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Author Message   Natexlh1000 Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 11:45 am:        I have a 2000 X1 and I scuffed my orange bodywork. (with the street) I was wondering what year did Buell go over to the cast-in colors with no paint? Were there some tubers that got that treatment before everything went over to XB?   Robr Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 12:01 pm:        All tubers went over to molded in colors, I think it was in 2002.   Natexlh1000 Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 12:10 pm:        Was atomic orange or whatever it was called offered in the last year?   Phelan Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 12:31 pm:        I love my '95 S2 .   Ratbuell Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 01:38 pm:        02 X1 was offered only in yellow, white, or black according to parts lookup. Your color, if it's orange, is called "molten orange". My M2 was that color, I loved it. My Uly is close...something about riding a traffic cone   Natexlh1000 Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 04:38 pm:        Damn. There goes that idea. I really love the Molten orange/reactor blue combo. I was hoping for a no-brainer bolt-on solution. I guess the proper thing is to buy some paint. Any idea what kind of primer that white stuff is?   Ratbuell Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 - 05:46 pm:        I think the white is the fiberglass gelcoat. Your X1 doesn't have the tank vapor issue since it's a seperate cover as opposed to the M2/S3/etc. Fill, sand, prime, paint   Natexlh1000 Posted on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 08:30 am:        I was toying with the idea of masking off the good side and doing the other in bedliner. Kinda a Twoface theme. The scuffed side isn't really bad enough to do that though   Mick Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 03:21 am:        Only the XB's had the coloured plastic I reacon. Correct me if I'm wrong.   Silas_clone Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - 09:24 am:        What is the best way to clean bodywork? Bug guts and other road stuff seems to stick a bit better than on metal. I made the mistake of using buffing compound on a small portion of my front fender...99 M2   Mick Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 11:32 pm:        I'll correct myself, 02 X1's had moulded colour body work.   Jsimpkins Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 10:50 pm:        02 X1 has molded in color.   Skntpig Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 11:22 pm:        Silas, I got this stuff Bugslide from the HD dealer. It seems to work well and leaves a kinda wax on that makes them easy to remove in the future. http://www.bugslide.com/whatisbugslide.html   Mbsween Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 12:21 am:        2001 is when the X1 went to the surlyn type body work. I have a tank cover that got sliced if you want to know how I know. Thats also the only year that "American motorcycles" didn't make it onto the tank (or cover in this case) I think the X1 was the only tuber model to have the surlyn body panels. Mine was Artic white/nuke blue, but I have the 2000 Molten orange body work on it now. best color combo for a tuber imho I'd try Andy at Appleton (see sponsor section) if the paints still around he'll get be able to get it.

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