Painting an R1200R?

LeonardoNYC · Post by **LeonardoNYC** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:58 am

There's a used R1200R not far from me but it's black with the pin striping and I am not a fan of the pin striped version at all. If I did get it I'd like to paint the bike either Grey or red and am wondering if anyone knows what that might cost? I have done a google search on motorcycle painting but most seem to cater to the Harley crown with custom graphics and designs which is not what I want.

If anyone has any painting references in the NY tri state area I'd be much obliged as well.

Thanks.

Leonardo

Skippy · Post by **Skippy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:14 pm

There are only 4 parts that need painting I think, the tank, 2 sidepanels and the front fender so how mutch could this be. Any descent paintshop that does cars should be able to do this I guess depending on if you can deliver the disassambled parts to them. I would think about painting it in any other color then the standard colors(black,silver or matt grey metalic) as it might hurt resale in the future. You could also keep it black and just change the tank with a grey or red accent, something like the picture below, this will be a lot cheaper and will still let your bike stand out from the crowd.

r12r-don · Post by **r12r-don** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:08 pm

side bar comment - What seat is on that bike? It looks way more comfy and still retains the overall look.

Post by **celticus** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:55 pm

I have thought about painting mine as well. Maybe it is the quality of the paint or the color of the paint but I can't get nearly the gloss on this bike that I did on my 82 R100RS. It was however black and this one is silver so it may be the color. On the other hand I have heard that BMW is using water based paint and that it rubs off more easily also.
As far as resale value goes I'm doubtful that these colors will reach the cult status of the Daytona Orange or the silver of the R90Ss.
Ferrari Red for me would be a good choice.
I do like the black with orange from the WUDO? picture also.
Maybe a skull or a magician or a girl with big ta tas on the tank.
Just kidding.
Mark

Skippy · Post by **Skippy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:51 pm

The bike in the picture is by the German based Boxer-design guys and the seat is also from there hand. They do custom mods to the excisting seat like different stitching, gel pads etc. Paint nowadays is always waterbased I guess due to environmental issues. The water based paint on cars and bikes therefore is crap(imo) and scratches almost when you look at it. You could have your paintwork clearcoated with a nice thick layer Mark and buff this to very high gloss. I would polish and wax the original paint as litlle as possible as it only makes it look worse if your not carefull. Use wax that's suitable for fresh paint on new vehiceles and don't use the stuff we where used to use on our pre water based painted bikes. There are also some profesional threatments around that are teflon based that give a durable protective layer(up to 3 years). I had my car threated with Waxoyl and am pretty pleased with it untill now. Personally I only use water to clean my bike(almost after every ride rain or shine

) and car and this works fine no soap or detergent. Then for the bike I use wax that's suitable for fresh/modern paint(only used it once though up till know but will do so once a year I think)and the car doesn't need waxing as this compromises the waxoyl threatment.

Waxoyl: http://www.waxoyl.com/en/produkte/100plus.htm

Boxer-design german site: http://www.boxer-design.de/ger/indexR1200r.htm

Boxer-design usa site(very weird translations though

): http://www.boxer-design.us/indexr1200se.htm

Post by **celticus** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:32 pm

I have been using Zymol. I wonder if it is suitable? Do you mean paint on new vehicles is always water based or that non water based paint cannot be found anywhere?

Mark

Skippy · Post by **Skippy** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:20 am

Yeah I believe that almost all new vehicles nowadays come with waterbased paint but I might be wrong off course. Fact is that modern paint isn't hard enough to suply sufficient protection from poo, juices from trees etc. Also it scratches like hell and it also looks a lot thinner then it used to on my older bikes/cars. The paint on my light red R1100S(also calles dogdickpink on other forrums

) was a lot tougher then the paint on my black R1200R.

I'm not familiar with the zymol products but there website looks great. If your cleaning rags take on the colour of your paint though I wouldn't use it very often.