NC30 Colours

[Benjarghmin]

After finding out the majority of the fairings on my bike are buggered, I'm going to buy used replacements and repaint them.

Doing it myself, and I fail at this sort of thing, so I'm going for a simple one-colour job with original VFR400 Honda decals in a different colour.

So far the best idea is gloss black with white decals (see similar pic below), with yellow paint and black decals coming second.

What're your ideas?

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[Itchy]

has to be RWB original!
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[Stiffler]

hmmm.... never seen a single colour 30 I liked.

What do I recommend? Get it done properly or don't bother at all. Home made paint jobs rarely look anything other than shite upon closer inspection, and it won't be too durable.

Tim
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[Benjarghmin]

I do not have the money to pay someone to paint some plastic in exactly the same fashion as I can, unfortunately.

I'm not going to run around with mismatched panels, so it's going to be single colour whatever happens.

[craigs23]

How about silver with black decals?

The neutral colour might be easier to get a better finish with - won't give super high contrast reflections (which show up any imperfection) as black, but not so much of a witch to clean as white).

[D O G]

Yeah, something light, or a strong colour (like orange) - as Craig said the dark colours really show up imperfections badly, black being the worst.


I'm not suggesting you paint it orange tho.

[Benjarghmin]

Come to think of it, a bike is only like spraying half a car, so shouldn't be too expensive?

Do you think gloss black would be nice then?

[Blau Zedong]

[Benjarghmin]

[gmanxiii]

Think binge had a 30 that was all one colour, that looked alright think it was metallic blue.
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[craigs23]

[Benjarghmin]

Well basically, I'm currently the owner of some very scuffed and broken in places (couple of lugs, lower fairing snapped down the middle) set of Smokin' Joe's paintjob fairings.

I want something that looks semi-decent, so I guess the options are:

Buy brand new fairings pre-painted
Buy old fairings that look okay
Buy tatty old fairings and respray
Something else I've not yet thought of

On the lowish budget I have as a 16 year old, I'm not too sure which is the best course of action?

[Stiffler]

[gmanxiii]

[Benjarghmin]

[gmanxiii]

[Itchy]

the thing is all you need is the nose cone , Tyga make the rest ,
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[craigs23]

Took me 7 weeks to source the parts for my NC30 - but that was me solely looking for lug-intact, original panels (the paint condition was irrelevant). I think I spent about £275-£300 off Ebay/through forums on just the fairings.

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