Time to repaint the beast

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:21 pm

Well seeing as there have been a few people have been doing some resto work on there bikes I thought it was time to start mine. It would have been finished this weekend but a knee injuiry managed to put a dampener on that.

Anyway a couple of progress pics, and Madkaw thought his fairings were bad...

Its original guise, painted matt black with a spray or 5

to get it thought rego and onto the road.

All the bits lined up ready to be undercoated, (thanks Damon for your help with fixing the damage).

Starting to get them in undercoat and ready for colour.

I'll post up more pics as things get done. Unfortunately I'm looking for somewhere to spray the colour as I have been outed from my garage due to the fumes

go figure.....

FrogZ · Post by **FrogZ** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:49 am

Who needs bourbon with thinners fumes eh ??

I will expect too see you sniffing from coke bottles soon...

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:30 am

Mate, just put a clearcoat over the undercoat, the you'll have a truly unique ZX7R...in beige

ProblemChild · Post by **ProblemChild** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:47 pm

Mick C wrote:Mate, just put a clearcoat over the undercoat, the you'll have a truly unique ZX7R...in beige

even better use grey undercoat

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:08 pm

Go For Gold Frank !!

looking good

Damon Z1000 · Post by **Damon Z1000** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:21 am

I here Matt Black is a popular colour out your way

Damon Z1000 · Post by **Damon Z1000** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:23 am

I'm flat stick all weekends until Xmas but if you asked me nice and persuaded me a little, I may be able t find time over the hols to do your base green in 2pac, as I have quite a lot of experience in Lime Green

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:49 am

Well it back from the painters and the black beast is no more.

All I can say is that from about 10m it looks great untill you get up close, to say I'm not 100% happy is prob an understatement, no major problems just a few little ones, like painting the vent on the top fairing green instead of white and a few marks in the paint.

All thats left to do now is apply the decals in a couple of weeks and get my hands on so carbon bits I've been waiting on.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:41 pm

c'mon frank come clean, you just went and got a new bike didnt you

look farkin great, well done.

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:51 pm

Onya frank... it looks great...

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:56 pm

Phil wrote:c'mon frank come clean, you just went and got a new bike didnt you

look farkin great, well done.

They has been times when I came close to selling or turning this one into a track bike and buying a new one

Post by **MadKaw** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:37 pm

Looks fantastic Frank...

The hole at the front looks good in Green..

And don't worry about the marks, I'm sure they'll buff out.. Thats what my painter told me...

JetPilot · Post by **JetPilot** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:39 pm

Bike looks great. A few imperfections is nothin to worry about. Bug guts will cover that..

Damon Z1000 · Post by **Damon Z1000** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:54 pm

All thats left to do now is apply the decals in a couple of weeks and get my hands on so carbon bits I've been waiting on.

hoo hoo hoo

Looks great m8, so much better than matte black

You will get ya bits, but not this side of Chrissy mate.

That front guard came up well

Goodonya

Post by **robracer** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:01 pm

Looks good frank..... so ya up for a ride over the chrisy hols?