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Postby nab 301 » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:30 pm

I've asked on the VFR forum , but the more the merrier.. Wheels are in a shockingly poor state , so, when I get around to repair , should I stick with OE white or go black , silver, gold , :shock: red or something else?
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Postby Boxermed69 » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:27 pm

Well, as I think you said there was no plan for a full-blown restoration, I reckon gold would look pretty good. 2nd choice - black; always the safe fall back. Definitely NOT white - it's so 'white stilettos'. Just my tupenny worth.

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Postby f90x » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:53 pm

i love white wheels.

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Postby nab 301 » Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:59 pm

Boxermed69 wrote:. Definitely NOT white - it's so 'white stilettos'. Just my tupenny worth.

Mike :D


Hmmm.....

f90x wrote:i love white wheels.


So that's one for white and one not :lol: I had almost decided on white , but .... the seeds of doubt have been sown.
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Postby f90x » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:12 pm

Clean white wheels look the nuts. Gold can be a bit wishy washy, especially with red bodywork I think unless it's quite a dark gold but I still prefer white. Did I mention that I like white wheels.

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Postby Boxermed69 » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:52 pm

Can't just leave it at that - far too one-sided :D

Had a rethink: black would look pretty awful actually :oops:
Silver would be safe as houses.
Gold wheels, on a red Honda - perfick.
White? That's for cheap garden furniture and 1983 MG Maestros with matching bumpers and plastic wheel trims...

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Postby slparry » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:45 am

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Postby Dai wiskers » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:15 am

Red would be my second colour of choice for the wheels

MATT BLACK MATT BLACK MATT BLACK


I like matt black but think red would suit that VFR
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Postby Boxermed69 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:55 am

Didn't see that one coming Dai :lol:
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Postby Dai wiskers » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:05 am

In all honesty i think RED wheels realy would look good on it [wonder if you can get a realy bright MATT RED]

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Postby f90x » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:31 am

red wheels on a red bike with quite a lot of bodywork would be too much imo. matt black would look almost as awful. like one of those footballer/banker range rovers/BMW X6 with a light colour bodywork and mat black wheels. i would still go for the beautiful untouchable glorious white, or silver or gold. i had a cbr400rr a long time ago in r/w/b with white wheels and it was pukka.

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Postby Dai wiskers » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:43 am

Hi nab

I think you can photoshop or something like that and edit the pic to try different colours on the photo that way you can see all the colours before you decide

Just dont ask me how to do it i have seen it done but you need to be far better than me with a computer

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Postby slparry » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:28 am

front one white, rear green .... with the red bike in the middle :) ...... Cymru am Byth :P
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Postby f90x » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:25 pm

slparry wrote:front one white, rear green .... with the red bike in the middle :) ...... Cymru am Byth :P


Genius. The perfect answer.

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Postby Dai wiskers » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:30 pm

f90x wrote:
slparry wrote:front one white, rear green .... with the red bike in the middle :) ...... Cymru am Byth :P


Genius. The perfect answer.


Sounds good to me as well

hang on nab's in ireland would that be white orange green?
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