| Author | Message | ||
     Chiefiron |
The Buell web site offers "shifter custom paint set" does any one know if there are colors other than the blue on the page? its ok but not really my taste and thought i would inquire here where all things buell are known. thanks Tim | ||
| No_rice |
there is like a maroonish color to sure someone has a pic to post up here as i dont off hand | ||
| Cruisin |
Blue is for the Firebolt, the red is for the Lightning... No, there aren't any other colors from the factory. | ||
| Southern Marine |
Dye your plasitc.   it was;  | ||
| Dew |
How did you "dye" your plastic? | ||
| Odie |
Here's another version.....  | ||
| Chiefiron |
"No, there aren't any other colors from the factory" Thanks, i figured that was the case but had to ask. i wont change any of them just yet except to pull off the firebolt stickers on the fairing and tail. at some point i think ill replace them all with natural finish or black carbon. Tim | ||
| Voltage_vector |
yeah Odie and S.M., how'd you dye the stuff? Both look great...it doesent wash off if you ride in the rain does it!  | ||
| Buellish0 |
ritt dye check brain vault | ||
| Dew |
No luck with a "Brain Vault" search. Do you dye them just like a T-Shirt? Boiling water? Warped Plastic? | ||
| Southern Marine |
I used Rit Dye. I used 3 bottles of Scarlet and 3 boxes of the Scarlet powder (rit dye). I also had a box of the black rit dye powder and added the black a little at a time until it was an extremely dark red. I didn't use all of the black dye, actually didn't use that much at all. I might have used a tablespoon. Wish I had measured it.  I boiled the water first and used a big enough container to dip the pieces in. You have to keep them submerged for about 30 - 40 minutes. It took a while to fill it up, but it worked. I am replacing the Buell American Motorcycle stickers because where the originals were (I took them off), it is darker. | ||
| Dew |
Thanks Dave, I'm gonna give it a shot. How's good ole Jacksonville? Haven't been down there since '95. Semper Fi. | ||
| No_rice |
anyone tried anything with the blue xb plastics? or maybe thats what odies were? i cant remember (Message edited by no_rice on February 02, 2006) | ||
| Southern Marine |
Your Welcome. As for Jville. It's changed and is changing more everyday, continually growing. Semper Fi | ||
| Captainplanet |
 Here is mine. Originally white, dyed with tangerine rit dye. | ||
| Madbandito |
Blue plastic using black dye gives you a nice, er, eggplant/purple color  | ||
| Odie |
Mine started out as red. I used blue and black liquid Rit dye. Huge mess and very time consuming unless you have a huge, metal container big enough to dip all of your pieces in. I like it and think it turned out cool. Different at the very least. Wife says it looks like baby poop brown. Others say it looks like Dr. Pepper. There is definitely no other bike like it that's for sure. | ||
| Odie |
Voltagevector- nope! No problems in the rain.... |
