April 13th, 2014, 08:56 AM | #1 |
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Work in progress
So I got my Ninja second hand in not perfect condition but that didn't matter because I have big plans for it. Then, on Thursday I dropped it So that made up my mind to start working on it now and get it up to my standards. By dropping it, fortunately I was stationary, so the fender isn't broken only scratched and my brake lever bent so I'm on a mission to find new ones.
The bike before I begin: There was a dent on the gas tank that I've filled and waiting for it to dry so I can sand it and get it ready for painting: (this was existing when I got it) I want to at some point get a new better exhaust but money isn't playing a long so I decided to use high heat grade paint to paint it: (again, the dent wasn't me) I think it looks much better than it did! I took these off the bike and I am paint them red! I am kind of over these Monster stickers so I am removing them. I had to use goo off, then I gave them a wash and now they're ready to be painted: Now I'm waiting for the paint to arrive and then I'll start the painting process on all the parts. I am also going to remove all the stickers from the bike including the green tire plastic things and replace them with better looking ones. I then want a new dark windshield and I am looking into importing a new display unit. Last futzed with by auntymunga; April 13th, 2014 at 09:05 AM. Reason: adding photos |
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April 13th, 2014, 09:03 AM | #2 |
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I don't know flickr well enough to see why I'm not seeing your pics, but it looks like the link is to the picture page vs the picture itself.
But I did see your album, so cool. The red rearsets are going to look interesting. Are you keeping the green rim tape or removing that as well (can you remove that, never really looked)?
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April 13th, 2014, 09:10 AM | #3 | |
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April 13th, 2014, 09:20 AM | #4 |
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Looking sharp and can't wait to see the transformation unfold.
I tried adding green rim tape to mine in hopes of creating a neat effect. Pro Grip brand includes a funny little applicator to help get the straight tape onto the curved rim. Mine failed due to user error, the tape itself was fine and looked good until the stuff I had on under it came off and took the rim tape with it. A few folks on here have gone solid color bikes with powder coated wheels. Seen one orange and another blue. Red would look epic if you've got the cash to burn.
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April 15th, 2014, 03:39 PM | #5 |
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And after a really long night here is my progress:
Firstly, I bought a spray painting cover for myself and I think I could join Walter White and make some meth #joking. It really is worth the money to get on of these if you're taking on a project with a lot of paint flying all over the place New brake lever (from kawa this was $12) : Patched up gas tank before: After: Wind shield before: After: Whole bike before: And after: I know the photo quality isn't great so here is a photo of the fairings before and after: I think it look 20x better in real life and much better than it did before I took on the project. So next for me is: Adding a tank sticker guard Adding sleek Kawa stickers to the body Change the tape around the wheels from green to red The front mud guard I want to do a carbon fiber effect using the plastic dip When I get the money for it I want to add one of those Koso units but it's a little pricey for me right now |
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April 15th, 2014, 05:10 PM | #6 |
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Looks good! How many coats did you do with the plastidip?
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April 15th, 2014, 05:16 PM | #8 |
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April 15th, 2014, 05:20 PM | #9 |
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Loving it. Can't wait to see more pictures as you continue your work.
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April 16th, 2014, 08:28 PM | #10 |
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Did you spray the whole bike with the plasti dip?
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April 17th, 2014, 02:07 AM | #11 |
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Each panel was a different amount but about 3-5 for each one. I bought 3 cans of black, one can of red, one of a gloss (which I haven't used yet because I'm loving the mat) a can of grey and a can of black high temp spray for the exhaust. I am doing a few things this afternoon so will post later tonight
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April 17th, 2014, 02:08 AM | #12 |
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April 17th, 2014, 02:28 AM | #13 |
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Tank protector:
Pretty awesome: This will have to make due until I get one of those awesome Koso units: It's a cellphone/GPS holder so I can use the GPS and since I use Waze I can see what speed I'm doing so it's okay that I blocked the Spedo section. I used valcro to attach it and to use with my remotes so that they don't scratch my new paint (and it's now easier to open the gates at home). As you can see I decided to use black paint around that area instead of the red because I think it looks more awesome. I also used black plastidip to darken my wind shield as well. I've got the red wheel tape so that's next |
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April 17th, 2014, 07:39 AM | #14 |
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I've read elsewhere on here that the gloss doesn't come out all that great. Course it was on a white dipped bike and the gloss came out yellow.
I dipped half of my lower cowlings and I agree, the matte looks sick. I presume you've already found this site, but for anyone else: DipYourCar.com
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April 17th, 2014, 04:41 PM | #15 |
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looks good!
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April 17th, 2014, 08:50 PM | #16 |
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The bike looks good! It's amazing how a little elbow Greece and sme dip can change the attitude if a bike!
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April 18th, 2014, 01:38 AM | #17 | |
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And most importantly out of this whole project, I have enjoyed doing it |
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April 21st, 2014, 03:16 PM | #18 |
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So I had a fun evening.. not! I noticed a burning smell and realized that I had a leak somewhere on the bike that was pissing out coolant. I think I found and fixed the problem but we'll have to see... after 3 hours of searching. :/
Onto lighter fun things, I didn't get around to the red tape for the rims yet, that is hopefully in the next few days but I have ordered one of these: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/14460...Low_Price.html I've seen a few of these around forums and Youtube so I decided to give it a go. I'm hoping it'll be straightforward because it's a 12v but I will probably get some help for the wiring. It's a really good price at $60 or so. I've seen some of these reverse camera sets for a bucket load of cash (about $199) so for $60 it's worth a shot I say |
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April 21st, 2014, 06:36 PM | #19 |
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You will definitely need to do up a lot of pics or a video of that install and the results. I've wondered what that'd be like with the monitor tucked under the windscreen.
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April 21st, 2014, 06:43 PM | #20 |
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have you seen those reevu helmets? maybe a bit more seamless than a rear-view cam. i've been thinking about getting one.
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April 21st, 2014, 09:00 PM | #21 |
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Sam, you should try bending your handle bars straight with a long pipe over them. the odd angle could fatigue your wrists.
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April 22nd, 2014, 12:56 AM | #22 | |
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I have seen the helmets but I've already ordered the unit so I'll see how that goes. If it doesn't work out how I'd like I'll go ahead and try other ideas. I really do like the idea of being able to see what's happening behind me... I will make a plan to do photo's and/or video |
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April 22nd, 2014, 07:36 AM | #23 |
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Get a longer pipe.
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April 27th, 2014, 09:11 AM | #24 |
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I did a lot of work this weekend!
Firstly here is the rear view camera and a link to how I installed it: https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...586#post851586 Here are the LEDs: Here is a charging station thing: Now just for that damn green rim tape By the way, I am going to have to buy another bottle of black plastic paint because I was rough on my bike while doing all this so I have a few patch ups to do. If I had known this I would have left the painting till last. |
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April 27th, 2014, 06:00 PM | #25 |
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Wow looks pretty good. How well does the Plasti Dip finish hold up? What kind of prepwork to the plastics was involved?
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April 27th, 2014, 06:28 PM | #26 |
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wow very nice, even though I love my ninja I'm a big fan of the newer gens fairings style, the plasti dip really did wonders to change the look of the bike
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April 28th, 2014, 01:47 AM | #27 | |
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Wear and tear is actually pretty good. If I had done the painting last I would see no issues with it scratching or coming off even when using a power washer. However, I did this step first and then had to strip off all the covers like 3 or 4 times with having to find the coolant leak, installing all the additional mods etc so my tools did slip and scratch it. I'm ordering more plastidip and then I can just touch that up. That's another good thing that you can just touch up instead of having to do it all over again |
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April 28th, 2014, 01:50 AM | #28 |
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April 28th, 2014, 07:32 AM | #29 |
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April 28th, 2014, 01:26 PM | #30 |
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Nice work. Liking the flat black more and more as i look at your pics. Keep it up.
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April 29th, 2014, 01:02 AM | #31 |
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very cool. I kinda like the whole rear camera… might help when ridding witt people so I don't need to keep watching them in my mirrors.
people I ride with don't like taking point but they don't like keeping up either. lol
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May 6th, 2014, 06:12 AM | #33 |
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May 13th, 2014, 12:57 PM | #34 |
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So I got around to painting the rims instead of just changing the rim tape. I like it!
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