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Title: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: ZachDDill on May 19, 2011, 02:43:59 PM (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63079928@N03/5738335716/in/photostream/lightbox/)
This is my first time posting a picture so I have no idea if it will work... Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: stopintime on May 19, 2011, 02:55:36 PM http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=109.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=109.0)
[thumbsup] Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: ZachDDill on May 19, 2011, 02:58:21 PM (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/5738335716_384d3002cc_b.jpg)
Thanks! Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: Monster Dave on May 19, 2011, 03:53:27 PM OMG - Mickey Mirrors, a full tail, a naked passenger seat, stock signals, AND reflectors!!
You have a rare beast my friend! [cheeky] Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: Jarvicious on May 19, 2011, 04:08:57 PM ^^^^ Way to make a guy feel good.
Zach, have you run your bike any since painting those pipes? I'd be curious to see how the paint held up. Especially $4 paint :). Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: ZachDDill on May 19, 2011, 04:48:25 PM Yes I have ran her and the pipes are holding up just fine, unfortunately... She was leaking oil really bad and I need to get her in the shop. So I am on a 250 scooter right now :p
Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: brix821 on May 19, 2011, 08:36:55 PM looks cool. tell us about the tank..
Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: brix821 on May 19, 2011, 08:37:52 PM the guys are right though... there is a lot of easy stuff you could do to sex the ole girl up a bit.
Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: ZachDDill on May 20, 2011, 03:18:44 AM Well I am thinking the previous owner painted the tank because I have had a hard time finding any tanks that are similar. The problem is, the clear coat is coming off and the top of the tank seems to have a lot of either sun damage or maybe the previous owner had a tank bag that was left on for years? I'm not sure but I would like to get her repainted. I was thinking either black or red, I've seen some really cool yellow bikes but I think I rather go with traditional red or an all blacked out bike.
Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: seevtsaab on May 20, 2011, 06:32:49 AM Tank looks awesome in your pic.
Silver tanks on Monsters appeal to me for whatever reason, and are somewhat rare. If I had to paint my tank, I'd stay away from red or black, so common (for a Monster anyway). I've seen some nice shades of green, maybe somthing sparkley. Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: ZachDDill on May 20, 2011, 09:04:42 AM Tank looks awesome in your pic. Silver tanks on Monsters appeal to me for whatever reason, and are somewhat rare. If I had to paint my tank, I'd stay away from red or black, so common (for a Monster anyway). I've seen some nice shades of green, maybe somthing sparkley. Well the thing is, I kinda want common for tank color, There is so few monsters where i'm at anyways. My friend's mom has a Monster and she has a pearl white paint scheme. I'm not the biggest fan of it. Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: Monster Dave on May 20, 2011, 09:15:28 AM ^^^^ Way to make a guy feel good. Awe...I was just teasing a little... I didn't mean anything negative by my comment. [beer] Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: uglyducky on May 24, 2011, 04:42:14 PM pipes look good. i'd be curious to see how long that paint holds up too. i tried that on an old bike of mine and only made it about 200 miles until the paint started to burn/flake off.
Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: ZachDDill on May 25, 2011, 04:02:01 AM pipes look good. i'd be curious to see how long that paint holds up too. i tried that on an old bike of mine and only made it about 200 miles until the paint started to burn/flake off. Well it was just kinda a temporary thing till I got a job and could afford new pipes. Title: Re: Finally a picture of my home painted pipes for 4 Dollars. Post by: Trialsguy on May 26, 2011, 04:32:34 PM Two years ago I bought a pair of stock pipes off EBay for $50 for my 900ie, performed a partial core on them and shortened them about 3 inches in length. I then painted the aluminum 'sleeves' of them with a flat black hi-temp paint. They have held up very, very well and look as good as they did initially.
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