blue, or Red.

What kind of times are you getting out of that CB?
It's supposed to run in the high nines.I have had to sort a few problems out and haven't got any good passes on it since.Was running 11.0's . Now has new clutch,new dyna 2000,new coils and air shift kill switch.I'll find out in the spring.It wasn't geared right either.running in 4th at redline at the finish line.

[4gasem]

sorry - pic didn't come out - need to learn how to resize to 800 by 800 ...:damn angry:

Send it to me and I will put it on for you...

cnbs2004(at)gmail(dot)com

Figured I may as well start a thread with some of our paint schemes. Check out this latest one. I've included a before, during and almost after set. Still a lot to do before we are done.


Sean

I like the flat black and green too.

I like the muscle car look too which is why I went with the racing stripes on mine. :thumbs up: I know it kind of copies the 2003 or what ever year that was but mine IS different and not stickers plus I REALLY liked the stripes when I first saw them...

I think the blue bike needs a seat Sean... :whistlin:

LOL

[Buster Hymen]

sorry - pic didn't come out - need to learn how to resize to 800 by 800 ...:damn angry:

Load it up to a host like Photobucket and it will be automatically resized and then you can link to the picture here.

[eatatjoz]

or if you want to upload it, go get Microsoft's image resizer from their power toys line-up.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
After it's installed, all you have to do is right click on the picture and choose resize pictures.

[richwrench]

Thanks to all for resizing help - we'll see if this works. These stripes glow from a camera flash or car headlights , but they just look bright white normally. Don't know if I'll keep it this way , but easy enough to peel off if I get tired of it.

[max power]

Thanks to all for resizing help - we'll see if this works. These stripes glow from a camera flash or car headlights , but they just look bright white normally. Don't know if I'll keep it this way , but easy enough to peel off if I get tired of it.


LIKE IT. Good idea.

[Redbone]

I think the blue bike needs a seat Sean... :whistlin:

LOL
And a rear tire too!:biglaugh:

[Frosty72]

Thanks to all for resizing help - we'll see if this works. These stripes glow from a camera flash or car headlights , but they just look bright white normally. Don't know if I'll keep it this way , but easy enough to peel off if I get tired of it.

I like the reflective look! It doesn't look like you took the stripes onto the rear fender though, did you think of trying that? I would try that if I could match the stock stripes.

[richwrench]

Hadn't thought of striping rear fender, but maybe that's a good idea. I have lots of striping around & I'm thinking of painting it on this summer. Best to experiment with the tape first - if I do it I'll post pics.

[one2dmax]

Here's one I finally got a chance to get pics of! Black Chrome with Burgundy Paint. Everything painted, coated, or chromed. It's a 1985 to boot! 2005 Engine. Modified Holeshot exhaust with our custom mufflers. Jet Kit, solid mounts, etc.. We built this bike from the frame up. Only a couple of simple cosmetic touches and one electrical glitch is left (fuel pump will only work with it in the reserve setting and low fuel light doesn't work - already removed and checked the sending unit looking for a broken wire).

Sean

[maleko89]

Damn, me likey.....

[Vitek]

Black chrome? hmm I like it..

Vitek

[one2dmax]

We are swapping the reworked Corbin (may be sold already but not sure yet) for a reworked stock seat (already done - lol). Also, will be lowering the bike 1" in the front, 1.5" lower shocks in the rear, and putting on a modifed kickstand. Still have a couple of other misc details but not much.

We'll have it with us when we come to Topeka in a few months too. Bike made 127rwhp last year. Don't expect any rear gain on that but we will see. This is brad's old bike (now the father-in-laws) and has the huge mufflers on it. Man, they still sound good.

I need to get a sound clip of those and the alcohol dragbikes Kerker (We did fire it up yesterday too).

Sean

[maleko89]

Looking forward to it! I'm still trying to get $ for mufflers like that!

[RagingMain]

Here's one I finally got a chance to get pics of! Black Chrome with Burgundy Paint. Everything painted, coated, or chromed. It's a 1985 to boot! 2005 Engine. Modified Holeshot exhaust with our custom mufflers. Jet Kit, solid mounts, etc.. We built this bike from the frame up. Only a couple of simple cosmetic touches and one electrical glitch is left (fuel pump will only work with it in the reserve setting and low fuel light doesn't work - already removed and checked the sending unit looking for a broken wire).

Sean

Let me know what you find out about the electrical glitch. This is exactly what is happening to my bike. this only started happening after I had the sender unit resoldered. Fixed the wire and this is what happened. Would love to know where to go next.
Cheers

[gunrunner]

Here's one I finally got a chance to get pics of! Black Chrome with Burgundy Paint. Everything painted, coated, or chromed. It's a 1985 to boot! 2005 Engine. Modified Holeshot exhaust with our custom mufflers. Jet Kit, solid mounts, etc.. We built this bike from the frame up. Only a couple of simple cosmetic touches and one electrical glitch is left (fuel pump will only work with it in the reserve setting and low fuel light doesn't work - already removed and checked the sending unit looking for a broken wire).

Sean

Nice . I love the grenade launcher at the rear .:clapping:

[one2dmax]

It's got two launchers! I think Mark or someone on here had a pic from the dyno last year.

Sean

[one2dmax]

Anyone here with some photoshop skills? My fiances 2002 ZX9R needs some help deciding what to do to finish the paint job. We are thinking something with maybe silver and purple.


Crap pics but maybe you can take another off the web (bikepics.com is a good place) and chop it.
Sean

[Buster Hymen]

Are you saying you want to see the bike in silver or purple or with silver and purple added to the base colour?

[one2dmax]

Add to the base color. There is just too much of it. I'm thinking some kind of striping or pattern in purple with the silver like a wide pinstripe to separate the colors.

[kaboom]

Figured I may as well start a thread with some of our paint schemes. Check out this latest one. I've included a before, during and almost after set. Still a lot to do before we are done.


Sean
useless post

[one2dmax]

working on another scheme for Vmax and should be done shortly. Will let the customer post pics when he gets the parts.

Sean

[one2dmax]

Newest creation. I'm sure pics of the parts on the bike will come when he gets them on.

Sean

[mabdcmb@yahoo.com]

Is that what Ghost was looking to do?

[one2dmax]

That might be correct! I'm sure he'll chime in soon. Turned out pretty sharp. Wait till he gets pics in the daylight. Really makes the metal flake pop out.

Sean

[gamorg02]

looks awesome sean/ghost.

[naughtyG]

amazing! me want :)

[GREEN light BLITZ]

go for the throat...HOT ROD RED! AND RACING STRIPES! painted her myself.Pics of when I got her (this is how I rode it home from the previous owners) and now.

[ghostntheshell]

Yup!

That's my Viper blue w/ white racing stripes!! I can't wait for it to get here! I am going to wait for my Morley seat before I post any of the bike pics though - I am looking for a dramatic before and after :)

[gamorg02]

sean, do u paint yourself or do u have a local shop that paints for ya?

[Redbone]

Yup!

That's my Viper blue w/ white racing stripes!! I can't wait for it to get here! I am going to wait for my Morley seat before I post any of the bike pics though - I am looking for a dramatic before and after :)
I can't wait to see your new look Ghost!

[one2dmax]

I have a local shop that does the paint for me. The owner does any ding repair and then the painter is about 18 years old. Does a very nice job for sure. The stripes he said were a challange to get perfectly centered but I think he's going to like it!

The blue is very pretty in the sunlight.

Would love to do this in other colors. I had a request about orange with a black type stripe similar to the green and I think it would look awesome that way. We'll see if we end up doing it.

just for future info for potential customers. A paint job like the blue with stripes of the green with stripe will run $500 exchanged or on your parts. Single color paint jobs are a bit less at $400.

Sean

[gamorg02]

i follow sean. that price is fantastic by the way. esp on an exchange, that is key, no downtime for anyone!

[4gasem]

THAT is a GREAT price IMO.

[ghostntheshell]

yeah, beat out my local options!

And to morley - did they ship out yet? And did they ship out with the seat?

I'm so excited to put it all together!

[one2dmax]

Body set shipped yesterday along with centerstand (not sure if they went in same box). The seat will be a little longer (than I expected).

Sean

[ghostntheshell]

okie dokie.

I am gonna see if some of the local vmaxers here can help with the body and wheel removal once I get the center stand on...

get all the body on (perfect time to install the superbrace too)

[one2dmax]

The body is fairly straight forward. You will need to remove the front wheel (or at least lower it down) to get access to the bolts holding the fender to the fork brace. The early model forks actually let you remove the whole fender/brace assembly by sliding it out the back but that doesn't work on the bigger forks like yours.

Sean

[ghostntheshell]

11478

Here is an idea of the paint job Morley did for me!
Hope this attachment works.

[kaboom]

useless post

I was just rereading this thread and realized that the above quoted post makes it look like the post I was quoting from Sean was a useless post........what I meant was MY post that was there before the edit was a useless post.....

I hope this makes sense.......and nobody took it the wrong way.....

[one2dmax]

LOL.. It's all good.

Sean

[Buster Hymen]

I was just rereading this thread and realized that the above quoted post makes it look like the post I was quoting from Sean was a useless post........what I meant was MY post that was there before the edit was a useless post.....

I hope this makes sense.......and nobody took it the wrong way.....

Oh, you're lucky! I was about to call in Captain BanHammer on that post!!:biglaugh:

[one2dmax]

Should be picking up this set today. These pics were taken before rubbing the paint out so they will pop even more. it's hard to show how brilliant these suckers are but this is now my new favorite color (until we do the next job lol).

Sean

[kaboom]

Should be picking up this set today. These pics were taken before rubbing the paint out so they will pop even more. it's hard to show how brilliant these suckers are but this is now my new favorite color (until we do the next job lol).

Sean


WOW!!!!!:eusa_dance::worthy::clapping::eusa_dance: :worthy::clapping:

[EvilD]

look great, love the color

[one2dmax]

Figured I may as well start a thread with some of our paint schemes. Check out this latest one. I've included a before, during and almost after set. Still a lot to do before we are done.


Sean

This paint set (green with black stipes) is now available for sale (on exchange). Includes the side covers (on exchange too). Looking at $400 with shipping to you. Paint should still be in pretty decent shape. Going to do a different green for this customer.

See the pics on the first post and then more pics of the same bike on our website. Email me if interested!

Sean
one2dmax@aol.com