New Paint =D

So I've been wanting to paint my WR for a while now and there was finally a nice day to start. So I took all my panels and got most primed and ready. I originally didn't have a design in mind, figured i'd photoshop some thoughts while the primer was drying. So once my can of primer ran out of paint, I start doodling some ideas. First thought was a Blue/Orange/White racing design. Didn't really like that too much and started to brain storm.



After some joking with my roommate about how the panels look like model airplane parts, I thought, "What about a P-51 paint scheme?" Doodled it up and liked it. After some thought though, I didn't feel a P-51 paint scheme fit the WR very well.



So then whats the next best thing?  How about a Mitsubishi Zero! Perfect!



So hopefully the weather holds out a bit longer so i can get it all painted up and ready. What do you guys think?

Gross and gross.
It would look better leaving it all white as in the top pic.

Wow....beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder.

  


I do like that you're trying to be different though.....   

Come on guys cut him some slack!

I'm sure they'd look much better in flesh... if you're high   


in all seriousness though if I had to chose I'd go with the second design. I quite like the red dot on the side panels, but I'd prefer the rest all white or black

Did I enter the "Ugliest WRR" thread by mistake!?!?

Just kidding Pheonix104... But I would go back to the color wheel, if it were me. :)

WOW!!!
*and not in a good way.

You can be #02!

That Jurassic park paint is really cool!!!

Wow... Such negativity... Oh well. I do really like that JP paint job. I think I might just make number 2 ; )

My roommate said I should paint my wangler up all Jurassic Park style too. Which I just might do. That way my damaged panels look like Dion's tried to eat it xD

Phoenix104 wrote:

Wow... Such negativity... Oh well. I do really like that JP paint job. I think I might just make number 2 ; )

My roommate said I should paint my wangler up all Jurassic Park style too. Which I just might do. That way my damaged panels look like Dion's tried to eat it xD

The color pallet on #1 is strange - the OD green clashes with the banana yellow, and the isolated colors look very disjointed, like a junkyard special.  Not sure what you're going for with the netting pattern either, but it doesn't go well with the bold stripes just below it. (Edit: looked up the P-51 and I get it now. A checkerboard pattern might look neat, or it might come out really weird. Aircraft have more leeway with odd paint schemes because they're even cooler than bikes.)  I would say ditch the blue seat for sure, and if you got a drab red instead of the yellow it might all go together better (I notice your pallet sample sort of groups the red/green/gray separate from the yellow/black...the r/g/g looks good together!).  I would also drop some green onto the fender, because I can say from experience that it looks a little odd when the headlight and fender have zero matching colors.

The Mitsu looks better, but again the blue seat has got to go (SeatConcepts makes a great seat!).  I do encourage outside thinking to color schemes, because everyone has seen blacked-out or two-tone bikes, but those are popular for a reason.  When you add too many colors and don't spread them in a visually appealing way, the majority of responses will be bad.  I would suggest going with a dark upper and light lower scheme if you really want to emulate the Zero!

A big part of the reason for the negative feedback is that the PS job is obviously pretty rushed. My MSpaint job probably took longer and came out a little more consistent, which helps make a good first impression.  The WRR is hard to work with too, with its' silver frame and gold forks.  Right away that clashes with a lot of paint schemes.  You could look into vinyl wrapping the forks or something.

Speaking of which, after rocking the JP paint for a few months, I learned why dirt bikes get vinyl wraps instead of paint jobs for a reason.  The Krylon Fusion I used is not very flexible, and my front fender and shrouds have paint cracking off all over the place from going down and smashing into trees and what not.  I don't mind, since it is a dirt bike and I like it looking rugged, but it's something to watch out for.  I wouldn't spend the money for flexible automotive paint because touching up now and then isn't a big deal.

Good luck, do whatever makes you happy!

So it took a while to get it painted. My apartment complex wanted to tow my bike for a while, so that took some ironing out. Then it rain for weeks straight. But finally! I got it painted. I ended up going with just white.


Annnddd to celebrate, I turned my moms yard into a track!



I also crashed and scraped some of the paint off xD That's when I realized painting a dirt bike wasn't a good idea since I'm likely to scratch it more.

But stickers! I can use those, right? So yesterday my roommate gave me a sticker bomb sheet. So I sticker bombed a few panels of the bike.




I really like it, I think it fits the bike pretty well. Japanese bike, with a bunch of Japanese stickers covering it.

Must say I like it much better than your original design   

I find the white side panels a pita to keep clean. I've given up on it actually, but hey, it's called a dirt bike for a reason