Next best thing.

The 1290...........what more can u say its just sex on wheels
After the missus dug her kneels in and is not willing to work the corner for me so I can buy one im now resorting to the next best thing, make my sdr look like one.

This has partly come about after last year a f@#kin stupid ass women pulled straight out of the supermarket and took me out one evening. The bike only sustained minimal damage that I never got around to tiding up........until now! So with our summer rapidly approaching its time to get down and dirty.

So far
Ive trimmed up the carbon front gaurd (had a nice crack in it) and painted
Relocated the ignition to the rear
Painted the tank
Removed the headlight and a german streetfighter units going on
Made a new mount for the speedo
Stripped and started on painting the rims
Side pods and tail section are prepped for spraying. Existing airbrushing is going to stay on the pods but going to have the "R" running through it.

Did this off my phone so will post some pics shortly

Intriguing.

I would like to see someone do up a Mad Max Superduke.

Before


Prepping panels


Headlight unit (this was going to go on my zx9r streetfighter project but looks better on the duke). Can also see where the crack was in the front guard


Painted


Sanded the rims back today and go on the white base coat.


Base coated

Nice idea. Looking forward to seeing finished bike.

Im hoping this should only take around 6-8 weeks.
Also the concept bike and wat comes out the factory color wise are most likely going to be 2 different things especially those sexy rims so hoping it doesnt become just another red ducati

New stainless speedo bracket which will be powder coated black


Powder coating shock and sub white.

looking good

These look great, love the tank.

im liking this! i have a few guitars to paint and when i get that done i may repaint my SD as well.
well done!

NIce! waiting for more

Been down and out with the flu this week but have been able to get the rims masked off so hoping to get the orange on tonight and possible cleared over the weekend. Will post some pics up soon
Have also decided to vinyl the racing text on the orange apose to airbrushing it so that if I want I can change it at a later date.

We'll that all turned to the shit on me big time The powder coat on the marchesini rims are super farking sensitive to thinners and cracked all the base coat 2 days after I sprayed them so have been tearing my hair out trying to fix them. So just in case anyone else is thinking of painting there's be super careful or soda blast them and start from scratch!

Have made some progress tho, just ordered some snake eye bar end indicators from Germany, got the sub frame and shock back from powder coat and both the Akrapovic cans have been stumpyed by 80mm



Side pods just before clear.

very nice, not sure about the headlight unit, but i am very curious about the end result

Very cool I too am looking forward to seeing the progress... nice work!

Cheers,
The headlight actually looks really good and suits the lines coming off the tank.

Stumpy Akra and painted wheels (still need clearcoat) The exhaust cans are aslo going to be mounted on a slight angle for something a little different.

Clearcoated the rims last night and look faaaarking awseome Have a coupla runs to sort out as there tricky buggers to get a good finish on and loaded the clear on so will get them cut out in the next day or 2 then slap them back on the bike

Next make the bracket for the headlight unit........

Rim Job

Rims look great

Wow those look wicked!

holy crap, those wheels are incredible... hurry up, i wan't to see all of it in one piece

Cheers, absolutely wrapped with how they came out! Just dropped them off for some new shoes then try get them back in the bike in the coming days

Really nice. Great job!

A thing of beauty. Good work.

Lovely Job mate.

Where is this paint wizard based?

I can't read his location.

Hey, Im based at the bottom of the world in New Zealand. I also have a helmet painting business which you can find on Face book under Liquid FX

Almost finished, the tyres and rims are now back on, have mocked up the headlight mount (didnt want anything on the forks so made one up to sit in between the top and bottom yoke) and should be fabricated and powder coated by the end of the week along with the new speedo bracket.
Summers now starting to kick off here so hoping to have everything done with in the next 2 weeks so watch this space

lets see it all put together then

Im based in Tauranga.
The rx8 has yet to be painted but is on the list. Its prepped but not sure what I want to do with it yet.

Im a helmet whore, I have:
Simpson RX8
Simpson Bandit
Bandit (german one that looks like the RX8)
Arai Chaser (the one you can see in my pic I airbrushed)
Suomi (Ktm helmet)
Bell M4R Carbon (Absolute fav bar none)

This is exciting....hahaha I am more excited about the ideas you are giving me for my newly purchased 990R than I am with the new 1290. Keep it coming

Ill go you one better and see your Invercargill and raise you Stewart Island Hi 6

Sneaky peaky
The Ackrapovics will be mounted on this same angle which I think works nicer with the lines of the rear and looks really good from the back

Have you thought of painting the engine black with a high degree paint? your thoughts

awesome!!!

thats nice mate , well done

Cheers guys
Now you mention it the engine would look good black will have a look into it but just wana get out for a spin. Shes been parked up since March

Gidday Teabaggin.I own a 990 sm(other KTMs thread-2008 SMR) .I'm a Napier boy.Been living in Aus for the last twenty odd years.I also am interested in painting the motor satin black,but apart from tearing the motor down and powder coating each part (which I may do since I'm over 100,000kms)is there a way of painting the complete motor with a hard durable finish?What is high degree paint?I would paint my BST carbon wheels to match my bike but would lose warranty as BST claimed.You are doing a great job.Can't wait to see it finished.Cheers

Hey, seems to be a few kiwis on here On both my ZX9 and Cbr900 streetfighters I painted them with Vht satin black engine enamel, it worked really well and came up looking awesome!
Gave it a real good clean and sand then just sprayed straight on (you can get a primer but didnt find you need it even on the bare ali and mag)

The ignition is only 2 wires so shouldnt be a prob.
My barend indys arrived today and also picked up the new headlight and speedo brackets my mate made and powdercoated for me out of stainless which have worked an absolutely treat (will posted some pics tomorrow) but while sitting here steering at it made me wounder.......... has anyone nitroused one of these bad boys??? I have a 50hp nos kit sittin here I was going to put on the zx9 thats not going any where in a hurry.......thoughts?

Gonna be brill cant wait to see it finished. The headlight unit wouldnt be my cup of tea but we'll see! The rims are gorgeous

Looks great, nice work!

Ignition, headlight and new barend indys are all wired up and painted and cleared the tail over the weekend. Will possibly add some graphics to this but will have a look once itas all back together

Shes all done, took her for an awesome squirt yesterday and ripped the knickers of that new rear tyre. Got a lot of attention where ever we went and super stoked on how its all turned out

Still have a couple of small finishing touches but nothing stopping us from riding it!

That looks great.

The reason I was interested in your location was I could see some future demand for wheels like that on 1290 models.

That bike is a great rolling advertisment for your business.

fantastic job mate. the absolute dogs bollocks.

Looks awesome!! and very inspiring

top job

looks great bud!

Very nice lookig

Great work!

I dont like it's face much but in terms of workmanship the whole thing looks like a first class job.

very nice work, it came out awesome !

Hey cheers guys Im absolutely wrapped on how its all come out!!! Diffently a different looking bike and love how LOUD the color is
The shortened cans has made it a fear bit more loader with a good bark on it

Just another pic of the Braket I had made up for the headlight and Speedo

Nice!

Excellent work. Makes me think about the upcoming winter again...

wow... cant wait to see this finished

Wow that is awesome! Good job mate!

Nice.....was doing to say WOW, until I saw everyone else's comments using WOW, but,,,,fooook it... WOW

Your bike I going to bring you in more business .....good on ya M8.

You need a place for you business cards on the bike.

Hi
Whot COD as The orange for wheels?
And For gas tank?
I like orange bright

Your're doing exactly what I want to do to my normal SD... love those rims please post more pics and maybe prices on painting, id love to do this when I get some money together

edit: are you in the US?