Plum Crazy Purple Race Bike Build

[kogary]

*Update: paint is finished and bodywork is installed. Overall, very happy with the color, but not so much with the Attack Performance race bodywork. It fits about the same as hotbodies. So unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket, do yourself a favor and pick up two sets of hotbodies or armor bodies. In my mind, the fitment differences between attack performance and the other brands isn't great enough to justify the cost difference on something that will probably eventually go down.

Here's a few pictures of the finished product. These were taken on my camera phone (sorry for the mediocre quality) at this past weekends track day.







The following pictures were "in progress" pictures. The body pieces have three base coats, and are waiting to start clear coat:








And here is a preview of the black/purple color scheme:


Belly pan:



-Gary

[DR1300R]

Coming together nice..

[kogary]

Originally Posted by DR1300R

Coming together nice..

Thanks, I'm hoping it'll come out half as nice as yours! Honestly, I don't think it'll be nearly as shiny as yours though. I'm going to start wetsanding/clear coat tomorrow, but there's only so much you can do with a rattle can

[stealth250]

Wow, looks like that color layed down nice. Especially for rattle cans.

[kogary]

Originally Posted by stealth250

Wow, looks like that color layed down nice. Especially for rattle cans.

Yeah, the color laid down nice for a rattle can. However, the clear coat (2-3 coats) wasn't thick enough to guard against chips, so there are already several chips on the side fairings and belly pan

[Snake]

Great color combination I really like it.

[want1sobad]

nice to finally see one of my photoshops brought to life - nicely done

[DR1300R]

Originally Posted by want1sobad

nice to finally see one of my photoshops brought to life - nicely done

kinda hurts a little.. Your photo shop was brought to life by me a while ago? Guess you were not impressed with the all plum Crazy scheme eh?

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71444

[kogary]

Originally Posted by want1sobad

nice to finally see one of my photoshops brought to life - nicely done

Thanks! I had (and still have) the pic you photoshopped as my desktop background image. It was my constant motivation

[stealth250]

Originally Posted by kogary

Yeah, the color laid down nice for a rattle can. However, the clear coat (2-3 coats) wasn't thick enough to guard against chips, so there are already several chips on the side fairings and belly pan

Rattle can clear isn't high solid, so it won't be very hard/chip resistant. Unfortunately, clear that you spray out of a gun usually only comes in gallons and is expensive. I guess cost vs. durability is the trade off.
Still looks good. Besides, it's a racer not a show bike, right?

[want1sobad]

Originally Posted by DR1300R

kinda hurts a little.. Your photo shop was brought to life by me a while ago? Guess you were not impressed with the all plum Crazy scheme eh?

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71444

not at all doyle - you guys did a great job

[kogary]

Originally Posted by stealth250

Besides, it's a racer not a show bike, right?

Yep, very true... Go before show!

I've never done any body work like this before so I really had no idea what to expect as far as how it would turn out, or how long it would last.

But hey, it made it through it's first track day in one piece (which is what really matters!), so no complaints here!

[DR1300R]

Originally Posted by want1sobad

not at all doyle - you guys did a great job

We feel better now.. Thanks..