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  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    3 years ago
    Take some side on shots, print them and attack with a black texta, love your bars, that shape is classic, I can't run them, wrists hate the angle, lucked out with the slim bars ergonomically, last bike I ended with some god awful ugly adjustable things.
  • sinny
    sinny
    3 years ago
    im currently blacking out my 2006 Dyna - using VHT primer, gloss black wheel paint and clear coat mostly. 

    Ill paint the engine one day when Harley Texture black is available in Australia again. 


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  • sinny
    sinny
    3 years ago
    Sorry mate the pipe is a Cobra El diablo and its made like that... i wont give any recommendations about painting exhausts as it has never worked out great for me. Especially not on chrome - Ceramic coating will work but its pricey - you may aswell find another set of pipes in black already. I think id actually prefer the titanium finish for the 2-into-1 pipes but these black ones were a bargain. 
    The VHT Wheel paint is the hardest wearing paint ive come across that doesn't need to be heat cured. The High Heat engine, caliper paints etc are all tough but come out kinda dimpley and certainly do need to be cured for best result, but its not mandatory. 

    fork legs would be easy with just a sand/scuff and same VHT pimer/gloss black/clearcoat.  

    If I cant get some Harley Texture black engine paint ill prob use black VHT engine wrinkle paint. remove exhaust and tank, mask off everything spray a few coats and then re-install parts and run the engine to cure/bake the paint. Although I kinda dig having a few chrome/grey highlights for contrast so im in two minds whether I bother at all. ill prob run with this setup for a while and see.    
  • sinny
    sinny
    3 years ago
    Do your rear wheel with VHT primer, gloss black wheel paint and wheel clear coat and it will run you $50 and an afternoon. 
    You have to remove tyre and bearings for powdercoat - so if you need new ones anyway - powdercoat will be easier.  
  • Jay-Dee
    Jay-Dee
    3 years ago
    Seeing you're asking for ideas Rick, probably the opposite to yours so feel free to treat them with contempt but I think you already have a great looking bike that doesn't really need anything. These are my thoughts to just kick it along a bit more, budget dependent of course.
    Big spoked wheel for the back to match the front with a chrome, polished billet or gloss black drive pulley. Chrome or polished primary cover, cam box cover and gearbox cover (basically like some later twin cams) and leave the engine the colour it is now.

    I think the rocker covers are already chrome or polished from your photos but maybe give them a polish to brighten them up a bit. Gloss black or polish the lower front fork legs and you're done.
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