tyre pens.....hard to use??

[TOM M]

ive seen some tyre pens that you can paint in the letterign on the bike tyres, are they hard to use, as i dont wanna make a complete arse up of it.
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[numark1]

I use it. It looks really messy, quite hard to get in the lines because of the shape of the pen but that doesnt matter because you will only be able to see if you are really close.

[Josh|RD125LC]

I'm looking to do the same to me RD's pirellis. I'm the same, just don't want to make a mess lol. Looks neat afterwards though don't it.
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[Jimmythe1]

My bike was attacked by the infamous tire pen - then she got bored and only did some of the lettering!

Keep it in side the lines!
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[emszxr]

never done my bike tyres but used to do the tyres on the truck i owned for truckfest shows. it looked real smart. i was the first to do it and now they all do it at the shows. in fact the first time i did it i had michelins on the truck and michelin had a helicopter at the show and i got a free ride it in
sure it must be easier on truck with bigger letters though

[mr.z]

If you really feel you must just go and get some tip-ex, brush on is better than the pen...

Tryed a pen once it was utter pap, tipex did the job but i didn't have enough to finish the job so didn't bother...
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[BlueNinja]

Easy to use, but time consuming. I did my ZXR wheels with one, and it took around 2 hours for 3 coats. Il put some pics up as soon as Photobucket is back online.
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[numark1]

They get dirty and fade away in like a week of normal riding though.

Blue Ninja is yet to experience this.

[haGGard]

Very easy to use IMO but as blue ninja already said, its time consuming...

I would recommend these ones of ebay...

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43117&item=7975023927&rd=1

I bought a more expensive pen off ebay and it was shite, broke in a few minutes and leaked everywhere. This cheaper pen^^ was great and has lasted me ages.
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[Jrod]

Could you just use normal paint? Will it last longer.

[rizo9]

get some white spray paint and some masking tape, mask the area and spray it
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[Ste]

Just use tipex as thats about all a tyre pen is I'd expect.

[rizo9]

no tipex dries too hard and brital[/list]
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