Not naked, cold or afraid any more!! ......

This is a follow up to my "Naked, cold and afraid" thread as seen here http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/386418-Naked-cold-and-afraid

Steve brought his bike to me, all the way down from Mansfield. It had only 31 miles on the clock!

The brief was to repaint it in a scheme that would look like it was a BMW Special edition. Something that could actually be a BMW created bike.

This is how it looked when it arrived

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Then (as many of you have already seen) Naked and afraid

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Then I went to work with the paint gun. I must stress that the paint job is exactly that, a 'paint' job. There's not a sticker or piece of vinyl in there anywhere!

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And here she is all finished and bolted back together. I will say that unfortunately the photographs don't do the paintwork, in particular the metallic finish justice. I added a Xralic to the final finishes and it really is quite special. I dare say some of you guys will see it in the flesh, hopefully in the sunlight.

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I've got a couple of videos that I've taken which emphasise the metallic finish, I'll upload them when I get home .............

And here's the man himself ...... about to load a brand spanking new, freshly painted bike into the back of a rental van using an old plank that I had lying about ...... Look at their tense faces!

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Oh my giddy aunt. That's stunning, well apart from the wheels which aren't really to my taste but each to his own.
But the rest of it is gorgeous.

Are we allowed to ask what a re-paint like that would cost? Ball park figure obvs.

I hope he likes it

Really good job...
Nice to know, I might have some spare fairings that will need some painting at some point

The owner should have gone for blue wheel at the front and white one at the back. True Boxercup style!

The brief was to repaint it in a scheme that would look like it was a BMW Special edition.

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I see you applied a transparent coat over the graphics... that something BMW should do.
When I had the boxercup, some of the decals got ruined over time... I always wanted to fix them and then apply a transparent coat, but never got round to it. Its new owner might do though.
He is a bit OCD about this stuff.

Love the bike paint job

- hate the blue sparkly wheels

A proper rider would have rode it up that plank !


Its looks top dollar does that me old flower, not only does he get a new bike free he got a fooking wicked paint job now, that seat looks extremely nice, just needs the remaining plastics doing in carbon .

Remember steve first stone chip - scratch is always the worst !

I love it!

Unique and beautifully done, in fact stunning. Congrats to the man who painted it and the bloke who now owns it.

er-minio said:

Really good job...
I see you applied a transparent coat over the graphics... that something BMW should do.
When I had the boxercup, some of the decals got ruined over time... I always wanted to fix them and then apply a transparent coat, but never got round to it. Its new owner might do though.
He is a bit OCD about this stuff.

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There's no graphics on this bike fella, everything you see there is painted!

Good quality work, not sure on those 80s wheels though!

That's a lovely job!

Very nice. I like the wheels. Well, I would, wouldn't I?

Why are the pictures all squished up?

Fanum said:

I hope he likes it

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Looks cracking.
Top job.


I'm off for a ride.

Quality of the work looks excellent but that's one sure way to feck up a bike! Looks bloody awful

Such skill and you've fully achieved the objective

Well everyone to their own, I like it, wheels an all, standard of work looks top notch, I'd have no hesitation letting you paint something for me.

As per usual, a top job done there Chris.....

So...you did his wheels then.....

Keith Bouncer said:

So...you did his wheels then.....

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Yeah ...... not a wire spoke to be seen!

Tunneruk said:

Yeah ...... not a wire spoke to be seen!

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A lost revenue stream young man........

Keith Bouncer said:

A lost revenue stream young man........

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Yeah I reckon that'll have lost me my fortune!