Looking to do something with an old gz125, any advice?

[alex965]

Hello all, long time since my last post. It's good to be back

Basically I'm not sure what to do. I've got a 2002 gz125 marauder, love riding it, cheap to run and mechanically she is 100% reliable.

But here lies the issue, cosmetically, she is starting to look like a proper old banger, chrome is starting to go in areas, and parts of the paint work have seen better days, plenty of surface rust that won't budge etc.

I don't won't to throw the towel in with this bike yet as I've had it for a good few years and I'm attached to it. I was wondering how I would go about matt blacking it or something along those lines. I have no idea how to go about doing this, and whether it would ever be worth doing. E.g is the finish just going to disappear after 6 months? If anyone has any experience tarting up little 125 cruisers that are starting to show their age and don't respond to polish and elbow grease like they used to it would be very appreciated. Cheers.
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Passed A2 licence 19th Dec '14.

[Beehive Bedlam]

It'll look even sh1tter than it does now.

[groovylee]

nowt wrong with matt black mate my first bike was redone in matt black, and it looked fine. as long as you like it, then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks

just remember, prep is everything, and any imperfections will show easily. you could always look at plastidip, that way it wouldn't be permanent
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Past - 1988 honda revere 600, 1996 kawasaki gpz500s, 1999 Yamaha R6

Current - 2002 Aprilia RSV1000R & 1999 Kawasaki ZX6R

[alex965]

Yeah, that's what I'm worried about, I've seen some really well done jobs that look great but I've seen some real fuck up attempts at that sort of thing going for 50p on gumtree.
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Passed A2 licence 19th Dec '14.

[unitynotsocri...]

Custom it up into a real mini cruiser/chopper style, treat it as an artistic project...think about different seats/tanks/lights etc.......hours of fun!!!!
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