Paint...Flat Silver or Metallic Silver???

[Spliff]

I am in the process of re painting my bike. I'm going with black for the top and rear fairings (no metallic or pearl in the paint...just shinny black) and I can't decide what to paint the lower fairings. I have been lookin for a nice light chromish silver, but can't find one without metallic in it. I don't mind using the metallic, but I've heard a lot of people tell me that a non-metallic paint on the top, and a metallic paint on the bottom wouldn't look good. Anybody got any ideas or comments about this...I've been killin myself tryin to figure out what the hell I';m gonna do. Thanx

[Junior]

Go with ALL metallic silver. EVERYWHERE. Then black accent pieces like rims, screen, etc..

Black has been done. Metallic silver is somewhat different on a Kat!

[The CyberPoet]

It's all a matter of taste. Personally, if I were going a silver on the lower-fairing, I'd go with a bedliner style material because it's easy to clean and makes the surface more impervious to rock-damages (chipping, etc). But that's just me and I'm big on functionality over image...

You might want to search KR for vacuum chroming, which is how Speedee got his lower fairing literally chromed.

Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet

[dragkota]

silver paint is made from the metallic pigments so there is no true non metallic silver only ultra fine or micro pigment

[KansasKat]

I believe Plasti-Coat makes a silver colored paint that is non-metallic. I think my Dad used it for his old BBQ. He got the paint at the local auto store.

[DreKat]

i would go all black myself but I really like orange.