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April 23rd, 2009, 10:14 PM
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ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Steve
Location: Kekaha, Kauai HI
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 GSX-R 600 2003 EX250: Woodcraft Bars, Levers, Mirrors, Shim'd Mixture, Synthetic, '08 Rear Shock Posts: A lot.
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Reflective Rim Tape
i jumped onto the rim tape band wagon with the purchase of some reflective wheel tape from Ebay. for $5.99 & free shipping i got 5 sheets of well cut, pre curved strips, (4 strips ea. with a full spare sheet.)
rimtape1.jpg i wanted to get a color abit more on the darker yellow-goldish side instead of bananarama bright yellow. installation was event free, and found that i got a better look if i overlapped the ends with a diagonal cut at each end. rimtape2.jpg the 4 strips per wheel was more then enuff, and actually ended up with roughly 3 to 5 inches of tape left per wheel. heres a link to the seller's page. my commute to work takes only 15 minutes, and i'm often on the road between 5am - 6am (oh-dark-thirty). there's roughly a 5 mile straight line stretch between kekaha town and the base, and a seed development company has it's employees and work vehicles coming and going around that time. have had some encounters there, and did the reflective tape mod to make me just that much more visible in the 'danger zone'. aloha 
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April 23rd, 2009, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: Too much.
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April 24th, 2009, 04:07 PM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: A
Location: Long Island, NY
Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2000 Honda CBR600F4 (sold) 1999 Ninja 250 (sold) Posts: 586
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Looks great with the yellow! I just put some bright greens ones on mine yesterday.. not reflective though as the green they make reflective doesnt seem to match well.
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April 24th, 2009, 07:19 PM
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Back on the Black!
Name: Alan
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Kawasaki Ninja EX250 (Black) Posts: 831
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Nice color! Looks great on your bike
 I actually wish I had gotten Gold instead of red... You got a better deal on eBay than I did I ended up with enough extra to do another wheel though! |
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April 24th, 2009, 09:53 PM
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ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Steve
Location: Kekaha, Kauai HI
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 GSX-R 600 2003 EX250: Woodcraft Bars, Levers, Mirrors, Shim'd Mixture, Synthetic, '08 Rear Shock Posts: A lot.
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where did you get your tape from? ... post any pix?  Quote:
the pix you posted with the evening shots that showed the reflectivity of the tape you have now sorta set me going in that direction. thanx 
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April 24th, 2009, 09:57 PM
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Jackalope Master
Name: Jen
Location: Northern NJ
Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): 08 Kawi Green Ninja 250*CF Yoshi Full*Cowl*AM Ducati blinkers*Ghetto tail chop Posts: 30
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April 25th, 2009, 08:20 AM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: A
Location: Long Island, NY
Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2000 Honda CBR600F4 (sold) 1999 Ninja 250 (sold) Posts: 586
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I got mine from Graphic Language.. glsigns on ebay...
 There is one part that I didn't like how it came out... but I dont think you can see it from greater than about an inch away.. but I might redo it over the summer... but who knows... Adam
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April 25th, 2009, 04:41 PM
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Back on the Black!
Name: Alan
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Kawasaki Ninja EX250 (Black) Posts: 831
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My wife says the red with the black was SO typical ...
But hey, I like red
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April 25th, 2009, 11:52 PM
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ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Steve
Location: Kekaha, Kauai HI
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 GSX-R 600 2003 EX250: Woodcraft Bars, Levers, Mirrors, Shim'd Mixture, Synthetic, '08 Rear Shock Posts: A lot.
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i actually like how that particular color goes with the green and blue on yer bike. i know whatcha mean about the install. i did one side of the front wheel one way, (rim tape noob here..) and it seemed i did the rest differently, refining as i went along  the tape i got wasnt as wide the area of the wheel i applied it to, and after some consideration, i decided that i needed a more defined reference point and chose to put the tape on the inboard side of the area in question where the rim bends towards horizontal. there the rim flattens out as opposed to the flange on the outboard side that would have been hard to keep straight...(for my handicapped skills..) but like you said...who knows, ya know? mahalo
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