Pink Bike!

[pixie522]

Hi

I was lucky enought to come across an old ZZR600 in really good condition, at a great price. Problem is that it looks quite pink. I am thinking about re-spraying the bike.
Has anyone got any advice or tips about how I can go about this, also an idea of cost involved too please?

[Matt-]

[pixie522]

Yes, thats the problem! I want it to look like a decent job, I wouldn't rule out having a go myself but I wouldnt know where to start. If the cost isn't too expensive I would prefer to pay someone to do it because it would be finished much more quickly.

[instigator]

ZZR600's shouldn't be expensive in the first instance (certainly less than £1500) and if they are very cheap indeed, they're not worth investing lots of money on incase you come across 2nd gear issues.

[_Iain_]

Grinder with a wire wheel head on it, take all the paint off the metal bits.

Get a hairdryer on all stickers, remove them. Wash with petrol to get the sticky shite off.

https://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o574/_Iain_/8d93cd42.jpg

Scrub all plastics till they go dull with a kitchen scourer. The metal coils type one, not a brillo pad.

Wash everything with water, and dry with a tissue till its as dry as it's going to get. Dont touch the panels or anything at that stage as the grease off your fingers will fuck the paint.

Spray in satin paint only, it hides any rattle tin imperfections. Black, white, blue whatever. As long as it is SATIN. Not gloss, not matte.

https://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o574/_Iain_/b3ab56ec.jpg

Frame, tank and rear plastics have been done using the method above on this bike. Diddnt bother doing the tank as well as i perhaps could've as it was dented and generally fooked. Hence the finish isn't quite as good! Take your time and put lots of coats on and it'll come up good.

£30 as a job lot for the cans of spray on ebay
£5 for the grinder head from arkle auto parts
£1 for a pack of scourers from tesco
£10 for a can of petrol...Although, the leftovers go in the petrol tank, so possibly less.

Grinders are about £40, and i cheated and used the cooker to heat the plastics to get the stickers off. fired up all four gas burners and held it just under the cooker hood till it got hot enough to peel right off.

OR

Consider a vinyl wrap? Bit more expensive, but you could get something properly unique done.
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[Matt-]

Make's it look so easy, but yes that's how it's done, i used a heat gun to get the stickers off, about 15cm to 20cm away and they all came off in no time

if your looking for a good finish though i would suggest taking them to a professional around your area, maybe would cost £200 maybe more maybe less, it's worth it if you think it's worth it

Matt
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[stinkwheel]

If it's one of the red ones that's gone a bit pink with age. T-cut it then polish it and it should go back to red.

If it's actually pink, consider vinyl wrap. I just did my tank in matt black:
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/CIMG0760.jpg

Alternatively. Just ride the fecking thing. You can't see what colour it is when you're sat on it.
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[pixie522]

Thanks for all the info!, I'm particularly liking the Matt Black vinyl wrap.

I will continue to ride it as it is until I can sort it. I'm not usually so fussy but I HATE pink
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Current Bikes: CBR400RR NC29 (knackered) & ZZR600 D1 (Pinky Grrrr!)

[_Iain_]

DIY wrapping isnt as easy as some make it out to be

Then you get into the specific type of vinyl and a load of other complicated bollocks 3M and stuff. Specialist job realy if you want a realy good finish. Unless you have "the gift"

I realy need to find out about getting a tank wrapped.
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[Atomic Punk]

If you're going for matt black why not just spray it. Easy to do.
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[Cheeseybeaner]

Pink's a lovely colour.

[stinkwheel]

[pixie522]

I think I will try the vinyl wrap and if all fails I will probably end up matt blacking it...ooo, I do love a rat bike
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Current Bikes: CBR400RR NC29 (knackered) & ZZR600 D1 (Pinky Grrrr!)

[pixie522]

[Bezzer]

[pixie522]

, you're a bird named Pixie you could easily cope with it [/quote]

Yeah I'm a bird, I'm also getting a shedload of stick off people who know me and know how much I love pink!...(not)
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[Teflon-Mike]

Pup-Project: Honda CB125TD-C; Resto & Beyond...

Snowies a girlie.... she did it herself..... and a PROPPA good job we all think too! (Especially for a first timer!)

https://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/snowtigeress/plastics%20and%20tank/imag1406.jpg

Its ALL in the 'Prep'.....

https://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/snowtigeress/Decals/100_0588.jpg

And then the attension to detail!

Ultimately she went from THIS:-

https://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae49/bikerbird/The%20Pup%20Project/pictur03.jpg

To this:-

https://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/snowtigeress/the%20pup/101_0042.jpg

Bit more than a lick of paint went into it, though, she spent a whole year taking it down to component parts and building it back up like 'new'.

Paint-Work, I think accounted for aprox £200's worth..... but chunk of that was custom cut decals for finishing touch, and bare metal build up with primer, and colour coat and specialist plastic primer for plastic bits and then laquer over the top with petrol proof where its useful.

Depends how diligent you want to be, and how good a result you'll be happy with.

BUT, paint costs the same whether you do a good job or a bad.....

Its ALL in teh preparation & attension to detail!
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[pixie522]

[quote="Teflon-Mike"]Pup-Project: Honda CB125TD-C; Resto & Beyond...

Snowies a girlie.... she did it herself..... and a PROPPA good job we all think too! (Especially for a first timer!)


That is very impressive!
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Current Bikes: CBR400RR NC29 (knackered) & ZZR600 D1 (Pinky Grrrr!)

[stocksmenace]

How old...mine a 1991 was purple when i got it...red originally apparently...its now properly RED.......cans of paint and lacquer from flea bay
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[pixie522]

Mine's '90. It still is Red... in parts, not for much longer, hopefully!
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Current Bikes: CBR400RR NC29 (knackered) & ZZR600 D1 (Pinky Grrrr!)

[stinkwheel]

Honestly though. Try using t-cut. It'll probably go back to being properly red and this is by far the cheapest and easiest option.

T-cut is a mildly abrasive colour restorer liquid. I just did my 10 year old suzuki jeep with the stuff. It was looking a kind of faded, dull pink colour and now it looks like it did when it came out of the showroom. I jokingly said I was putting £100 on the price of it but I honestly think it's closer to £150 when you see it done.

An 80's/90's original kawasaki paint finish should come up beautifully because they used really expensive to do, multi-coat finishes. It wont just be red, it'll be candy red which I think is a 12 coat paint job.

Once it's t-cut, seal it with a good wax or resin polish to keep the sunlight from fading it again.
https://www.the-motorists-centre.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/t/-/t-cut.jpg
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[stocksmenace]

the problem with the original ZZR Red color is that it was more like purple to begin with lol
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8162/7469226342_0e4f59094a_n.jpg
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8281/7596820610_f0851df34f_n.jpg
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