Custom paint jobs.

Richard, just a thought.. i have a friend who does custom bike painting for a living,he does most of the paint jobs for West coast Harley Davidson in Glasgow. he makes a fantastic job and I'm pretty sure he would be cheaper than 8 ball custom.you would have to send the parts to him as he lives in Blairgowrie. but if you want you can pm me and I'll give you his number if you want to find out a price

 

How about having it wrapped? I have seen some very impressive results for a lot less cost and time.

Mark

 

That sounds like a good plan.

 

never seen a wrapped bike, i wonder if it would polish up like paint does though?

 

Only ever really seen it on cars - hard to tell the difference from paint finish if done well and it's a layer of protection over the original paint.

 

My wife has a Street with an 8 Ball paint job. The dealer had it done before we saw it to test the water for sale-ability. Seemed to work

 

heres delboys vinyl wrap he has some other ones too

 

http://www.xtremevinylgraphics.co.uk/motorbike-wrapping/

 

Wow, that's amazing !!!

 

I'd explore the wrapping route, as if she ever wanted to sell it - think it'll be easier for a non-purple bike!

 

I didn't realise you could do so much with it! Amazing!

 

The above was wrapped, I don't know if someone out there could manufacture them to colour code. But there's a lot of metallic purples on google images!

 

Had a similar thing with my wife.
She had a 2013 Street, but didn't really get on with it, but, in her case, it was more the bike than the colour.
However, by chance a Purple/White SE Bonnie came up at our local dealer, she part ex'd her Street for it.
She's had it two years now and wouldn't change it for anything else.

 

when I got my first speedy I only had parameters to go by....must have ABS and not be black, no prizes for guessing what colour I ended up with, oh well at least I got the ABS.

 

That colour just makes the bike come to life!!