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Title: yellow rim strips
Post by: lds1973 on 26 June 2013, 09:38:19 am
Has anyone got a silver bike with yellow rim strips? I'm thinking it would go well together. Any pictures??? Photoshop???

Cheers

Lee
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Andy Smith FZS on 26 June 2013, 09:54:20 am
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  :D
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Punkstig on 26 June 2013, 11:26:32 am
Can't see it personally, I'd have thought either blue or silver rim tape to go with a silver bike!
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: lds1973 on 26 June 2013, 12:14:41 pm
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?
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: darrsi on 26 June 2013, 04:37:47 pm
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.
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: lds1973 on 26 June 2013, 08:26:37 pm
red
red

blue
blue

yellow
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.
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Andy FZS on 26 June 2013, 08:46:43 pm
Looks like a fazer ghost. Lol.
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: lds1973 on 26 June 2013, 08:55:32 pm
That didn't work too well did it?
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Enceladus on 27 June 2013, 08:22:56 am
as you can get the yellow rim tape off fleabay for next to nothing, why not grab one and try it ?
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: lds1973 on 27 June 2013, 08:38:22 am
red wheels j
red wheels j
blue wheels j
blue wheels j
yellow wheels j
yellow wheels j
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: darrsi on 27 June 2013, 09:16:45 am
I particularly like the middle one  :rollin :rollin :rollin


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?"  :lol
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: lds1973 on 27 June 2013, 09:24:20 am
OK ok I get it now, jpegs instead of bitmaps.

Thanks for your patience.

 :D
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Kentish on 27 June 2013, 09:56:41 am
What about white?
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: darrsi on 27 June 2013, 12:49:51 pm
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.  :smokin
 
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Yamazer-92 on 27 June 2013, 03:50:13 pm
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.
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: darrsi on 27 June 2013, 04:12:08 pm
Quote from: Yamazer-92 on 27 June 2013, 03:50:13 pm
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.
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Enceladus on 27 June 2013, 05:41:28 pm
had yellow tape on my black bike for a while
looked awful!
yellow rim tape
yellow rim tape
then decided white was much better :)
white rim tape
white rim tape
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Hedgetrimmer on 27 June 2013, 06:35:28 pm
I particularly like badly applied tape that makes wheels look like 50p pieces!  :lol
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Frosties on 28 June 2013, 07:23:19 am
No one going to mention black rim tape then  :rollin
Title: Re: yellow rim strips
Post by: Punkstig on 28 June 2013, 09:09:27 am
Quote from: Frosties on 28 June 2013, 07:23:19 am
No one going to mention black rim tape then  :rollin
You say that, I I love the black vinyl that reflects white, but yeah, completely against the point of rim tape except at night!  :)