The flat black has real character to it. Looks great

 

Sooooo, what ever happened with this?? I followed the thread to the end... and then ... nothing!

 

i've been thinking about painting the engine cover, can you do a DIY process on that?

 

If your a perfectionist, get it painted at an auto repair shop. You won't be able to create a near perfect finish without a HVLP spray gun and proper paint materials. With a spray can you will get a lot of dust in the finish and without a hardener in the clear it will eventually dye back (fade). You can prep the part yourself to save yourself some money but ask the shop where your getting it done how they want it prepped. Different materials are prepped in different ways.
I'm an I-CAR platinum autobody technician and its hard for me to do anything less then perfect. A poorly painted/repaired panel/part drives me nuts.

 

thank you for this insight, I guess I will have to talk to my bodyshop about this.

 

Sorry guys it's been years and have been busy with many things which tied me up. Honestly, I applaud the people that do DIYs and take time to do them professionally for the sake of helping others. However, I simply don't have the time or patience to finish it.

This is correct. I was talking about professional equipment here actually. You have to buy the equipment and make a dedicated space to doing this if it's a larger job. I picked up another Mladdin edition sport bike with an awful paint job and had to redo the entire thing. Sadly that's the last time I painted. And because I'm like 545iMike (perfectionist) I caught a few dust particles in the tank and had to redo it after it cured. But it came out beautiful. I though about keeping the paint with no clear but i had to seal those stickers in permanently and I just think it would last longer cleared.

 

the rest

 

Nice bike. Love the exhaust set up. Must be loud as fawk.

 

Thanks. Yes it's quite loud. I haven't riden in a while. Last time I rode I put it at like 184 or 186 mph... can't remember. Noticed after bike was sitting for a while that I have some oil leaking from right fork and never got around to working on it.