My 05 was woefully neglected by its previous owner.

I always plan a paint job in photoshop before anything happens in reality. I'm not a very fancy guy and prefer pretty plain graphics. Here is what I'm doing to freshen it up this winter.Matt black in case you cant tell.




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I am not a fan of gold, but that is one clean looking design. I think you should go with it!

Post some pics of the final product- once your done with it, of course

 

Flat black is the way to go

Although, i suggest painting the wheels chrome-silver, not gold. I was thinking gold for mine, but am much happier with the silver.

 

that is badass

 

Nice.

Just curious but is Photobucket something you have to purchase or is it a download. Becuase I found something but it was I think it was $650. Which screw that I'll use Paint before that.

 

photobucket? you mean photoshop? It depends you can purchase or download it, all comes down to morals. Normally you would have to purchase it, and yes its very expensive.

 

lookin pretty sick...im gettin ready to paint my bike. been tryin to come up with some ideas but nothin has got me too excited yet. photoshop would be nice to play around with...

 

Photoshop is an Adobe product and is 650ish. It also requiresa sizableinvestment of your time to gain minimal skills. There are some pretty good tutorial podcasts on photoshop.

Another great way to prototype a paint job or modification is mutilating those cheap little models you can find at Walmart. They are only about $6.00 each. This method allows you to see everything in 3d.

 

Every bike I've owned for the last 10 years has been black. Maybe I should change that up?

 

I was talking to a buddy of mine about designing a paint scheme for my bike since he does paint well. And then we got to talking about his old motorcycle which was a 1992 CBR600 F2. He had it back in 1996 and to me that bike was bad (With me being 12-13). And the 1996 CBR600 F3 was the big dog back then. Now I have it(11years later).

But what we got talking about is doing a Factory design exceptwe'd usedifferent colors. That way you look like a factory bike exepct you got the only one.

My idea is going to be this paint scheme from a 1992 CBR600 F2 just like my buddy's bike.


Except instead of Red and White I'm probably going to do a Gun metal grey to replace the red and leave the stripes white. Or make the stripes black. Or possibly another color combination. And a the same time put the CBR600 F2(F3 for me) partin the styling of a newer F4 or even an 08 600rr. Something that sticks out a little and not a lot.

Here is how my bike looked when I got it. Yes that is Rattle can paint on it...

Here is how my bike looks as of now after some sanding...