| Author | Message | ||
     Jhuppdog |
My new 2001 X1 is yellow and I would like to get a different color of plastics for it. I like the yellow but it's not my favorite color. Are ebay and Badweb's classifieds the best/only place to find X1 body pieces for sale? I saw American Sportbike has new carbon fiber body pieces but they are out of my price range. Or do most of you just have the plastics painted? Any idea what type of price range I can expect to pay for a good condition set? Thanks in advance for the help. | ||
| 01x1buell |
I had mine painted. | ||
| Gixxer86g |
And it looks pretty damn good, Neil! | ||
| Azrael_cervale |
I would say your looking at 300 - 400 to get an ok set. You'd probably be better off having yours painted though i'm not sure what that would cost you but you would get the exact color you wanted. Don't forget that rear subframe you can have it painted to match or polished. | ||
| Alfau |
Most paint jobs, on the tank anyway, don't last too long because of blistering. This scenario allows for constant changes of color, about every two years. In fact I would go as far as to say, don't waste a lot of money trying to overcome the impossible. Plenty of ideas out there about how to get it right, but so far I am yet to see one that works. Do a search for "paint bubbles" | ||
| Jramsey |
>>>>Do a search for "paint bubbles" Does not apply to the X1 as it uses a tank cover. | ||
| Alfau |
When my X1 tank cover blistered all around the bottom edges, I had it resprayed at some considerable cost, only to have it do it again in a very short time. Initially I thought it was caused by the bottom edge not being supported. When it did it again, I looked up paint bubbles and discovered everyone seemed to think it was fuel causing bubbles. It didn't occur to me that my bike was the only X1 to blister like that.( I did check your statement above and you seem to be right) Anyway the next time,I stripped all the paint off myself with a heat gun, Primed it and painted it with pressure packs. That is the 4th paint job. If you are right I might not have to do it again. | ||
| Mcelhaney14 |
For 2001 that should be the injected yellow plastics. If you are going to paint it and your stuff is in good shape, I would be interested in working a deal with you. My yellow 01 has a painted front fender on it and I would love to have an original yellow one. I also have a spare black fly screen, that could be painted too. Heck I need the chin fairing too.....but I would have to find you one of those. Let me know if this interests you. | ||
| Jhuppdog |
Thanks everyone for the information. I'll have to look into how much it would cost to get them painted compared to buying a used stock set. Until then I'll keep my eyes open for a good used set. Mcelhaney, If I decide to get my plastics painted I'll let you know. | ||
| Blackjoe |
You could also consider dying your current set: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=32777&post=664829#POST664829 I dyed my racing red uly plastics "black" and was pretty happy with the results vs. cost. Might not be for everyone, but wanted to make sure and mention it just so you know it's a viable option. | ||
| Jhuppdog |
Blackjoe, Thanks for the information. I didn't know that the plastics could be re-dyed. I will definitely have to look into that as an option. | ||
| Blackjoe |
The rit dye takes really, really well, but there are two things i can think of to keep in mind if you're going to give this a shot. The first, the colors aren't UV stabilized, so there will be fading. Not an issue in my book and I kinda dig the weathered effect, but if you're going for perfection, I supposed that would demand periodic re-dips to keep it looking tip top. Secondly, if you're going to go for black, use far more of the black liquid dye than you think you need. If you don't use enough, the black will ultimately turn out to be like a super dark espresso brown. Again, I kinda dig it, but if i was doing it over, I would have doubled the amount of black I threw in the pot, and maybe even added a little blue for a super duper blue/black.     Anywho, whatever you go with, best of luck with the color change. |
