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Offline GeeBeav

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2011, 08:31:29 PM »
Who says your bike has to look like grandpa's.

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Offline hotdog

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2011, 08:41:29 PM »
Actually this is not kawasaki lime green metallic. It has a few coats of a lime green pearl base, a few more of a yellow metallic, then a couple coats of a green metallic. The bottoms were painted with a gloss dark charcoal. After all that it was cleared.  My pic doesn't do it justice. In the sun the yellow is present. It's a cool color and I really like it. I'm just not sure if a Redneck ike me and a bike like this goes together. I will not repaint. If I decide I can't take this color, I will just sell it.
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« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2011, 10:14:57 PM »
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Offline Mettler1

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2011, 11:33:14 PM »
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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #24 on: May 14, 2011, 04:56:20 AM »
On the old board there was a posting with several pics that were photoshop edited with various colors.  The two that I thought looked best were a darker yellow metallic and a pearl white.  Both with darker bottoms.  I don't recall which member had done all the edit work and posted the pics though.
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Offline hotdog

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2011, 07:21:14 AM »
On the old board there was a posting with several pics that were photoshop edited with various colors.  The two that I thought looked best were a darker yellow metallic and a pearl white.  Both with darker bottoms.  I don't recall which member had done all the edit work and posted the pics though.
I remember that. I actually used his lime green as my model. I was aiming for a Kawasaki green, but sort of went a little away from it. The guy who painted it usually does vintage bikes and Harleys, so he likes makin custom colors.
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Offline timmerz

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2011, 12:15:58 PM »
That looks REALLY sharp, Hotdog! I'm with the others that are Kawi-green affeccionate! I am also with the others that would do another black stripe...what I would do if it was mine is run an inch-and-a-half stripe of the same black as the lowers (flat black?) up the fairings to cover (camouflage) the fairing screws and continue the stripe on the tank and curve it down to the front of the seat....now THAT would be even more bad-a$$ than ever!

Offline Lodogg2221

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2011, 01:02:05 PM »
I like it, but then I like "loud" colors anyway.

Were I to be in need of repainting a major portion of my bike, Id paint it Nuclear Pumpkin, aka Pearl Blazing Orange from the 03 Z1000 and other orange Kaws that year.
That color is amazing, if you like orange.
By far my favorite, though my yellow VTX looked pretty darn cool too...
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Offline booger

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #28 on: May 14, 2011, 07:24:11 PM »
I like it, but then I like "loud" colors anyway.

Were I to be in need of repainting a major portion of my bike, Id paint it Nuclear Pumpkin, aka Pearl Blazing Orange from the 03 Z1000 and other orange Kaws that year.
That color is amazing, if you like orange.
By far my favorite, though my yellow VTX looked pretty darn cool too...

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Offline frogrider

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #29 on: May 14, 2011, 07:31:52 PM »
Here's my 2001 "blue" which is now "black"!

I really doo like the green......GREEN = KAWASAKI!


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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2011, 09:53:17 PM »
Keep the green that is sweet  8)  If I were to paint mine it would be Kawi Green with yellow rims  :thumbs:
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Offline gpzrocker

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #31 on: May 15, 2011, 04:18:10 AM »
I like it, the black does set it off. Had a bike painted green like that, grew on me.


Offline Lodogg2221

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Re: What do ya'll think?
« Reply #32 on: May 15, 2011, 07:27:57 AM »
Like this?

If that is in fact the right orange, that pic doesnt do it justice!
It was used in 2003 (Z1000 ZX7)/2004 (ZX10 ZX6) like this:


This was its last pic with me as its owner.  I miss that bike...
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