Custom Paint Job

Right chaps, looking for some input here (lookout aye)

Unsure if you all know but I've replaced all the panels on my bike (1290 SD) with carbon.

I was going to sell the original panels or maybe keep them incase one day i sell the bike

Had a bit of a brainwave the weekend and thought id get them all custom painted

SO! basically any ideas of colours, designs, sponsors etc do you think would work ?

I did it on an Aprilia Dorsoduro in Biaggi colours (boohoo) and looked the bollocks (pic below)


I probably would do all the panels to include -- tank sides, headlight sides and surround, rear panels and seat cowl, front & rear mudguards and the large Puig belly pan i have on there.....

Realise i'm heading for some stick but fire away

I have seen a nice Red Bull design that looks quite good so thats top of the list at the mo

OK, Here comes the schtick.

Why advertise for free ?

Why look like a wannabee boy racer ?

I am all for a custom paint job, but something different unique and original.
Just not into the replica anything.

Carryon.

Nitro

It may be worth considering further down the road, in x years' time if you wanted to sell or trade in the 1290, it would be worth far more with good conditioned standard panels on it. No matter how well-executed a custom paint job is, one man's Picasso is another man's poison and if you've shelled out on a set of carbon panels (which I presume weren't cheap), would you want to take them off just to replace them with the originals that are now in a different colour scheme?
It's your choice buddy, but if you're dead set on a custom paint job option it'd be cheaper in the long run to find another set of standard panels to paint.
I quite like the Red Bull paint jobs that the Moto3 bikes run, but if I were looking to buy a 2nd hand bike I'd want it standard to start with....
(or... you could paint the carbon panels... no? OK, thought not)

When your in a nursing home unable to feed yourself,unable to do do anything except dream,you don't want to think,why did I not give my superduke a killer paint job.Go for it and you don't need to ask this forum for there opinion because most times it's pretty negative.But if you post up pics and ask what do you think,you better have a thick skin.

I would def keep the stock panels, otherwise when you sell it it'll always be in the back of the buyers head that it could have been crashed. Just my 5¢
Not sure how any of these livery's will transfer to a naked bike but here goes some ideas:

Since you already have carbon body panels you get match this easily.




Creamsicle









Moto3



Or you could go the high vis route

WOW! chaps.....some good replies there fair play to you all

Also big thanks to Aphex for uploading those pics (good shout and some good colour ways there))

I knew id get stick but thats what forums are all about, Some of us like plain standard oem bikes and others go a bit bonkers.....Think i'm somewhere in the middle and just love to tinker

If i could find a cheap set of oem panels then id go down that route but not bothered either way..... That Aprilia fetched good money to be honest but it is a limited market....I get that!

Pic below of what i'm thinking of doing with the addition of a few more bits and the big belly pan i have on there, also like shiny gloss paintwork not the matt as pictured

if you want block colours and aren't too bothered about intricate designs I would have a look into getting the panels wrapped, the original paint wouldn't be affected when/if it comes to sell and it would also protect panels against stone chips.

markey . I think that is the dogs mate

Here's the gaudiest Superduke ever created!

It's Gordon's Thundersport bike from a few years ago in Echo livery. The paddock took the piss but the TV cameras loved it!

Hmm...not quite the look I'm after bic but thanks for the input

One sponsor bike, that is interesting.
One won one, one one won one too.
I like a bike easy to spot on the track and on the street it would also make good sense. Paint jobs are cool but a bike loaded with stickers, not so much. The trouble with KTM's is that you are semi forced into following the sponsor-trademark direction. The other position would be to just pick color that suits you and spray all painted items the same. You could incorporate this color into the wheels without verbal statements but chances are you would be heading into gaudy territory so a single color may make more since. I would stay away from turning it into an energy drink commercial. Think about camo

I had my old CB1000R , yea ok I know , painted in the repsol colours by dream machine in Leicester :

This is the most "custom" paint SD I've seen. Not my kind of deal, I think you have to wear leather chaps and listen to Black Sabbath while riding it.

P.S your Aprilia was badass looking IMO

Gee...Don't do Camo Dribble sorry mate Rather the energy drink me finks

Bermo ...Dream Machine did the Aprilia for me so no doubt they will do the ktm and already in talks with them about it
Anyone else in the UK recommended for this sort of work ? Few on google but you gotta trust the Feckers to do a good job

I was thinking orange camo

not really custom but just mocked this up in paint,



Think this will be the route I take when i get my 1290, powder coated frame and wheels, wrapped tank; CF radiator fairings, mudguards, headlight shroud and seat cover + of course i'll need some rim tape too

Look back at the pictures of Gordon's race bike. Shocking colours, different each side, made your head ache but.... no rim tape.

Just saying.