Rockets new paint

[Rocket]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/575854246317480.JPG

Here it is, Paint done.

[Rocket]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/575854246349624.JPG

[Rocket]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/575854246358787.JPG

I'm not a big fan of this little fairing so it probably won't stay there. It'll do for now though.

[Rocket]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/575854246363396.JPG

[Slingblade]

Hey great looking paint Rocket. Shit hot. Mate that whole bike looks classy. Nice work. Congrats.

[Rocket]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/575854246397174.JPG

[Rocket]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/575854246476808.JPG

[Gix11]

Rocket, for the record - 700 pixels wide for images is about right. Nice looking paint job mate.

[Rocket]

quote:Originally posted by nathanleetaylor

Hey great looking paint Rocket. Shit hot. Mate that whole bike looks classy. Nice work. Congrats.


Thanks Nath, gives you a good idea of how your blade might look with stripes too.
I originally wanted the stripe off to one side (like a foolly sick monaro mate)but because of the shape of the rear of the tank and the ducktail, we decided that down the middle is the go.

Looks a bit retro I reckon.

[Benz]

Hey Rocket, excellent work, looks fuggen classy:)
To my eyes that fairing is a perfect match to the other curves on the bodywork, that front shot says it all.
My only comment is you could maybe highlight the wheels a bit with a pinstripe on the edge or somethin.....just my two cents!

[Rocket]

Benz, you're a genius on the pin stripes for the wheels :D
But i already thought of that [^]
The reason i didn't go ahead with the pin striping is because the wheel has castings on one side so the stripe would be broken in three places.

I'll see what happens with the fairing, it may grow on me.

[Gsxar]

Very nice, and I agree classy looking:D

[Razorback]

Excellent man... I sooo had that paint job on my mind.... In fact everytime I put my helmet on ... its on my mind :D

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/lid1.jpg

[Iceman]

Looks fuggin sweet Rocket. You should be very pleased.

[Slingblade]

quote:Originally posted by Razorback

Excellent man... I sooo had that paint job on my mind.... In fact everytime I put my helmet on ... its on my mind :D

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/lid1.jpg


Razor i have been eying off that helmet on the net. I am going with dual white stripes on my blade. Did you get it off the net??

[Slingblade]

Rocket, how much was the paintwork, if you dont mind me asking. I am getting a relo to do mine but i am still deciding as he is a serial procrastinator and i am having visions of him saying to me in six months time "yeah i will be getting to that soon, wont be long". Just a ballpark would be great.

[Rocket]

cost me $1300 with some repairs to the ducktail Nath.

[fimpBIKES]

lovely mate,
high class

[damo1]

Im sure ben started somthing back with zxr7 he built GT strips every bodys
doing them now.
Still looks sweet.

[Rocket]

That's not a blue one with a custom made fairing (and just about every thing else) and a turbo is it Damo ??

[damo1]

It was but its a striped streetfighter now.

[gibbo]

That is lookin sweet Rocket, well done.

[KRASH]

LOVE IT....!
Big fan of the stripes

13 fukin hundred dollars.hope there's at least 7 coats of clear on there mate.thats almost the same tail unit as Mad Mundy's,he used the standard subframe and ended up with that gap at the front too.

[Slingblade]

Yeah for 1300 smackers i guess i will quite happily shutup and wait for my uncle to pull his finger out. Does look good though Rocket.

stick with the relo's Nath,my paint job cost me 2 window repairs.(about 1/2 hour of my time)

[Tone]

Paint looks great Rocket.What are those gauges off?

[Rocket]

quote:Originally posted by davo

13 fukin hundred dollars.hope there's at least 7 coats of clear on there mate.thats almost the same tail unit as Mad Mundy's,he used the standard subframe and ended up with that gap at the front too.


Davo I thought that was a reasonable price for the amount work in it. There's blue pearl and plenty of clear as I didn't want to feel a raised edge where the clear goes over the painted stripes.

Well done if you can get good quality work done for 1/2 an hour of your own time. I wish I had that priveledge.

I'm not sure what i'm going to do about that gap but I have to mount up a fuel pump and regulator and fit an airbox in there somewhere so i will wait till I get those mounted in there before I worry about what to do with the gap.
Or I could just say fuck it and leave it.

[Slingblade]

Fuck it and leave it mate. Only fighter addicts on here would spot it.

[clairebear]

i really like it!
i'll be callin ya Davo next time i need a paint job (say nuffink smart about other kinds of jobs Davo!) hopefully that wont be for ages yet.

[03gixxerpilot]

nice touch with those strips i like it well done

[WATEVR]

very smart looking unit mate whatever the cost. tailunit suits the rest of the bike a treat, well done mate.

[gibbo]

Rocket, I reckon thats a fair price mate. A job like that could take could easy take 20 or more hours depending on the condition of the parts. Lots of preparation and masking, not to mention material costs. I think Davo is a lucky man to get a paint job for a half hours work, maybe there was no window repair, you didn't spend some time down on your knees did you Davo[:0]?

[Large]

excellent just needs a shiney moteur

[3AMcobra]

I concur that sensational!

[NakedTurboBusa]

Dig the strips..... looks great, almost Ducati like....

Well Done!

[Rocket]

Thanks everyone.
I should have a box of engine goodies arriving in the mail any day now from (sometimes) sunny England.
Then things will really kick off !

[Razorback]

You can get Roofs here

http://www.designerhelmets.com/

[houle john]

aaaahhhh.....black is sooooo nice. makes the silver frame jump out at you
don't it. what about the power plant?

[Rocket]

Thanks Toe Cutter.
The motor has 81mm WISECO Hayabusa pistons to give me 1216 and lower compression than stock.
I have an intercooled blow thru turbo kit leaving (all fingers and toes crossed) the UK today.
Just waiting on a clutch upgrade kit and cometic head gasket and the builder can finish off the engine.
Then I can put it in the frame and start hanging turbo bits off it.

I'm expecting it to go pretty good.

[Razorback]

The soon to be aptly named "Rocket"

[loosebruce]

Nice paint Rocket,very oldskool.
Just gotta fill that space under the tank.
More power to ya.

[Rocket]

Watch this space.

[Matt]

Love the stripes!