Colour Change

Adventure Boy

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Loved the matt silver bike when I bought it till I saw the White one so took the plunge and re sprayed mine white at the weekend just put the stickers on and took a pic
 

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thanks guys yes ive got a photo log of the job didnt want to bore the tits off everyone but will post if anyone wants
the tyres are MT21s 130 rear which I was told wouldnt fit :eek: its done over 1000 miles in rain sun and a muddy weekend offroading in Norfolk it works fine:thumb
 
Looking good, really like that a lot :thumb


Would love to see the detailed report of the job too :thumb2
 
Ok then here we go the bike in matt silver, then stripped down, pics of the panels removed then some of them painted
 

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Some more, in paint then me utilising everything as stands to paint on than the finished article again, was going to do something really different when I had it all in primer but I love the white so that was that:bounce1
PS this was all done with spray cans primer topcoat and laquer
 

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Very nice paint job!
Also, interesting top box? Haven't seen one of those before, what is it?
I know I could do with something secure and lockable on the bike, but I just think most of the 3 piece luggages look too big and ruin the looks of the bike, that looks quite good though.
 
needs another polish but its not 100% hard yet but I think its passable, could only take the pics in 2MP as they wont upload any bigger
 

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Teng the top box is from a BMW R1150GS Adventure grafted onto a standard base plate they are a fantastic box very strong and holds quite a lot, my Arai tour X goes in it bo problems, they do come up for sale here, thats where I got it, I was very lucky this one is Brand new, cost me £240 you can still buy them from BMW though
 
Normal white Primer, Halfords Appliance White, proberbly the whitest white you can get, then standard laquer, rubbed down with a 800 grade scotch pad, painted flatted with 1200 grade wet and dry, laquered then flatted again with 1200 W+D then 2000 W+D then polished with t-cut then autoglym super resin then with really fine polish used for plastic which is as runny as wated but shines the nuts, ive just been out and given it a final polish by hand and the shine is really deep well happy with the finish, a big :D:D:D
 
Normal white Primer, Halfords Appliance White, proberbly the whitest white you can get, then standard laquer, rubbed down with a 800 grade scotch pad, painted flatted with 1200 grade wet and dry, laquered then flatted again with 1200 W+D then 2000 W+D then polished with t-cut then autoglym super resin then with really fine polish used for plastic which is as runny as wated but shines the nuts, ive just been out and given it a final polish by hand and the shine is really deep well happy with the finish, a big :D:D:D

Wow good job ... wish I had proper facilities to do the same, will do mine again one day ... I guess you like the look of 2010 white model, if I were you, I would have rather done some custom.
 


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