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shawnski


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posted November 07, 2011 09:41 AM        Edited By: shawnski on 7 Nov 2011 17:42
she is all cleaned!!

yesterday i spend 5 hrs on cleaning the bike.. unbolt every fairing and clean every thing form suspension, brakes, engine case. that thing does not have any dirts anywhere like the showroom bike.
need you guys opinion: i have taken out the middle flame stickers on both side fairing but thinking about taken out the lower flame and leave the top part as is, any thoughts?? or should i take off all the flames!!

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posted November 07, 2011 09:49 AM        
Looks clean man! I spend more time cleaning my zx14 than riding it.
I think it would look good with no flames, I'm sure somebody has removed them and has a picture we could see.
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posted November 07, 2011 01:14 PM        
I like no flames
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kaw now


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posted November 07, 2011 01:17 PM        
I like the look with the grills painted to match the white and leave the stripes red otherwise it looks like a big rectangle on the side of the bike. Also the red part of the frame might look good as a stripe down the middle following the curve of the frame extend it forward and black out the outsides.
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BlackMagic14


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posted November 07, 2011 02:29 PM        
I actually do not like that paint scheme without the flames. I do think just the upper flame would look good
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posted November 07, 2011 03:27 PM        
The lower flane and rear flame look good together....put your finger over the pic blocking the upper flame. See what I mean?
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shawnski


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posted November 07, 2011 05:00 PM        
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The lower flane and rear flame look good together....put your finger over the pic blocking the upper flame. See what I mean?


i see what you mean but i think it sits too low by itself!!
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shawnski


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posted November 07, 2011 05:03 PM        Edited By: shawnski on 8 Nov 2011 01:04
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I actually do not like that paint scheme without the flames. I do think just the upper flame would look good


i agree with you and i saw one without flames and look very dull.. i am thinking of pulling the bottom one and see what happens. the reason i left it as is because both flames on front fairings split the side grill.


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posted November 08, 2011 02:13 PM        
Must be too c;old to ride or it would be dirty & you wouldn't give a shit if it had flames or posies. I haven't spent five hours cleaning in five years, go ride & enjoy.
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LOCK 909


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posted November 08, 2011 02:31 PM        
Paint the lower and tail peice to match the red , remove the flames ???
take the photo , use corel painter 4 or 11 paint it any way you want for a real look!, print a few 8x10's to look over , you can even use the time your sanding to decide????????????

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posted November 08, 2011 04:38 PM        
Damn that white is sweet. Leave the flames!
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posted November 08, 2011 04:51 PM        
Do NOT remove all flames. I saw one all white and it looked wrong. The flames look good. I don't notice any missing from your pic above but you take another off it is going to start to look pretty blank.

I take my fairings off and clean everything underneath every winter, also. I polish the fairings with a swirl remover while they are off and then wax them. Might as well in the time you can't ride. I'm holding out another month.

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epd345


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posted November 08, 2011 05:52 PM        
Leave the flames!


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shawnski


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posted November 08, 2011 06:04 PM        
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Leave the flames!




dude,, that is nice and very clean bike..
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epd345


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posted November 08, 2011 08:05 PM        
Thanks, your too.
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Dale


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posted November 11, 2011 09:00 PM        
Looks awesome!
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posted November 12, 2011 09:30 AM        Edited By: zx6reaker on 12 Nov 2011 17:39



This is mine with stickers removed. I had to cut around the "ninja" and the "zx14". I think it looks much cleaner now.
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zx6reaker


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posted November 12, 2011 09:43 AM        


and this is her lowered and stretched. Personally I am much happier without the flames. Now just want to get a set of sidewinders and she'll be ready.
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posted November 12, 2011 11:53 AM        
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and this is her lowered and stretched. Personally I am much happier without the flames. Now just want to get a set of sidewinders and she'll be ready.


wow.. a D&D.....is it loud? I had one on my 96 CBR900.... Best sounding pipe ever..

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shawnski


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posted November 12, 2011 12:18 PM        Edited By: shawnski on 12 Nov 2011 20:20
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and this is her lowered and stretched. Personally I am much happier without the flames. Now just want to get a set of sidewinders and she'll be ready.


looks good without it too... just curious first picture you had d@d dual and then the second picture with extention full system ( no dual).. what's up with that? did you change it?
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posted November 12, 2011 04:35 PM        
The D&D isn't that loud. There is actually a vid on youtube of it.

No, I didn't change the pipes, it's just the angle that I took the pic, you can't see the other one.
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Dale


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posted November 12, 2011 05:39 PM        
Looks better with flames
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