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Offline Rhino

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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2014, 12:47:29 PM »
Thats what happens when i see one or two of the existing colors. Each to his own, yellow and flat black trim everything may happen as a 100K mile gift to my C14  ;D

Maybe one shade brighter than his, and all the emblems, trim, and wheels matte black.



Needs to be a much brighter yellow or it will look like a cab IMHO. Camaro bumble bee yellow.

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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2014, 09:54:55 AM »
If it's not broke don't fix it...  I am at 89,000 with original wheel bearings.  No issues and I have them checked about 3 times a year when Kawi dealer is putting on new tires.

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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2014, 10:56:37 AM »
I've thought heavily about sourcing the color my 748/996 was and applying it to the 14 someday.
Its tough to tell because I've always had a crap camera, but the shade of yellow is a beautiful rich color that is unmatched.  It has depth and does NOTHING to hide the sculpt of the bike.

Seeing that yellow Connie got my wheels spinning again.  HAHA!!  For now, I'll just try and buff out the scratches of the Neutron Silver.
I just hate that most all of them of my year are the same color.

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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2014, 05:05:59 PM »
Needs to be a much brighter yellow or it will look like a cab IMHO. Camaro bumble bee yellow.
I know the guy. There's a shadow on it in the photo, so it's a brighter yellow than the image shows. The front fender isn't painted because it's a carbon fiber fender. I'll have to ask him about the helmet, but I feel that his response will be that he owns several bike,  so he didn't paint it.

Oh .... one more thing,  he did all of the paint & bodywork himself.
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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2014, 05:45:14 PM »
Ok, enough on the yellow, guys.  This is a wheel bearing thread...   
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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2014, 03:29:48 PM »
and i would so rock that cabbie you posted ;D

Where's the 20 mule team?  ;D
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Re: time for front wheel bearings?
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2014, 03:57:32 PM »
And yet another thread has run it's course....
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