Paint scheme theft. - Page 2

25-10-2010, 05:43 PM

Mullet?????? lol!!!!...... (I can talk)

Are you looking to do something with the frame and swing arm ???
Or just the paint ??

utopia · 25-10-2010, 06:21 PM

Not mullet, just no scissors this millenium.

On the day I bought the bike I decided that the gold frame and wheels were fine and I always planned to leave them alone. Battery acid has stained the left side though. Not much and I could touch it up, but I could also see myself having it done black though, once I see the other paint in the flesh. I wont chop the frame though, cos I like to be able to carry a pillion or luggage. Been hankering after a tubular swingarm for a while, since seeing a post on here a couple of months ago .....I'll post that pic later too. Actually, I prefer the one on the Dutch bike though, now I know its a double sider...single siders look cool but offend my sense of engineering sensibility. I might just spray my silver, boxy steel swingarm gold though, cos the other options offend my sense of maximum return from minimal expenditure.

And Dave, I do rather like your new paint, as far as I can see just yet. Spangly purple frame with er....that colour of wheels is, and probably always will be, undescribably unique. When you gonna take off the wraps ?

utopia · 25-10-2010, 06:31 PM

Actually.....or is it a single sider after all. I think it is, and a std one at that. Scuse my ignorance.

slob · 25-10-2010, 07:00 PM

Not a single sider, it has a curved r/h side to allow clearance for the silencer

utopia · 25-10-2010, 07:18 PM

Here's an attempt at posting pics. Dunno if it'll work.

[IMG]C:\users\jeff\my pictures\tricolore monster.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]C:\users\jeff\my pictures\trelswingarmbike.jpg[/IMG]

Blah blah · 25-10-2010, 07:27 PM

Here's a tank that I'd love to replicate, don't know what it's off but I'm not painting my blue one, so I'll just have to buy a project

Paranoid Dave · 25-10-2010, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by utopia

And Dave, I do rather like your new paint, as far as I can see just yet. Spangly purple frame with er....that colour of wheels is, and probably always will be, undescribably unique. When you gonna take off the wraps ?

Next year when it finally gets the last couple of parts fitted and i make sure it's together right. Frame's burnt amber with flecks that are green or red depending on angle. Wheels are metallic mustard/orange/gold. Body is, well, it has several colours. But I like your style as it's actually a tricolore in disguise.

Paranoid Dave · 25-10-2010, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blah blah

Now that's retro in a really good way.

Char · 25-10-2010, 09:00 PM

Fancy this without the corse badge - would match my helmet
http://www.store.commoto.com/ducati-...ank-p-314.html

25-10-2010, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Paranoid Dave

Am I blind? I was looking forward to seeing this bike because of the description, right up to the point I saw it.... It's very 80's looking.

The bike and work is all great, the swinger and stuff, but i'd just rip off the tank and do it in a classier red and green with a stylish Ducati badge.

It's always best to be unique.

If its 80's looking Hellcat will like

25-10-2010, 10:57 PM

@ utopia the other tubular swing arm going about is mega bucks I think!!!
I have access to tubular and a pipe bender lucky for me.
But sadly at the mo got to stop till I know what way life will turn.
But I have some bits..
If I found a very good job .. A cheap doner bike may be an option as a long term project just a case of fate now but I have a clear idea in my brain

I'm joking about mullets if anything mines well iffy Mullety hair lol!
If you have long hair good for you!!!
Long hair rocks

@ sadly animal I am an 80 s reject however I don't like the ruddy HUman League DEpeche Mode or kajableedin go go bleugh ..

25-10-2010, 11:15 PM

I'm sure the picture of the tubular swing arm that was knocking around on here was also a single sided one .. Please let me recall something of use for once!

slob · 27-10-2010, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by utopia

...would be very grateful for contact details Rob...

PM sent re contact details

27-10-2010, 11:00 PM

COuld I suggest that if yours is a genuine GSE rep, you buy another tank and coling rather than destroy what you already have. There are second hand tanks kicking about all over the place.

You can then keep that tank etc. or even sell it on as a rarity, rather than have it disappear altogether?!

utopia · 28-10-2010, 01:21 AM

Bodybag, you read my mind. Thats exactly what I plan to do. The plan is to replace the orange bellypan, seat cowl and front mudguard with carbon, then get another tank to spray up, so's I can keep all the original stuff (which I have to say is actually pretty damn nice) ....at least until I've seen what the new stuff looks like in the flesh. Ok, it means I have to fork out for the carbon, but its carbon on the cheap really, cos I'll save loads by only needing to have the tank sprayed. Also, with just one item to spray, its less dauntimg as a first time diy spray job, so I reckon thats what I'll do...spend the cash on a compressor and spray gun and do it myself,..../.just the tank...easy peasy...!
So, in a few months time, if anyone fancies a full, Dream Machine, Bayliss GSE rep monster paint job, I might just have one for sale. Then again, as I've said before, this bike is a definite keeper so I might hang on to both sets of livery.
Btw, most of the carbon is coming from Rac3r, and I can vouch for the quality of his stuff.
Anyone got a carby tank hanging around in the shed...? (to fit a 2000 M750)
Also....it takes a lot longer to get up north.....the slow way.........sorry, Ian Dury moment..I mean't to say...
Also....Its gratifying to note that none of you have come back with criticisms of my proposed colour scheme theft...I'll take that as a positive, but Slob has provided me with contact details of the owner of the machine of my infatuation anyway (ta) so I can ask permission.
The way things are looking with the carbon so far, I think I might go for the same layout in green, white and black, with just a red pinstripe somewhere and some minimal tricolore graphics over the carbon.
So how addictive is tweaking yer monster.....!!!!..?

25-10-2010, 07:27 PM	#21
Blah blah Upsetting normal people.. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portreath Bike: S2r Posts: 833	Here's a tank that I'd love to replicate, don't know what it's off but I'm not painting my blue one, so I'll just have to buy a project __________________ Power is nothing without control... I have neither !

25-10-2010, 09:00 PM	#24
Char We're all mad here Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Wiltshire Bike: Other Not a Ducati Posts: 1,536	Fancy this without the corse badge - would match my helmet http://www.store.commoto.com/ducati-...ank-p-314.html __________________ If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there

25-10-2010, 10:57 PM	#26
He11cat Guest Posts: n/a	@ utopia the other tubular swing arm going about is mega bucks I think!!! I have access to tubular and a pipe bender lucky for me. But sadly at the mo got to stop till I know what way life will turn. But I have some bits.. If I found a very good job .. A cheap doner bike may be an option as a long term project just a case of fate now but I have a clear idea in my brain I'm joking about mullets if anything mines well iffy Mullety hair lol! If you have long hair good for you!!! Long hair rocks @ sadly animal I am an 80 s reject however I don't like the ruddy HUman League DEpeche Mode or kajableedin go go bleugh .. Last edited by He11cat; 25-10-2010 at 11:00 PM..

25-10-2010, 05:43 PM	#16
He11cat Guest Posts: n/a	Mullet?????? lol!!!!...... (I can talk) Are you looking to do something with the frame and swing arm ??? Or just the paint ??

25-10-2010, 06:21 PM	#17
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,557	Not mullet, just no scissors this millenium. On the day I bought the bike I decided that the gold frame and wheels were fine and I always planned to leave them alone. Battery acid has stained the left side though. Not much and I could touch it up, but I could also see myself having it done black though, once I see the other paint in the flesh. I wont chop the frame though, cos I like to be able to carry a pillion or luggage. Been hankering after a tubular swingarm for a while, since seeing a post on here a couple of months ago .....I'll post that pic later too. Actually, I prefer the one on the Dutch bike though, now I know its a double sider...single siders look cool but offend my sense of engineering sensibility. I might just spray my silver, boxy steel swingarm gold though, cos the other options offend my sense of maximum return from minimal expenditure. And Dave, I do rather like your new paint, as far as I can see just yet. Spangly purple frame with er....that colour of wheels is, and probably always will be, undescribably unique. When you gonna take off the wraps ?

25-10-2010, 06:31 PM	#18
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,557	Actually.....or is it a single sider after all. I think it is, and a std one at that. Scuse my ignorance.

25-10-2010, 07:00 PM	#19
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,733	Not a single sider, it has a curved r/h side to allow clearance for the silencer

25-10-2010, 07:18 PM	#20
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,557	Here's an attempt at posting pics. Dunno if it'll work. [IMG]C:\users\jeff\my pictures\tricolore monster.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]C:\users\jeff\my pictures\trelswingarmbike.jpg[/IMG]

25-10-2010, 11:15 PM	#27
He11cat Guest Posts: n/a	I'm sure the picture of the tubular swing arm that was knocking around on here was also a single sided one .. Please let me recall something of use for once!

27-10-2010, 11:00 PM	#29
Bodybag Guest Posts: n/a	COuld I suggest that if yours is a genuine GSE rep, you buy another tank and coling rather than destroy what you already have. There are second hand tanks kicking about all over the place. You can then keep that tank etc. or even sell it on as a rarity, rather than have it disappear altogether?!

28-10-2010, 01:21 AM	#30
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,557	Bodybag, you read my mind. Thats exactly what I plan to do. The plan is to replace the orange bellypan, seat cowl and front mudguard with carbon, then get another tank to spray up, so's I can keep all the original stuff (which I have to say is actually pretty damn nice) ....at least until I've seen what the new stuff looks like in the flesh. Ok, it means I have to fork out for the carbon, but its carbon on the cheap really, cos I'll save loads by only needing to have the tank sprayed. Also, with just one item to spray, its less dauntimg as a first time diy spray job, so I reckon thats what I'll do...spend the cash on a compressor and spray gun and do it myself,..../.just the tank...easy peasy...! So, in a few months time, if anyone fancies a full, Dream Machine, Bayliss GSE rep monster paint job, I might just have one for sale. Then again, as I've said before, this bike is a definite keeper so I might hang on to both sets of livery. Btw, most of the carbon is coming from Rac3r, and I can vouch for the quality of his stuff. Anyone got a carby tank hanging around in the shed...? (to fit a 2000 M750) Also....it takes a lot longer to get up north.....the slow way.........sorry, Ian Dury moment..I mean't to say... Also....Its gratifying to note that none of you have come back with criticisms of my proposed colour scheme theft...I'll take that as a positive, but Slob has provided me with contact details of the owner of the machine of my infatuation anyway (ta) so I can ask permission. The way things are looking with the carbon so far, I think I might go for the same layout in green, white and black, with just a red pinstripe somewhere and some minimal tricolore graphics over the carbon. So how addictive is tweaking yer monster.....!!!!..?