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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 03:57 PM
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so i am looking to paint my bike next.. i played around with the photoshop and i need some opinions...

Keep in mind that these are pics just to see what it would look like. ( i have the chin spoiler and fairing on the way)

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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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I like the orange
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 04:22 PM
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I like the yellow, but I bet it would be pretty slick with a combination of all of those colors.
 
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have to be honest... not really feeling any of them bud... personally i would try to tie in some of the silver from your motor into the tins as that is the only silver on your bike right now
LOVE the chrome swing arm!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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what if you do flat silver! then wheels and dash in gloss black! that would look dope!
 
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ive seen a painted dash... is that an hd item that is smooth??
or do you sand it and primer it??
 
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i was thinking black and silver pinstripes..
 
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Of those, I think the orange looks the best. And yea, some black/silver/white pinstriping would really set it off
 
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Joe did my dash and headlight in black gloss powder and it looks great! Actually i like the blue color you got. Just some add black to it.

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so i am looking to paint my bike next.. i played around with the photoshop and i need some opinions...

Keep in mind that these are pics just to see what it would look like. ( i have the chin spoiler and fairing on the way)


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This...Add some flames.
 
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