I have just finished painting one of my CBR ducktails and HRC seat cowl satin black, came up well, not too glossy ,not too flat . Easy to wash as well.
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Another vote for satin black.

 

I voted gloss. I like the gloss look on bikes.IMO. And you need to polish your wheel's.

 

I voted for gloss, too. Looks like the vote is 50/50. You probably could have come up with that on your own...

 

What are you trying to end up with? Rat bike or Darth Vader?

 

do you have any pics of it?

lol the wheels are powder coated. there is just some fresh chain grease on there. everything will be clean once it's finally finished.

lol, yea i'm actually worse off with making a decision now because some people have given me new ideas to choose from

 

i'm not really sure. originally i was thinking all gloss black accented by some carbon fiber (mirrors, levers, frame sliders, foot pegs) for a shiny show type look. the flat black theme is more of a "badass" type theme which i have gotten positive comments from riding it around in primer. i think the flat looks good because of the contrast with the gloss powder coat all over but i also have to remember that the part of the frame that is currently exposed at the front of the tail will eventually be covered. i want something unique that will turn heads but that isn't tacky or overboard.

 

Flat black will not show imperfections as much as gloss black... but there is nothing sexier than a straight clean gloss black bike!

 

How hard was it to put that tail on?

 

that's why i was originally feeling gloss black but like i said i've gotten a lot of comments on how badass the flat black looks and its only a coat of primer.

it took a lot of time to get everything designed, measured, and made - a lot of back and forth. basic fabrication skills (i.e. welding, grinding, drilling and tapping) are all that are needed. i wasn't in a hurry when i did this but i worked on it for a number of weekends. i have some detailed pics on my photobucket if you want to look at that for now (http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ect/?start=all). i've had a decent number of people ask about it so i will try to make a writeup with more details at some point over this winter break.