Ive received delivery of a second hand crash cage for my GSXR K1 (std White&Blue) , its too shitty looking to put on my bike so ive got a place that will sandblast & powdercoat for £60.

What colour should I choose???

my mate recons get I it chromed

 

what cage is it?

 

I don't know really, it looks fairly basic and old, one single bar that goes straight down and under the fairing. its a common type.

-Ludo's avatar looks like the one

 

If you want to spend £60 on powdercoating then you're either a) very rich or b) very very good stunt rider and don't crash much...

If you're neither of above just shove it on, you'll only crash anyway and wreck the new paint...

go to Wickes and get some "direct to metal paint" its cheap and can spray straight on, will make it look better and you'll still have half a tin left for touch ups..

just my anyway thres better stunt things to spend £60 on whilst still learning.

 

White

 

the £60 does cover sand blasting, I thought that was cheap.

im just getting into stunting and ive never crashed, just 6 months riding experience so im taking it slowly till I get my bike protected.
I just can't put that rusty pig iron on my nice shinny GSXR, and Yes I know thats not how you guys roll, but...

Thanks for the Wickes tip, ive got a seat cowl to paint too.



Dont laugh at my dog!

-Pez: I was thinking White, or Navy Blue, like the nose, could even do bright orange like 'R'?

 

In that case, I'd just go to wickes get that paint and some sand paper... give it a good sanding to make it smooth then spray it all up.. you will fall off lots when you get better (i.e start slow/scraping etc) so its not worth spending the money on.. you can make it look good with the £5 tin of paint and sandpaper... and when it gets scuffed up you can just sand it and paint over again

Just a thought anyway to save you some cash

 

Wickes it is then, and I appreciate your advice Sparks. Now what colour do you recon?

 

Think the direct to metal paint only comes in Black or gunmetal gray, id say black.... hides scuffs and scratches better than white too.... its a crash cage at the end of the day, its never gonna look pretty

To be honest mate I think the dog looks fine in black, he'd look silly in bright orange or navy blue! might look okay in white though!

 

Black, looks more subtle.

I'm guessing you have the FI cage, so say goodbye to your nose cone when you start crashing.

Oh and your bike is too nice to stunt, take the good panels off and buy some ******** from ebay, you'll thank yourself in the long run. its not about looks when you're learning.

 

£2.5k for the GSXR and road legal bikes don't come much cheaper than that, so im torn between wanting to stunt and enjoying my shinny bike.

If I buy a scrapper it still needs insurance etc, so at the moment im half hartedly getting into it.

I feel like the 'odd one out' wanting to stunt in manchester anyway.

 

it is your old fi cage dave ant mat black the cage, put it on crash,crash again,again and again then in about a year or longer when you start riding real good and you want to look how you ride then get a scrape works or sick "inavatoins" cage.



save you a hole lot of munnys

 

Hey Ant i would take the body work off while ya learning. Your gonna smash it for sure !!!! I love the ff look but when ya learning not good. Thats why tee rex and me dont have any body work. We come off to much .
I would go satin black. Ya can touch it up easily plus it will match ya dog

 

Is that the 750 bodywork?

Get it off, i street fightered mine last weekend so now i can really practice without fear of damaging everything

 

Ant,
I'm still learning and crash everytime I go out. Spray it hammerite black take your fairings off, hag them up in the shed and enjoy yourself mate.

 

Carlos: I think its K3 bodywork on my K1, its been scrapped on the left side. Love your cage, it looks more substantial too.

Think I will keep my GSXR intact and road legal for now, just cos I don't do as much stunting as id like.
Im hopeing one day i will find some stunt buddies to practice with but until then im not that committed doing it on my tod. Boo Hoo

 

Ant,
There's a few of us practice less than an hour from you PM me we'll sort it out.

 

i need to get out more, my bike's street fightered now any beef'd up a bit more

that's definitely not k3 body work, definitely looks like the old 750 style

 

i really think a nice shade of pink would really look nice on that suzuki...... trust me

 

yeah, go ask kane what he thinks of pink