Hey everyone,
I was out riding this morning, following a lead rider, and copping abuse from rocks flicking up. Usually I ride alone, or with nothing in-front so I don't have to worry about that. Anyway I got home and had a look at the bike, got a bloody chip on the front "windscreen". It's only very minor but enough to be upsetting ;) Either way it got me thinking, perhaps I should bite the bullet and invest in a Stripe Kit and then a full 3m Protection Kit. I have been slowly wearing through the clearcoat on the tank where my jacket rubs too. In general the paint is pretty much perfect, it just has a few little nicks (example pics attached below) here and there. I was wondering if anyone has tried to touch up these little marks on their bike? It seems like this should be a match for my Red 06 M620...
http://www.colorrite.com/product/ducati-red-2081.cfm (http://www.colorrite.com/product/ducati-red-2081.cfm)
I was thinking perhaps I would just buy a paint pen, touch up the little nicks, then put the stripe/3m protection over the top of everything and hopefully have immaculate and protected paint... I have never used touch up paint on a vehicle before though, how does it work without a new clearcoat? Will it blend in 100% with the paint around it? The scratches are small enough that the texture should be fine, I just wonder about the colour finish... Will it work on plastic like the screen and cowl just like the tank? Here's a couple of pics of the kinds of thing I want to cover...
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4315/img45552.jpg)
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8696/img45612.jpg)
Cheers for any help!
Tom