Alright, long story short, last year I dropped my bike. Nothing bad, I wasn't going any faster than about 5mph and I was on grass. Wet grass. Hence why it fell over.

But it still royally screwed up my plastics in the front - the side of the nose fairing, the front of the left side fairing and the maintenance cover on that side all ended up shattered/cracked.

So basically I figured it would be cheapest and easiest to buy a whole new set of plastics from Auctmarts, as people have told me they're the best of the China plastics. This is my first bike, and as much as I love it I don't want to spend much on this, considering I bought the bike for $2,500.


However, the plastics available from Auctmarts do not much my stock colors, which would be perfectly fine if not for the issue of the gas tank. I would like the tank to match the bike, and I'm not willing to use one of those crappy tank covers.



So...what are my options? I heard I can get the tank painted for about $100, which wouldn't be too bad. Even if I had to get it just the flat base color to match the plastics then stick on a few vinyl decals to make it match I would be fine with that.

Or I could have the tank painted completely to match...would that be more expensive?



Do I have any other options?

 

If you were in n.c ,i have a little bit less than half a quart of clear. I would be happy to paint the tank for you if had no dents. For free. I have gloss white, burnt copper metallic,and black.

 

The tank is fine, but I live in NJ unfortunately.

 

$7 dollar Autozone "burnt copper metallic paint.
$50 Omni clear coat.: , , . 98 zx6r tail section.

 

just giving you some ideas. You can use less than $100 and get the same results.

 

That looks great, but I would probably also need to get a spray gun for that right?

Cuz I don't have one. I also don't have anyplace to do it, and I also know nothing about painting.

Honestly after I bought a sprayer, paint, clear coat and anything miscellaneous I might need to do that, I'd be close or over $100 anyway. Plus I'd have to find somewhere to do it and take the time to learn how.

I'd rather just pay someone else $100 to get it done and over with.


So other than having someone paint it or painting it myself, do I have any other options, or are those the only two?

 

The only options are:

Cover it
Paint it
Replace it
Leave it alone

 

Thorough and concise - much appreciated. I guess I'll take the paint it option, now I just have to find a painter in my area.


Thanks all for the replies.


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