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Hi guys,

So I have my track bike and I am planning on painting it myself. Any suggestions/tips/tricks?

What type of paint should I be using by the way? Acrylic Im guessing....

Some parts of the fairings are very close to the engine, will there be a problem with acrylic paint getting heated up?

Also if anyone has seen a good paintjob for a K1 GSXR I would love to copy it!

I reckon if you can find some pics that people took of the putty incident, you'll find a good look for your Suzuki!

or the Wes Cooley Incident !

heat should affect acrylic paint if you let it harden properly.

2pac is to hard and illegal to apply unless you have the right gear and know what your doing.

most auto paint shops can make the colour you want into pressure pack cans if you do not have a compressor and gun.

Personally I'd keep a trackie as simple as possible. If it goes down you don't want to have a difficult, time consuming paint job to re-do all over again (and again, and again......if that happens)

Arse-ole canz r the go. I ued the compressor, and it's a pain to do even a simple repair. Pick a common-o-garden colour and cover everythign evenly. Cover any nasty looking bits in stickers and your good to go. Probably cheaper than using the acrilic/enamel paints too.

in all seriousness, have a look here

2pak industrial paint even "Wingnut" (mattyV) is turning out work like a pro. Hopefully he may slide up a pick or 3 of his latest "Nana's cottage industries" project.
get at LEASTa 12 foot compressor which u'll need to run all the CHEAPASCHIPS pnumo tools from feebay anyway.
Wax & grease EVERYTHING
Take time with Mixing & straining the paint.
KEY IS GUN SET UP.
the last pit is wrist control.
Nothing comes close to the sense of achievement from doing stuff yourself.

nice, VERY nice !!

Yeah the good ol' pressure packs an then buy few more cans of clear coat to give it that gloss look! Otherwise no clear for the matt look!
I think a nice Lime Green should do the track, maybe a few Kawasaki Stickers also!

mike-s wrote:in all seriousness, have a look here

"and still have money left over for beer" read that some where in that article...

after i binned the zxr 2fiddy spent hours sticking bits of plastic back together with soldering irons and epoxy resin and glassfibre tissue, many more hours sanding and filling .. by which time i had lost patience (as i was one)and almost the ability to move me neck and right arm...............sooooooooooooo $2.85 cans of elcheapo grey from bunnings

re read photomikes post here

cheap to retouch if i could be bothered and mines a street bike

oh yeah if you want to go gun job have a couple of guns (devilbiss) am willing to lend as long as they come back CLEAN and a little dangerous knowledge

but i'd go the photomike mexican cans for a tracky arse OLE!!

I resprayed my bike recently(gun, acrylic), wasn't too bad although I didn't do a great job on the clearcoat.

You'll be fine with it near your engine etc.

It has a mat black finish at the mo, I might put a couple of blue lines on it and then clearcoat it.... Stickers wont stick at the moment lol.