Topic: Red wheels?

[SUELZER]

Playing with the idea of painting a set of Henry Abe's red to go on my 550?

Has anyone done this?

I might photoshop up an image to see, but thought maybe someone out there had already done this?

[754]

Red looks great on red bikes..chrome is way overdone and tacky... Painted the trees and headlite shell can make a bike look better too, in many cases..

[SUELZER]

Thanks for the input. Thinking on it in that direction (& in relation to my bike) I may consider going white.
Seems that all the "wheel paint" available are on a monotone scale.
Duplicolor makes a matte clear coat in that series, not certain if that would allow me to put whatever color underneath then protect with the clear?

[754]

We just used same paint as we did the tank and frame in..

[rb550four]

I used that duplicolor wheel clear over duplicolor engine paint , worked fine, put it over duplicolor clear metal flake, also worked fine.
White wheels....ever wonder why you don't see many white wheels?

[Steve_K]

I had a bike with cast white wheels.  Well, 10% of the time.  Chain lube and brake dust kept them dirty.
I like black wheels when they are cast.  I also like stainless spokes and aluminum rims, too.  I do like plain unpainted cast aluminum wheels, too.
Why not red,  it will look great.
Steve

[Tim2005]

Here's a red pair on my commuter 400- it's not a bad colour at all, doesn't show up the brake dust too badly either.