17-10-12, 07:55 AM
I can only speak from experience, or rather personal preferences, and say that if I am looking at a potential purchase I want a bike that is factory standard colours. Any deviation only looks good in the eye of the owner that had it done, and we all view things differently. I had a silver Gen 1 with the black frame, and tbh I always thought it was the best colour combination, it never looked dated, and they still look good now when I see them about.
If you are going to keep the original panels to refit to the bike when you sell it, then you would probably be better off getting a set of scuffed panels cheap, and spending the money on a respray in the custom colours that you want. The is little to be gained in spending money on immaculate panels if you are thinking of getting them painted anyway. Spray shops can fill scratches and do repairs so well that you would never know they had been damaged.
I once had a 1200S Bandit that I sent to Dream Machine, they resprayed the tank, seat and mudguard in Virgin Yamaha Race Colours with custom logo's, and colour coded the spokes with polished rims. It looked a million dollars, and they did a stunning job, but it cost me an arm and a leg and didn't really add a penny to the value of the bike?
Rob
If you are going to keep the original panels to refit to the bike when you sell it, then you would probably be better off getting a set of scuffed panels cheap, and spending the money on a respray in the custom colours that you want. The is little to be gained in spending money on immaculate panels if you are thinking of getting them painted anyway. Spray shops can fill scratches and do repairs so well that you would never know they had been damaged.
I once had a 1200S Bandit that I sent to Dream Machine, they resprayed the tank, seat and mudguard in Virgin Yamaha Race Colours with custom logo's, and colour coded the spokes with polished rims. It looked a million dollars, and they did a stunning job, but it cost me an arm and a leg and didn't really add a penny to the value of the bike?
Rob