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Offline greasy j

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opinions on my cbr600f paint job plans
« on: August 21, 2010, 01:57:14 PM »
painting my CBR, which I'm riding until I finish the cb750. I photoshopped a rough plan for how it will look. I did my best to make the tank and wheels look like metal, but I'm not a PS pro...

as far as the CBR paint job:

the tank and wheels will be stripped, polished a bit and cleared. the other parts will be all black. with a thick gray and skinny white stripes along the top, just on the front fender, tank(hard to see in pic) and tail piece. michelin man on front fender and 'honda racing' on tail.

I want to keep the fairing, since it's original and functional and keep everything stock except for the paint job. I'm not a big fan of the looks of full fairings, but it sure is nice to ride. so the fairing has no decals or stripes or anything, kind of understated, just black.

not sure on the decals, whether to use the honda wing on the tank or the HRC logo(prob a lil smaller than in pic).





so what do you guys think? the wing or the HRC. the grey and white stripes are on the tank, too. just hard to see. with the actual paint job I'm going to mix the gray myself, so I'll make it stand out better, prob a bit darker than in the photoshop pic.

honest opinions welcome. design wise I was going for more of an older racer kind of look, as opposed to what people normally do with full fairings, using them as a big ad space.

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Re: opinions on my cbr600f paint job plans
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2010, 02:49:12 PM »
I like the satin/polished steel look.  Very nice.

I'd skip the HRC logo.  Isn't that Honda Racing Corp?  Just seems kinda squidly to me, to dress up your nice understated classy ride with a teenager "racing" logo.  I mean, are you trying to fool folks into thinking your stock ride is somehow associated with the racing company?

It looks nice enough, but I'd still go with the wing, not the racing logo.


*EDIT*  oops, I just re-read your post.  I missed the design intent sentence beneath the pix.  I'd still go with the wing...  :)

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Re: opinions on my cbr600f paint job plans
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010, 07:56:58 PM »
mostly it just needed something. I just chose from decals that came on CBR's and the HRC was on some of them I guess. it seemed to fit w/out being as boring as just putting honda on there.

I love polished tanks and can't remember ever seeing it on a modern style sport bike.

I think the wing is probably the way to go.

thanks for the input. I think you're right about taking away from the understatedness.