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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> hey guys! /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1293676893 Message started by Rocco on 12/29/10 at 18:41:33 |
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Title: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/29/10 at 18:41:33 still here! life is crazy! have a 4.0 in school, have a full time job at a private special needs school, teaching kenpo all over the place, hopefully getting married in may! sadly, i have the savage for sale(in the marketplace)....it's a dark day people! i gave my car to my dad(not doing so well after the divorce) so i was commuting on the savage.... but then i got a 2005 ninja 500r with 5500 on her for 1500 bucks!!!! i will miss the thumper and she was my first, but commuting on the ninja is a little easier! let me know what you guys think.....and no i haven't flat blacked the whole thing....yet....just the front and fender ;D http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1357.snc4/162924_1356047441119_1829467793_688594_5734880_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs605.ash2/155747_1355285822079_1829467793_686974_2924706_n.jpg |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Boule’tard on 12/29/10 at 19:01:31 Congratulations, those EX500s are great! We look forward to pics of the bike Rocco-blacked out :D |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/29/10 at 19:04:26 haha i put 1000 miles on her in about 5 weeks ! i got such a good deal on her because of some scratches and a dent....my friend who works at the shop i bought it from laughed and said it would looked great flat and ratty!! it kind of looks like batman's bike in the front now, heard about a saran wrap painting technique and i may attempt it ! |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Boule’tard on 12/29/10 at 19:11:28 Yeah, no use paying for perfect paint if you are going to redo it anyway. Is the saran wrap thing a texturing method? |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by kimchris1 on 12/29/10 at 19:20:11 Hey Rocco, nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear you are selling the thumper yet happy as well that you have the Ninja. That Ninja is very cool looking. It will be interesting to see the paint after the Saran technique is used.. Take care.. :) kim |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/29/10 at 19:28:13 they had a bike there and the paint looks "marbled" and the painter said you spray, while it's wet you pull off paint with saran wrap and make whatever design you want...looked amazing! and thanks kim!! i will miss the thumper too, but now i have two next to each other ;D |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by kimchris1 on 12/29/10 at 19:58:08 Careful you don't get them too close to each other. You may end up with a mini bike or scooter.. ;D ;D ;D ;D kim |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/29/10 at 20:23:24 hahaha!! maybe i should change lube brand just in case !! ;D |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by PerrydaSavage on 12/30/10 at 03:02:04 Hooo Yeah!!! That scoot is gonna look amazing all flat-blacked ... stealthy!! Can't wait to see finished product! BTW, what happened to the EX500's usual chin fairing? Seems to be AWOL?? |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by babyhog on 12/30/10 at 05:32:37 Welcome back Rocco. Nice bike and looks like you get a sweet deal. Glad to hear the engagement is still on too! I've done the saran painting thing. Wear gloves! haha Personally, I think a big pourous sponge does about the same thing and is easier to mess with, and seems like it would be much easier to use on bike parts. Be sure to show us some pics. |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by bill67 on 12/30/10 at 06:09:09 My son's ex gf did a lot of painting on drywall in his house with something like that saran wrap,In brown it really looked good just like leather walls. |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Routy on 12/30/10 at 06:16:55 Nice bike,...I guess,..if you like sport bikes. Myself, I don't like the name, the looks, and I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy riding one either,....except maybe thru a 1/4 mile. But I'm old,....probably make a difference. And some one had to be different,....and you asked ! ;) But in reality, most of us probably think the same way, or we sure wouldn't all be riding a Savage,....think ? :) |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by bill67 on 12/30/10 at 06:22:38 I road a 1000 Yamaha crock rocket about 8 years ago 20 miles,I wouldn't have one myself.Very uncomfortable to me. |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/30/10 at 07:33:27 it will def look sweet in all flat! PerrydaSavage, you have a good eye!! i took it off probably a week after i bought her! it shows the engine off and the pipes a little more, not to mention it was looking too sporty ! i'm eager to try out some different painting styles, i'm going to start small, if i mess up flat the whole thing!!!! and guys, she only looks sporty! the bars are up way higher then a sport bike and the feet are in the middle instead of behind you! it's technically a "standard" as i'm not much into sportbikes either thanks for encouragement babyhog! i must say she likes the ninja's seat a lot more since it's a huge thick piece of foam! i haven't decided if i will streetfighter her or not and i love the name! i have some ninja turtle stuff on her, and my helmet is tricked out too. c'mon, i teach karate to kids they all freak when a real life ninja turtle shows up! one of the little pre-k kids called me a ninja on a ninja ;D |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Driller on 12/30/10 at 09:35:25 Ninja is good...... http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2310/008ty.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/i/008ty.jpg/) My 2fiddy....very high "smileage" |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/30/10 at 14:20:18 i rode my friend's 250 and it was pretty sweet! they said my 500 will go to 130 maybe 125....i don't want to go faster then that!! |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/30/10 at 16:33:45 I hope you dont want to go 120. |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Midnightrider on 12/30/10 at 17:40:22 Great bike!!!! I was hoping Kawasaki would update the 500 Ninja like they did the 250. They dropped them from their lineup altogether. Its a shame, its such a good motorcycle. Have fun and be safe! |
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Title: Re: hey guys! Post by Rocco on 12/31/10 at 08:46:40 no sir! i haven't taken her passed 80 and i did 100 on the thumper! lol the brand new ninja 250 fools me from far away, because it looks ridiculous! and luckily, the 500 hasn't changed much since 85 or whatever, so parts are cheap....if anything does go and i promise the helmet will be on my head and not the back of the bike ;D |
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