When I bought my Blackbird back in September '08 it had black wheels, and while I thought the bike looked great the combination of Purple/Silver paintwork and Yellow decals with Black wheels didn't really make sense but that's what it was.
It was when I was chatting to the original owner, the guy who had the bike painted, and he said to me "I see you have painted the wheels Black, they were Yellow when I had the paintwork done"
So, a plan was put into place, I didn't want to send them off to a powder coaters in case the colour was shite, so I decided to give it a go myself. There are plenty of "how to" guides on-line and I felt confident enough to give it a go. I bought the gear, and set to. With the front wheel sanded down and the primer applied I was starting to feel a little nervous, but when the 6 coats of MG Yellow were added I felt a little better. All that remained was to apply 4 coats of clear lacquer and the wheel was done, and I was really pleased with the results.
I popped the wheel on the bike, stood back to admire the results and set about attacking the rear wheel. With both done I must say I reckon the bike looks great and really brings out the Purple. I get one or two comments from the guys I ride with "Oh my god! It's a council gritter" yeah, thanks for that Zippy.
Please feel free to comment.
Bungle
2 comments:
Like zippy said council gritter. No it looks lovely more sporty which is good because you normaly see blackbirds 'toured up' but yours has the sporty appeal it is afterall a 'super blackbird' good job!
Aww thanks love.....
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