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Trouble_enabler
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 12:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I found a pic firemanjim had posted of an S2 with all black paint, soon as I saw it, I wanted mine painted black! Not sure why it was not offered as a stock color. Here is the before and after paint on my bike..

Before, with original paint:





After with basic black paint job:






(Message edited by trouble_enabler on April 04, 2011)
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883srfast
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hello Trouble_enabler, I saw the pic that Fireman posted and wanted my S2 to be Black as soon as I saw it too......your S2 looks GREAT and the choice of decals is perfect.
What black paint did you use?
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Trouble_enabler
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 01:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks! I'm not sure about the paint...I had it done at a reputable fiberglass repair shop in my area.



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Trouble_enabler
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 01:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



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Court
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There was ONE Black S2 that was done for a friend of Erik's . . . it as ALL black. For photos see 25 YEARS OF BUELL.
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Trouble_enabler
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 02:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And mine will be ALL black too..soon enough!
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883srfast
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 03:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thank you for posting the additional additional pics! I am going to start the process of finding a reputable fiberglass repair shop in my area and am considering going with the white frame/white wheels and black body after seeing how GREAT your S2 looks.
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Court
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 03:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If you don't find one . . . one of the fellows who did body work at Buell is starting to do some for private folks.

I haven't visited with him in a while but if there is any interest I can run him down and see what he's up to.
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Sportyeric
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 04:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Is Black Sapphire not an S2 colour?
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Fahren
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Frikkin wikkid black look! I was ready to slam you for desecrating the IWP, but seeing your photos, I love it! Very clean paint work.
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Trouble_enabler
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 04:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks Fahren!

@Sportyeric..No sapphire in my paint!..Henry Ford basic black...I want my S2 how I want my S2...and that is without any damn pearl color on it!
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Rex
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 06:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

At one time, I saw a photo of a Black S2 on the assembly line. REX
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Bluesboy
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 07:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The S2 that was black that Court is talking about had a black frame I think.
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1313
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

For photos see 25 YEARS OF BUELL.

Court,
I supplied the photos of the all black S2, but they weren't used in the book. Only the Yellow S2 by the 2815 building being built and the S2 tank testing pics were used in the book. I guess the pics of the all black S2 hit the cutting room floor...


Black S2 1


Black S2 2


Black S2 3


Black S2 4


Black bikes are beautiful!
1313
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Trouble_enabler
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

that's the one..should have made them all that way...I wouldn't have had to spend the cash to paint mine!
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Court
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 10:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

>>>I supplied the photos of the all black S2, but they weren't used in the book.

You are ABSOLUTELY right . . . I have the entire "SPECIAL BUELLS" chapter laying here . . it wasn't so much "cut" as it was the victim of hitting the right "multiple" of number of pages (I think they work in 32's) . . I also have a couple GREAT chapters that got nixed including the full chapters on the guitars and the bicycles. .

That is a GREAT looking S2.
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883srfast
Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 11:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Court, many talented people are leaving NE Ohio during this "economic downturn" and hopefully I can find someone there. Thank you for the offer and I will let you know if I can't find one.
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Firemanjim
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 01:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sorry guys---NOT!!! I was absolutely caught by the pics Brankin posted of that all black S-2 so decided to do the same to mine. All black body with a black powdercoated frame!Gorgeous!!! Don Casto has it now.
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Bernard
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 02:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Buell, in all his visionary thinking, made qute a few mistakes. One, the most important one, was not to embrace the H-D connection by making a Buell-Harley, as in Egli-Kawasaki or Bimota. The less important one was to go the Liberace route with easter egg colors. Colors for the S2 should have been black, black and orange, gunmetal gray, and Parkway Blue, all of them with a black or nickel-plated frame.
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Rex
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 03:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

that is nice. looks like a few more black fairings on the shelf. REX

were there any plain white ones, or were they all the ivory looking ones? REX
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Rex
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 03:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jim, can you post some photos of yours, that Don now has? REX
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Court
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 05:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

All the white were "Ice White Pearl" that had the rose, blue and gold metalflake.
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Smoke
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 07:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

court, i would be interested in preview reading the chapter about the bicycles if you would let me.
thx,
tim
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Rex
Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 03:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

court. thanks, yes pearl. went blank for a moment...sr. moment, I guess...
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Sportyeric
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2011 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I like the black! And basic black is great. However, one of the bikes at the S2 Roundup was black, I thought. Was it only black in shadow and blue in the sun light?
Painting has moved up my priority list since Saturday night.
And I need a spider and a dash.
A sad sight.
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Sportyeric
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 01:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK, let me rephrase that. Does this "Midnight blue" look black with a subtle tinge of dark blue? Is it stock? What is the formula to make it?
http://battlecreek.craigslist.org/mcy/2294509009.h tml

(Message edited by Sportyeric on April 13, 2011)
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Gowindward
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 02:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Eric, that is a factory color. The color is Black Sapphire. It is made up of black base coat, with House of Color blue pearl on top. Color shifts from black to midnight blue to dark purple.

Loren
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Sportyeric
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 03:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Is that the same colour I see on your profile pic, Loren? Bright blue by light of day?
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Gowindward
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No that is my Blue Streak S3T

Here are photos of the S2 in daylight

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/592142.html?1283635150
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Sportyeric
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 08:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That's the one. Thanks Loren. I found the thread where you spoke of finding the paint. Once the dust settles here, I'll be considering trying to source that colour if I don't just buy another bike. There's a Black Sapphire one in Michigan right now.
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Not_purple_s2
Posted on Friday, April 15, 2011 - 02:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think the black looks great with the white frame. The white frame looks great in my opinion. It's just too damn beautiful to tone down. I have the urge to paint my S2T frame a contrasting color one day.
I'm thinking that black with a red frame would be pretty cool. A little ducati-ish but oh well.
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