Painting your Treads on your Tires

[Rok_Stars_Bars]

Believe it or not. It sticks or stays if it is properly done. What me and my friend did was. Went to Wal-mart brought some Paint Pens to match our Bikes. I purchased a Fine and Med Point Red Paint Pen. The Wal-mart we went to you find the Paint Pens in the Crafts section. We also purchases some degreaser and some cheap toothbrushes. And we went to town. It does take some time. But the Outcome is worth it. We have heard nothing but good things. Here are some pics

My bike a 2005 Suzuki Katana 600 with Michelin Pilot Powers on the Front 120/70ZR17 the Rear a 160/60ZR17


Note: my rear is missing some paint I should have rode on the tire longer I got it 10/24/2007. This pic of the tire has 78.4 miles on it. Plus when I painted the treads on the rear it had 12 miles on it. I have no patiences>

A friends Bike a 2006 Ninja 636 with a Meltizer M-1 I believe 180/??/ZR??


My other friend who did his has a 2001 Suzuki GSXR 600 with a Michelin Pilot Power 180/??ZR?? he did his in Yellow and Looked Great. But I don't have a pic of his Hopefully he will ride to work tommarrow and I will get a pic.

[IndyGunner]

thats rad, ill have to try it..... how long does it last and does it come off easy if i dont like it???

[KatanaSoldier]

Nice, we have been doing this too after the usualsuspect showed me this a while ago. We use the permanent marker pens from the Hallmark Stores which seem to last the best. They are called Permapaque and have one thick end and one thin end. 2 pens will take care of both tires.

Hey, you guys should also color the manufacturer name and model of the tire too. It makes it look that much better!

thats rad, ill have to try it..... how long does it last and does it come off easy if i dont like it???

The stuff I use does not come off easy and it got blasted a few times with rain. It takes a while to do though so make sure you have at least an hour and some good tunes. This time, it has been on there about 4 months and still looks good.

[ImportRacer3]

nice! now go wash your bike! haha

[KatanaSoldier]

nice! now go wash your bike! haha

[Rok_Stars_Bars]

LOL... I would wash the bike but down here in Georgia. It is starting to get cold. Us GA boys don't like this cold stuff. Another BIGGIE the water drought. It seem more serious then I thought. Enough for the governor to call it a emergency to the president. So I don't want no fines.

Anywayz, LOL I have to add this That why I post the really clean pic on my Garage LOL.

[TBFGhost]

COLD IN GA?! I am still riding up here in NJ

[IndyGunner]

lol cold in ga... its probably still 70

and just get a 5 gallon bucket... put soap in it... and fill it half way, im sure the gov wont whigg out over 2.5 gallons

[Rok_Stars_Bars]

Well I did clean her up before I took her to the summit car show. Me and my friend with his gsxr drive to it and enter just so we could park up front. LOL. But we left around 8:00pm and froze our tails off. Man I don't know how u boys do it up north its killing us georgia boys.

[ITS_NOT_A_KNIFE]

we ride all year long in Wi, just as long as there isnt ice on the ground, well at least i do, not so much this year due to the project, its nice being the only bike on the road, no harley yuppies.....+1 for the sport bikes

[rydethis]

Well I did clean her up before I took her to the summit car show. Me and my friend with his gsxr drive to it and enter just so we could park up front. LOL. But we left around 8:00pm and froze our tails off. Man I don't know how u boys do it up north its killing us georgia boys.

lol ummmm yeah come meet us at CP for ice skating this evening around 6. Girls I know (including me) will be on 2!!!

[SoGone12]

I'm SOOO doing that to my tires....TONIGHT!!

[Malloc]

they make marker pens just for dooing that , i got some from moose and would mark the treads in silver b4 i put it on the bike. they sell at auto shops or bike shops and i didnt have to degreese the tire with the pen on a new tire