My Track bike paint job… the story!

[Ride-or-die]

So I bought my track farings, an absolute bargain off ebay for 76 notes with postage. They arrived and they were in good condition, and they were perfectly fine, they looked like this….

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Trackfarings.jpg

However I don’t like red that much and especially not faded red and despite looking ok in the picture in real life they are really faded and the finish on them is clearly a DIY job and when on the bike it served a purpose but didn’t look amazing….

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/DSC00173.jpg

So despite having never painted anything in my life I thought about painting them, held a vote and the public decided that painting was the way forward. So I came up with a number of designs and finalised on this one, or something along these lines…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/trackmille-thedesign.jpg

So I bought some wet and dry, and some primer and some paint and got to work. Sanded and sanded and sanded, filled a few cracks and sorted out some of the ruff bits on the panels with some fibreglass, however I wasn’t aiming for a superb finish to be honest just something better than what was already on it. Here’s the panels after being rubbed down…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Bellypan-rubdeddown.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Nose-rubdeddown.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Tail-rubdeddown.jpg

I hate rubbing panels down as this I had done before but I managed to get it all done in a few hours over 2 days. So it was ready for the primer…
The side panels first coat…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Sidepanel-primer1stcoat.jpg

The belly pan ready for paint…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Bellypanreadyforprimer.jpg

And the final finish in primer after 2 coats…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Primer-fullset.jpg

So I made sure they all fit and I must say the bike looks good in primer…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Primer-onbike3.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Primer-onbike1.jpg

Ready for masking I masked out the areas and decided to paint all the white sections first…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Tail-white.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Bellypan-white.jpg

Then red….

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/front-red.jpg

And finally green to create the Italian flag…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/front-fullflag.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Belly-fullflag.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Tail-fullflag.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/tail-fullflag2.jpg

I was really pleased with the way the flags came out, and then I added black onto all other parts…

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Sidepanelblack.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Tailcompleteish.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Front-completeish.jpg

I wasn’t happy with the way the flags from each side met each other on the tail and the belly pan so I added a black stripe between them too

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f287/jaslander1983/Belly-complete.jpg



So now I’ve just got to wait until my graphics man, the one and the only Tark pulls his finger out and does them, then I can stick them on and put the final few coats of clear over the paint, before standing back and admiring my handy work!! So keep your eyes peeled for a final thread

[Dal]

Does look good that :clap

One of the problems at trackdays (for spectators anyway) is working out who is who. I don't think they will have that problem with you :grin2

Isn't it satisfying standing back and looking at something you have created :)

[ant_vaz]

THEY...LOOK...AWESOME...MATE!!! :clap

Really nice Italian scheme going on there...great finish from what I can see. Can't wait for pics of finished bike!! :grin2

[MSmilleR]

Nice work :clap

[v8-powered]

Nice bike you have there Pal....;)

Paintwork looks good. I've got a GSX-R 600K1 track toy as well as the Factory now (Cue jokes like 'How is a 600 going to drag your lardy ar$e around'), got 2 sets of race fairings and am currently considering my new colour schemes...

Look forward to seeing it complete and fitted to the bike.

[Mi5ter E]

and after all that u didnt put a pic on with em on the bike

[Ride-or-die]

and after all that u didnt put a pic on with em on the bike

thats because if i put it on the bike to photo it i will have to take it back up to put the stickers on and laquer it so i figured i will post final pics on the bike once i have completely finished it so like i said keep your eyes out for another post from me about it.

[Ride-or-die]

THEY...LOOK...AWESOME...MATE!!! :clap

Really nice Italian scheme going on there...great finish from what I can see. Can't wait for pics of finished bike!! :grin2


yeah italian bike so the flag was a gimme lol. as for the finish it isnt bad but as i had never sprayed before i wasnt expecting the paint to come out as well as it had so i didnt spend ages gettign the surface fully prepped, in heinsight i should have but i wasnt to know, overall tho id say the finish is good. i did coem in my garage tho to find the belly pan had falled off and landed on my paddock stand leaving a red mark and chipped paint, i could have cried, but as itll soon be chipped with stones im not too concerned, also its under the bike,

[r6paul]

They do look awesome! look quality in the flesh so to speak too!

Top work J!

[Tark]

Well after seeing what a good job you have done I will get the Graphics done this time I am home. Promise!

[Danjaman6669]

i think it looked great in primer too, loving the ( near ) end result though

[lillywhites]

Nice work there:clap

[stu600cc]

very nice

now get it finished i wanna see it