Taking ideas on jazzing up the Kat for cheap

[jeccami]

Hey guys. Here's the new project bike. I'm shopping for ideas or graphics on making her look better and run better. Please offer whatever you like. Only thing I have done is vinyl dye the seat (only $4.00 as opposed to getting it reupholstered) Any ideas would be welcome and appreciated.

[ThAzKat]

Paint it Blue LOL

[Mojoe]

you definately need something...graphics or paint for sure. yellow is the one color i have never had on a vehicle, but it is a color i like if presented in a way that gives me a positive vibe. there is also such thing as too much of it. right now at this moment, there is too much of it. it's really too bad they have that big hole in the fairing because i can see a nice katana symbol right in there. anyway...it is a nice bike and i think you have a good base to start on. kinda looks like you have to keep the black/yellow scheme going. some polishing would look good. i would do the front rotors. the wheel areas look a little on the dark side....sort of rugged looking, if that makes sence. so i would suggest polishing the rotors, painting the calipers.....red would be my choice. if you are able to do all your own work, i would go as far as pulling off the for forks and having the lower tubes polished. in fact, anything aluminum i would have polished. and get rid of the black chain guard. a nice aluminum would look sweet. that is just my opinion....what i would do if it was mine.

[jp1]

yes, blue would be the first step!

[ThAzKat]

Actually black is a good contrast color to Yellow.

[Waltari]

If you can email me a larger side view photo I can layout some graphic ideas for you in photoshop

[ThAzKat]

If you can email me a larger side view photo I can layout some graphic ideas for you in photoshop

That is the way to go.

[woobie]

I wonder if on the fairing holw you could do the mesh mod with the nice shiney metal mesh the ricers use on thier grills.

Personally I like the naked (no decals) look, but if you gonna add decals I'd start small and go from there.

[WildKat]

Good call on the graphics.. walteri can hook u up for sure.

The mesh mod would look great on that pre 98.. not many people do it w/ pre 98's so it'll be unique for sure

[Bob]

Think FLAMES.....

[SoloScott]

Like some others here, I'm not big on graphics or decals. I'm thinking HUGGER! I like the polishing idea too.

[The CyberPoet]

I think it depends on how you define cheap (?). If $100 is expensive and $10 is cheap, then you're quite limited. If $1000 is expensive and $100 is cheap, you have a lot of options. If you don't have a paypal account, get one, and then start watching eBay for things you might want -- sooner or later, something you want will be cheap

Remember, the best thing you can do to make it stand out inexpensively is clean & polish -- get some metal polish that's useable on both steel and aluminum (I use BlueMagic) and have at the forks, levers, controls, kick plates and exhaust from the mid-pipe back. Feel free to take off the smaller items if you need to to do a good job. Wash & wax. A clean bike shines and draws attention simply by looking good...

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

[Blacktog]

another seat color and a new exhaust!

[duff daddy]

yea get some different colors on there ifyou do a black lower faring it looks good, thats what i had on mine for a while white looks good with yellow too but is a pain in the arse to keep clean

[Dan Dubeau]

I'm gonna be the minority here and say i likr the yellow. I'd leave it alone. Maybe a subtle katanaa emblem, or suzuki S somewhere just below the bars.

But thats just me speaking, i'm kinda partial to yellow