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Post subject: Custom Paint Job (Circuit/Tech Look) 2008 GSX650F *UPDATE*
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:40 pm
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Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:07 pm Posts: 32 Location: Gainesville, FL
Decided to stray from the common Suzi color scheme. Don't know if I'll keep it, but I'm feeling it out now... I'll post the original sketches (and better pictures in the sunlight) soon. The metallic flake (in the yellow + graphite) really shines when the light hits it. Also added Xenon bulbs while I had the fairings removed. Next up is a fender eliminator and slip-on exhaust
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Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:07 pm Posts: 32 Location: Gainesville, FL
Thanks for the feedback! The guy who did it is great (Chad @ WetLixx Custom Design & Paint). This was his first sport/sport-touring bike, but I'm sure he'll be doing plenty more in the future. Check his site (http://www.wetlixx.com -- site still under construction, but several pics are up) for some pics of other stuff he's done. I'll post more (hi-res) pictures of it in sunlight. I plan on taking it out to Daytona Bike Week (2nd weekend) to get some more feedback as well.
I appreciate everyone's forum posts referencing other aftermarket mods (undertail kits, exhausts, etc.) and their pics of 650Fs after installation, so I figured I'd post some pics to show how custom paint would fair on the bike.
I've been thinking about repainting my bike since it hit the curb and damaged the fairing paintjob ( sidestand went in the ground, bike tipped over )
This looks great... I'm really getting convinced about a custom paint job
I THOUGHT I recognized that bike. I saw you today on 441 going south. I was at 34th St going north. You had on a grey jacket, if I recall. I get my 650F next week. We should ride.
Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:07 pm Posts: 32 Location: Gainesville, FL
Norman wrote:
I THOUGHT I recognized that bike. I saw you today on 441 going south. I was at 34th St going north. You had on a grey jacket, if I recall. I get my 650F next week. We should ride.
That was likely me Didn't realize any other 650F.biz members were in the area! What part of town are you in? Downtown or rural? I'm a bit rural (toward Newberry)
EDIT: By the way, do you have a blue or black model? I've only seen a few in-town (all blue)
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,looks very different.
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