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Respraying the savage
09/17/06 at 20:54:38

Hi All,
I have my bike fully stripped down for a respray (and I mean FULLY), its in a thousand bits and all my panels are now bare metal. Im going to respray the whole lot, frame and all 5 panels. I have chosen a beautiful deep mettalic red colour and my question is should I spray the frame the same red as the 5 panels, or should I keep the frame a gloss black? I am leaning towards gloss black but would appreciate your thoughts! I am taking lots of photos along the way, so will have to show you some later.

P.S did you guys know these bikes arent undercoated in the factory? And the paint is wafer thin on them too.... Suzuki must have been chasing a price point when they came to finishing them!zd

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mickthelimey

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Reply #1 - 09/17/06 at 21:46:00

If it was mine I would keep the frame a gloss black,it will make a nice contrast,are you painting the engine case? colour is a very personal thing so what ever makes YOU happy is the colour you should paint it.
I dabble in oil painting and water colours,so I have a pretty good eye for colour,that's what I would do.
FYI in the U.S they spell colour c-o-l-o-r,glad to see you still use the Kings English,I'm an ex pat meself mate,born and raised in the old smoke,I live in Oregon
U.S.A now. I have a cousin lives in Perth,
gd'day mate Wink

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Brendan YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 Canberra, Australia Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #2 - 09/17/06 at 22:02:18 Yeah I think thats what Ill do mate, a red frame would be too garish I reckon. I looked at the galary here and it seems most of the resprays keep the frame gloss black. Ha Ha colour/color grey/gray aluminium/aluminum...the list goes on! I like my english the old pommie way!
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Reply #3 - 09/18/06 at 01:23:26

I like the black frame. Altho a friend of mine repainted his harley a stop light red, and had the same concern. he decided to paint the frame a darker color of red, almost a rust color and it came out beautiful. You would think it would be garish, but it made the tank and panels blend with the frame whereas when he tried it with a black frame, the panels stood out from the black and it didnt look near as smooth. Maybe you could experiment

(by the way mickthe limey, im having a hard time hooking up with you. i dont mind buffing out some parts for you and maybe go for a ride before all the rain sets in. My mail server is down so if you email me at stinger_97060@yahoo com and leave a number, ill call)

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mickthelimey Ex Member	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #4 - 09/18/06 at 09:27:21 that's ok stinger,I got myself a grinding wheel the other day,it did come with a buffing wheel,so I'm all set.thanks anyway.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #5 - 09/18/06 at 13:22:21 Someone on here recently posted a nice pic of a Bobbed Savage that had the frame painted the same shade of blue as the tins ... looked rather sharp actually! 8)
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Reply #6 - 09/18/06 at 14:12:18

My opinion is to keep the frame black. I just had my bike repainted hot lava orange and kept the frame black. I don't have pictures yet as it has been raining here in good ole' Utah. I just got a new seat for it so that to has to be put on before the pictures can be taken. The color is from the 2004 Scion XB limited edition color. I'm originally from Texas so when you see the color you'll understand why I chose it. Good luck with the respray. Send pictures when it's done.

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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #7 - 09/19/06 at 09:07:41 Mine is Yellow with the frame painted black , as almost all bikes: black frame and a color. Still looking for a color to paint the whole bike . Dark red will look nice. Greetz Kropatchek 8)
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Savage Librarian Serious Thumper Offline One Hoopy Frood Posts: 524 Houston area Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #8 - 09/19/06 at 13:23:10 I typically prefer a gloss black frame, but I've seen some nice examples of color matched frame/panels. I've toyed with the idea of doing a "negative" version of Mr Hyde. Where the usually black bits are colored, and the usually colored bits are black.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #9 - 09/19/06 at 14:24:30 Quote: I've toyed with the idea of doing a "negative" version of Mr Hyde. Where the usually black bits are colored, and the usually colored bits are black Now that would be interesting!
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Reply #10 - 09/19/06 at 19:19:06

Sounds niice- how about a dark green frame??Can you give us a manufacturer and colour code so we can more accurately drool. Grin

This is in fact the colour combo I'm thinking of so if you want to do yours first..might save me some time..Best of luck and don't skimp on the photos.

The negative Mr. Hyde thing is the other question- Metallic green frame and blood red parts, or the other way around.??

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Reply #11 - 09/20/06 at 13:27:59

I say paint the frame. Either a matching color or a dark contrast of the color but NOT BLACK. If you are going through all the trouble in painting the frame dont let peoples eyes ignore it. I remember Torques frame was red and it looked great. It also shows you went through the trouble of a custom paint job. Why do all that work so it could look stock.

Dont EVER use green and red together unless u are designing a XMAS bike hahha.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10875 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #12 - 09/21/06 at 04:43:05 I typically prefer a black frame, but I have seen one that was a dark charcoal grey that looked really sharp. If I remember correctly the rest of the bike was a candy red.
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: Respraying the savage Reply #13 - 09/29/06 at 19:29:10 Brendan - how goes the respray ? What color did u choose? Picts?
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Reply #14 - 10/04/06 at 21:05:56

Mate....this is my first respray job and let me tell you is it taking time and effort! The colour is sensational, I have taken a boat load of pics so when its all done I will update this thread with them. The colour is an American brand, cant remember the name, but the code was RM259. I will endeavour to get the exact details to you all once the job is finished.

So far....

I got the primer on really well, spent lots and lots of time straightening up the tank. It seemed that for every dent I would smooth out another two would appear. The front guard had 3 holes drilled in it and a mudguard attached. I didnt like this at all so I pulled it off and had a mate weld them up. Getting the colour coats on has been frustrating, its spring here and there is a huge wattle tree in my yard that is pumping out pollen which is giving me grief, even in my garage. This stuff is coming in under the door or something. However now I am 90% happy with the colour coats, they are not perfect but they are good enough. Theres a couple of spots here and there but im afraid it will just have to do. I am putting on the clear coats now and have run into more problems. I thinned the clear out what I thought would be enough but evidently it wasnt. This resulted in some pretty shoddy layers going on as of about 30 mins ago (I sprayed them during my lunch break at work). So this evening I will have to pull the panels down again, rub them back and get back into it later on. Its very warm here today (25 degrees outside), and probably even hotter in my shed....so thats not helping me either. Im going to thin out the clear heaps more before putting more coats on this evening.

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