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Old May 15, 2017 | 12:42 PM
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Almost there...seeing how it looks after 1st coat of clear has dried.

 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by cvaria
it is but, it's red! Only cool people have red tanks.
haha true indeed
 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cvaria
it is but, it's red! Only cool people have red tanks.
Yeah Duh, that's a pretty well known fact. ;-)
 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 01:47 PM
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Went for a 120 mi ride. Ran with my new tune. FINALLY!!!! She runs like I want. Gonna run auto tune think its a bit rich at 60-70 mph. My MPG dropped from 45 to 43.
Hmmmm gotta ponder....
 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sportsterchick88
Almost there...seeing how it looks after 1st coat of clear has dried.

Wow, looks good, I might have to try this myself!
 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 02:06 PM
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Wow. Looks real good chick! For the few ooopsies, just think of all you learned and all the money you saved to put in that pretty red tank. Good job. Cant wait to see what you decide to tackle next.
 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sportsterchick88
Almost there...seeing how it looks after 1st coat of clear has dried.

SuhWheet!

I was going to go satin on my scoot but ended up falling in love with the gloss as well.

BTW, the red looks great, don't sweat it being too "bright" that's just a little attention getter.
 
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Old May 15, 2017 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sportsterchick88
Yea I just realized that. When I went in I had about a 20 minute conversation on Friday with the guy about the clear options. I went with the glamour lol thinking it was the best option. He also mentioned it was most popular.

Im too far in it now and just about over this little project lol.. Theres a lot of frustration behind that "lol" as I had a couple "oopsys" with the red - if you look close your can see it. Tank fell over on my work table before I hung it up.




applying the clear coat...dang thats bright!!
Did you get two or three coats laid down pretty quickly? Gotta keep it sorta fresh (15 minutes +/-) to lay down the next coat.

Let's see how it looks.
 
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