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Which scheme?
Sacrilege, leave it blue!
26%
 26%  [ 5 ]
Spray it flat white! MJ style!
10%
 10%  [ 2 ]
Flat white with standard decals!
47%
 47%  [ 9 ]
Standard blue redbull racing rep foo'!
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Dare to be different! White redbull racing rep!
15%
 15%  [ 3 ]
Total Votes : 19

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JonnyFoxtrot
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PostPosted: 16:29 - 08 Aug 2011    Post subject: Help! New Paint Scheme Opinions Reply with quote

Hi all, following on from my crash I'm trying to work out what might be a good idea to replace the fairings on my B1H.

Basically this is how it looked originally (not my pic):
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/nick.nat/Kwak1021.jpg

And how it looks now:
https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/HysteriaJ/216968_10150268663844759_509154758_7364338_3020705_n.jpg
https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/HysteriaJ/206208_10150268664084759_509154758_7364339_7853844_n.jpg

If you can't see from the pictures damage is basically:
Completely smashed front nose fairing.
Cracked in several places left hand fairing.
Cracked and scuffed rear cowl fairing (which is one whole unit both sides).

So that basically leaves the right fairing and the front wheel fender as the only two bits of non damaged fairing.

I reckon cost wise, unless I can find the bits in the same blue (very unlikely) to cost anywhere from £200-£350 depending on painting neeeds.

As much as I love the blue colour, realistically its going to be better for my wallet to bite the bullet and get one of these chinese aftermarket complete kits from around the £300-310 mark and just replace the whole lot (though I realise I'll need to get the tank painted to match.

I've always had a bit of a thing for white bikes so I'm thinking of ditching the blue for white! Problem is I can't really decide on what kind of white.

Options are basically:

Flat White all over as the same in this below:
https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/HysteriaJ/b33ffeb5.jpg

Which is taken from the following link and has more pics:
https://www.kawiforums.com/sale-motorcycles/160018-fs-ft-fl-2004-zx6r-white.html

My only change to that is that I think I would put the standard gold/black ZX6R/636/Kawasaki decals back on it but I do quite like the complete flat white. I've done a mockup in PS here:
https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/HysteriaJ/b33ffeb5whitedecal.jpg

OR I'm thinking something completely different and doing a redbull racing replica scheme as shown in this ebay ad and picture:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-KAWASAKI-03-04-ZX636-ZX6R-ZX-636-ZX-6R-FAIRING-003F-/300485067458?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item45f64e42c2#ht_2832wt_907
https://www.lazy-panda.com/photo/bliss-star/fairing/kawasaki/ZX636/03-04/K60304003A.jpg

BUT what I'm thinking is maybe transfering the white theme over to that redbull replica as the mockup I've done below:
https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g125/HysteriaJ/b33ffeb5withredbull.jpg

SO basically what do you guys think? I value other peoples opinion quite a bit on what it'll look like so throw in your vote and comment and try and sway me to what I should do! Very Happy

TIA
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ThoughtContro...
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PostPosted: 16:37 - 08 Aug 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Either the white with a few decals on, or maybe the white with the Red Bull on, but if so far fewer or better place logos at the bottom of the fairing.

The blue with Red Bull fairing looks like it's going to be tacky.

As it's a Kwak what's up with green? Or maybe black with a few decals on in silver or gold.
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Rikimaru
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PostPosted: 17:20 - 08 Aug 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Personally would go for the white with original decals on it, think it looks awesome. Stands out without being garish if you know what I mean. Always loved white on a sports bike and you're not gonna see many (read any) ZX-6's in that color, which imo is a good thing.
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JonnyFoxtrot
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PostPosted: 18:06 - 08 Aug 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

ThoughtControl wrote:
Either the white with a few decals on, or maybe the white with the Red Bull on, but if so far fewer or better place logos at the bottom of the fairing.

The blue with Red Bull fairing looks like it's going to be tacky.

As it's a Kwak what's up with green? Or maybe black with a few decals on in silver or gold.


I know its against the grain but I just dont like the kwak green for some reason (hence getting myself a blue one). I'm one of those knobs that wants to have something a bit different than the masses Very Happy

Ta for the comments though!
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PostPosted: 15:17 - 09 Aug 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got to be the red bull, it's not bright enough but better than the white.
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