# Bike Progress !!!Painted!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920 "2008-03-12T20:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuicknLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quicknlow/32/5215_2.png) [@QuicknLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuicknLow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/21 "2008-03-13T17:43:55Z")
damn…looks much nicer than the blue red 2 tone…very nice…i still got some books to read about detailed painting… ---
**Author:** ![QuicknLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quicknlow/32/5215_2.png) [@QuicknLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuicknLow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/22 "2008-03-13T17:45:18Z")
so do u paint it flat or gloss first? then wet sand? then clear? ---
**Author:** ![matter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@matter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/matter)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/23 "2008-03-13T17:45:36Z")
so how loud is this shit gonna be? ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/24 "2008-03-13T20:44:45Z")
> [@QuicknLow](#): > > so do u paint it flat or gloss first? then wet sand? then clear? on any finished cleared surface you can just scuff and respray. spray the paint then spray on the clear. sit for a month or so them wet sand and buff. > [@matter](#): > > so how loud is this shit gonna be? I havent really heard the exhaust at high rpms and when i started it up yesterday it was cold and ran pig rich. It quiets down at idle once the bikes at operating temp. ---
**Author:** ![b5a4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@b5a4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b5a4)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/25 "2008-03-13T22:24:45Z")
> [@jkucz28](#): > > keeps other riders from riding next to me and keeps cars away from me. It’s ok, I’ll never have to hear it from behind anyway. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/26 "2008-03-13T22:32:30Z")
nice nice ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/27 "2008-03-14T03:58:06Z")
hotbodies exhaust… LOUDER THAN D AND D’s… ask tony from sfx… he had them on his 636… they look AWESOME… they sound… ugh, loud ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/28 "2008-03-14T04:46:58Z")
> [@b5a4](#): > > It’s ok, I’ll never have to hear it from behind anyway. \<3 exactly your bike will be on stands this summer too.🤣 ---
**Author:** ![00zx6r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/00zx6r/32/7244_2.png) [@00zx6r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/00zx6r)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/29 "2008-03-16T12:35:50Z")
jake where the hell was I??? looks good… hay randy u sold ur r1 right… cause that then leaves 1 other than mine around here… ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/30 "2008-03-16T15:34:19Z")
looks nice, mine is going all flat black. ---
**Author:** ![LiveRound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LiveRound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LiveRound)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/31 "2008-03-16T15:37:07Z")
> [@b5a4](#): > > Your exhaust is too loud. No such thing as too loud ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/32 "2008-03-16T15:57:02Z")
i went out today… for about a 40 mile rip… it was fun to be a hooligan again… ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/33 "2008-03-16T16:00:45Z")
nice will 👏 i tried to get mine out of the shed, but only made it halfway back there til i sunk in mud :picard: J, white wheels for the fucking win. You have a a PM kind sir. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/34 "2008-03-16T16:11:38Z")
> [@00zx6r](#): > > hay randy u sold ur r1 right… Yeah some guy from cali…last winter. Last summer I didn’t really miss not having the bike, but I sure do this year already, hearing all these bike posts… It’ll be a good 5-10 before I’m back on a bike ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/35 "2008-03-16T19:18:11Z")
^^^ thats what happens when you keep making babies. ---
**Author:** ![mickdad246](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mickdad246/32/7274_2.png) [@mickdad246](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mickdad246)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/36 "2008-03-16T19:21:56Z")
looks sick…:tup: more progress? ---
**Author:** ![93gspeccivic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/93gspeccivic/32/5137_2.png) [@93gspeccivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93gspeccivic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/37 "2008-03-16T19:23:30Z")
looks nice… white wheels… so hottt ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/38 "2008-03-16T19:45:11Z")
well nothing yet im having ray ray paint this one though. He’s going to gel coat this one. so not for another few weeks i think because of paint. but next week or so im picking up new rearsets and some new levers. ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/39 "2008-03-16T19:47:12Z")
well right now im going to take an actual pic with my digi cam so it looks better ---
**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920/40 "2008-03-16T20:02:45Z")
you really couldn’t just have waited till after it was painting to make a thread? awesome look a bike thats missing the fairings. looks like a lot of progress so far :bloated: [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bike-progress-painted/44920.md?page=3)