yellow rim strips

[lds1973]

Has anyone got a silver bike with yellow rim strips? I'm thinking it would go well together. Any pictures??? Photoshop???

Cheers

Lee

[Andy Smith FZS]

I've got them on a blue bike. Posted a picture of my bike on one of my threads a few weeks ago.
should look good on a silver bike 

[Punkstig]

Can't see it personally, I'd have thought either blue or silver rim tape to go with a silver bike!

[lds1973]

Yellow and silver is an old school Yamaha combo isnt it?

Wasn't there a famous race bike in those colours or was it yellow and black?

[darrsi]

The fact that if you do a search for a silver bike with yellow rims/wheels and hardly anything comes up speaks volumes in itself.
I wouldn't say it's the greatest colour combination to be truthful.

[lds1973]

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red

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blue

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yellow

my super duper paint skills, i like the yellow and also the red, the blue doesnt do it for me.

What do you guys thinks? obviously it would be a little thicker in real life.

[Andy FZS]

Looks like a fazer ghost. Lol.

[lds1973]

That didn't work too well did it?

[Enceladus]

as you can get the yellow rim tape off fleabay for next to nothing, why not grab one and try it ?

[lds1973]

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red wheels j

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blue wheels j

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yellow wheels j

[darrsi]

I particularly like the middle one 


It's like the photo's that start fading in Back To The Future.


Or as Rolf Harris would say "Can you see what it is yet?" 

[lds1973]

OK ok I get it now, jpegs instead of bitmaps.

Thanks for your patience.

 

[Kentish]

What about white?

[darrsi]

An alternative is do what i do and paint the letters on the tyres in the colour of your choice!
 
You do need a decent paint pen, a bit of patience and a steady hand though, but the results are good when the bike's all cleaned up as well. 
 

[Yamazer-92]

I have done the same thing as Darrsi recently, have always wanted to do it but couldn't find a tyre with white writing. Then realised you do it yourself with a £2 pen. Looks really cool in my opinion, I personally think rim tape can look really tacky and awful on some bikes if it's not done properly.

[darrsi]

I have done the same thing as Darrsi recently, have always wanted to do it but couldn't find a tyre with white writing. Then realised you do it yourself with a £2 pen. Looks really cool in my opinion, I personally think rim tape can look really tacky and awful on some bikes if it's not done properly.

Getting a decent paint pen is the main thing, i bought a couple a while ago and the tips on both were absolutely useless, but fortunately i was able to put the old tip onto the new pen and then it worked okay.

[Enceladus]

had yellow tape on my black bike for a while
looked awful!

Details yellow rim tape

yellow rim tape

then decided white was much better

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white rim tape

[Hedgetrimmer]

I particularly like badly applied tape that makes wheels look like 50p pieces! 

[Frosties]

No one going to mention black rim tape then 

[Punkstig]

No one going to mention black rim tape then 

You say that, I I love the black vinyl that reflects white, but yeah, completely against the point of rim tape except at night!