my £700 yellow vtr......
my £700 yellow vtr......
love it...!.....note to self................must paint downpipes
- lloydie
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
looks good for the money .
the exhaust will polish up well , takes some elbow grease but the do clean up good
not much you can do about the yellow except paint it green or black
the exhaust will polish up well , takes some elbow grease but the do clean up good
not much you can do about the yellow except paint it green or black
Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
i like the yellow ones....your one in the avatar looks good in green though............
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
when the pearl yellow is polished up and in the sun they do look good
but the green looks way better
but the green looks way better
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- agentpineapple
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
i was quoted £40 to have the exhaust shot blasted, then buy a can of eastwood satin black vht satin black paint, good for 1200 degree's...............job done
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
yeah i think im going to go down the painted route for the down pipes....also needs a bellypan, i dont see the point in that dinky little one, looks a bit of an after-thought by honda tbh ......may mod one up off another bike...........
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
i had spare 2-1 sand blasted for free
then autosol to polish it back up
i have a belly pan that i might put up for sale soon need painted tho
but now in black
then autosol to polish it back up
i have a belly pan that i might put up for sale soon need painted tho
but now in black
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
looks like a bargain but go easy on the tyre oil lol
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
not cheap but well worth it, quality stuff....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280869704424? ... 1497.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280869704424? ... 1497.l2649
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
first dibs on the bellypan if/when it goes up for sale...lloydiecbr wrote:i had spare 2-1 sand blasted for free
then autosol to polish it back up
i have a belly pan that i might put up for sale soon need painted tho
but now in black
Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
Nice bike Jim. Always think its the next best colour to Red, Snot Green would be well down the list.
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
I know what you mean. They just look so wrong without a proper fairing lower.i dont see the point in that dinky little one, looks a bit of an after-thought by honda tbh
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
strongly agreecybercarl wrote:I know what you mean. They just look so wrong without a proper fairing lower.i dont see the point in that dinky little one, looks a bit of an after-thought by honda tbh
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- lloydie
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Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
The only other belly pan that looks right on the vtr is the moriwaki the rest all look like after thoughts
Re: my £700 yellow vtr......
IMHO it's personal choice on what you like when it comes to aftermarket lower fairings or bellypans. I did have (as my avatar shows) a Power Bronze lower fairing on my bike. I didn't like the quality of it so I sold it. If it had been a better quality I probably would have kept it. At the moment I have done the same as Lloydie has done to his standard nose cone oil filter protector, painted it black. Personally I think it gets lost somewhat with the engine/gearbox lump when it's black, rather than standing out much more when left in it's original colour silver.
I do wonder though why we (well some of us ) including me in the past want to make our Firestorms look like every other race rep, by trying to make the 3/4 length fairing (which is fairly unique on it's own) look like a full fairing
Chris.
I do wonder though why we (well some of us ) including me in the past want to make our Firestorms look like every other race rep, by trying to make the 3/4 length fairing (which is fairly unique on it's own) look like a full fairing
Chris.