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Offline Conrad

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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #40 on: September 23, 2011, 04:59:31 AM »
Quote from: rcannon409 on September 22, 2011, 06:51:10 PM
I painted mine tonight with Krylon Fusion, semi-gloss black.  It looks good. Actually, its better than the plastic Kawasaki ends it slides in to.

Nothign difficult about removing the plastic panals for access other than two of the plastic phillips head rivets refusing to back out.  I was able to put sideways pressure on one of them to back it out.  The other was accessible from the opposite side.  On a 70 degree day the paint was dry in 15 minutes. Not completely cured, but dry enough to re-install.

The sunlight was shining directly on it, but the color is actually very uniform.  If you have not tried the fusion, it sticks to plastic (and plastic contact lenses) very well.  I had a friend do all the plastic on his dirt bike.  Its still holding up after three years.

Nice yob. Contact lenses eh? Hard to buff them out...
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #41 on: September 23, 2011, 05:05:10 AM »
Quote from: Pokey on September 22, 2011, 09:02:45 PM
Very serious, it sticks/adheres great and it has a very nice finish if applied correctly.

So does that stuff that comes out of your backside...although I must say I'm not sure of the 'finish' aspects.
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #42 on: September 23, 2011, 05:09:57 AM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on September 23, 2011, 05:05:10 AM
So does that stuff that comes out of your backside...although I must say I'm not sure of the 'finish' aspects.

Gives meaning to that old saying about polishing a turd doesn't it?
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #43 on: September 23, 2011, 05:14:18 AM »
Quite...
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #44 on: September 23, 2011, 05:15:57 AM »
I like it.  Like your black rims, exhaust cans and and your turn signal lenses which also appear to be blacked out. 
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #45 on: September 23, 2011, 06:57:16 AM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on September 23, 2011, 05:05:10 AM
So does that stuff that comes out of your backside...although I must say I'm not sure of the 'finish' aspects.

I dont want my rails to be brownish in color. ::)
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #46 on: September 23, 2011, 07:14:08 AM »
Quote from: ZG on September 21, 2011, 08:19:39 PM
Finished!  :chugbeer:
 
Actually wasn't too bad once I got going/drinking, so simple a cave man could do it I'd guess you could say, I don't even change my own oil so this was a big project for me...  :)

 


Dude!  That pic of your rail, the trunk, and the Michelin under it all has got to be the best C14 pic I've ever seen.  I've taken one or two of mine, and none (even the ones with wiminz) compares to this pic!

*****   <----your bike is 5 star!
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #47 on: September 23, 2011, 07:22:42 AM »
Quote from: Pokey on September 23, 2011, 06:57:16 AM
I dont want my rails to be brownish in color. ::)

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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #48 on: September 23, 2011, 08:06:49 AM »
Quote from: PH14 on September 22, 2011, 10:47:33 AM
Good plan. I have actually considered taking all the plastic on the bike in to get painted with Rhino Liner. I saw a bike done in it last Summer and they did a great job on it. It looked great. No scratches.  :D
Don't forget to replace the Kawasaki logo with the John Deere one..... ::)

Quote from: Pokey on September 22, 2011, 09:02:45 PM
Very serious, it sticks/adheres great and it has a very nice finish if applied correctly. I use the Dupli-color bedliner spray that I get at Meijer ......it works awesome!
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #49 on: September 23, 2011, 08:31:21 AM »
Quote from: Pokey on September 21, 2011, 09:55:23 PM
That looks good......think I will put bedliner on mine. 8)

I like that idea!!!  8)
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #50 on: September 23, 2011, 09:14:26 AM »
Quote from: stevewfl on September 23, 2011, 07:14:08 AM
Dude!  That pic of your rail, the trunk, and the Michelin under it all has got to be the best C14 pic I've ever seen.  I've taken one or two of mine, and none (even the ones with wiminz) compares to this pic!

*****   <----your bike is 5 star!

Thanks Steve, much appreciated bro!  :chugbeer:
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #51 on: September 23, 2011, 09:17:57 AM »
Quote from: XHarleyRider on September 23, 2011, 05:15:57 AM
I like it.  Like your black rims, exhaust cans and and your turn signal lenses which also appear to be blacked out.

Thanks X!  :)
 
Yes, the turn signals are smoked, not too dark, just perfect IMO and they still light up bright like they should..  8)
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #52 on: September 23, 2011, 09:24:16 AM »
Yep, you have one of the best looking non-Silverdammits out there.    :thumbs:
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #53 on: September 23, 2011, 09:27:31 AM »
Quote from: Conrad on September 23, 2011, 09:24:16 AM
Yep, you have one of the best looking non-Silverdammits out there.    :thumbs:

 :) :-* :grouphug:
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #54 on: September 23, 2011, 10:25:25 AM »
Quote from: Conrad on September 23, 2011, 09:24:16 AM
Yep, you have one of the best looking non-Silverdammits out there.    :thumbs:

except for the exhaust (sorry ZG, I really like the Remus Hexacone), I completely like the looks of your bike  :thumbs:
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #55 on: September 23, 2011, 10:53:58 AM »
Quote from: martin_14 on September 23, 2011, 10:25:25 AM
except for the exhaust (sorry ZG, I really like the Remus Hexacone), I completely like the looks of your bike  :thumbs:

You can't argue about a slip on vs a full exhaust.  Two completely different animals, one performs and the other just sounds purty.   ;)
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #56 on: September 23, 2011, 02:20:35 PM »
Quote from: martin_14 on September 23, 2011, 10:25:25 AM
except for the exhaust (sorry ZG, I really like the Remus Hexacone), I completely like the looks of your bike  :thumbs:

No worries Martin, all good brutha! I personally like the Muzzys full dual carbon-fiber system, and I don't think Remus makes a full dual system do they?  ???
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #57 on: September 23, 2011, 09:54:51 PM »
mine 2012 in 2010:)
got most expensive spray can at wally world($4.99),still looking good ;D
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #58 on: March 04, 2012, 10:13:25 PM »
Nice day in the PNW today, finally had the opportunity to take some updated wrap around pics of the rails...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Re: 2012 black grab rails installed!
« Reply #59 on: March 05, 2012, 03:19:03 AM »
Ancora qualche altro sforzo per rendere la tua moto ancora più spettacolare è secondo me come ho fatto io, tutte le plastiche tinte come la moto,...osserva il basso carena ,speccietti ,per finire ..a giorni la piastra che vedi ...porta bauletto sarà anodizzata nera.
 
 
Still some other effort to make your bike even more spectacular in my opinion as I did, all plastics colors like the bike, the low notes ... Hull, mirrors, finally .. a day that you see the plate .. . rear carrier will be anodized black.
 
 
 
 
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