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08-02-2008, 05:51 PM
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Ocean Rider 1
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Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Yup...another person doing this mod!
The paint is drying! I'll do a complete how-to for this mod when it is finished, because I didn't find a good how-to on which bolts to undo (although the service manual shows how to do it) so I'll do it for those without one! w0000 super excited...and yes...pics will come. How To: 1. Get Supplies a. Tools (wrench, socket wrench, bike tool kit), paint, soda or beer. 2. Remove seat 3. Remove side pods (unhook rear taillight) 4. remove rear handlebars 5. remove exhaust cover 6. sand cover with 320 sand paper, rub with tack cloth. 7. Paint cover with a few coats of paint. Follow directions of your paint. I also painted the actual muffler tips too... 8. Allow to dry (too soon and you'll scratch the paint) 9. Reverse the process and put it back together! Here are some pics! Last edited by MarinaFazer; 08-02-2008 at 07:25 PM.. |
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08-02-2008, 07:27 PM
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Ocean Rider 1
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Here is the final result!!! awesome looking!
I can't wait to save the $100 for painting the rear hugger so it's red like the bike!!! niiiiice! |
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08-02-2008, 07:34 PM
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Location: SoCal
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Hehe, looks nice
 So you are going to paint the rear hugger yourself? Let us know what paint/color you end up using.
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08-02-2008, 07:38 PM
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Sweet! I did mine, but I got scorpions a week later. When we gonna go for a ride?
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08-02-2008, 08:51 PM
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Ocean Rider 1
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Avalon: I'm going to use the Color-Rite website and get the primer, red paint, and clear coat. Total cost estimated to be $100
Nick: Aren't you in San Diego? |
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09-05-2008, 01:00 PM
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Looks great man. I'll probably be doing the same thing this weekend.
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09-05-2008, 01:09 PM
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Looks good but I'm still undecided. Could you paint your forks, pegs, and windscreen and help me decide?
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09-05-2008, 01:11 PM
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Ocean Rider 1
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Forks and pegs coming up...not so much with the screen...if anything, a larger calsci one for the many miles of touring that seem to be happening more often than not.
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09-05-2008, 01:20 PM
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
Looking forward to it
 I keep looking at all the silver on my bike and I want to paint it but I feel like you have to do all or nothing.
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09-05-2008, 01:23 PM
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Ocean Rider 1
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Re: Painted Exhaust and Radiator Cover
well, personally I like having the silver rearsets...but everything else can be blacked out...oh, and keeping the bolts silver too...I saw red somewhere on the site, but wasn't a fan...maybe white?
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