Custom paint job on scooter... right or wrong?

[Cigaro]

As the fairings are all quite badly scorched on my project scoot, I'm considering respraying it - My girlfriend says she'll help me (she's an artist). We're thinking of painting the metalwork and most of the frame gloss black and adding yellow highlights here and there. Grips black/yellow (maybe just get some of that police tape stuff and wrap it round). Want it to look kind of survival-style and a bit tatty but not too much.

Ideas? Will this be ghey or not? (As it is only a scooter.) We're just going to use it for the daily runaround, as it's not really cost-effective using the van and we miss having a bike.

[NickD]

Why not? The winner of 'best paint' at this years Rock and Blues was a scooter, one of those fucking hideous italian things (Vespa or whatever) but that fact didn't make the paint any less cool.
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[Kal]

Yes, but go balls out - no subtlety...


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[Cigaro]

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Some custom paint jobs on scooters from this year's Barton Bike Night...

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/barton_2007_075.jpg https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/barton_2007_076.jpg

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/barton_2007_078.jpg https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/barton_2007_079.jpg

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/barton_2007_089.jpg

So nowt wrong with painting a scooter, but as said above, don't be half hearted about it.


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[Steve-D]

Usually i would say no, but since its scorched and scratched i say yes
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