Erion WHORE!

[Warchild]

Since it was one your bloody Brit moto-mags that gave me this idea to begin with, I might as well show youse guys how it all came out...

Background: Dec 24th, 2002. It is the dead of Winter here in Pacific Northwest, and due to frequent ice storms, most of the vast frozen tundra of the Columbian Basin offers little to no riding. Right, how 'bout a little winter project, then?

I got this idea from either Performance Bikes, or maybe it was Superbike. It featured a killer photo of some tarted-up racer of some sort.... a R1 or a Gixxer, can't recall which, but what made it stand out was both of its wheels had black rims with red spokes! Looked pretty awesome in the photo!

My 929 Erion is all-black from the fuel tank aft (everything.... seat cowl, hugger, wheel, frame, etc), so I wasn't too keen on painting the rear wheel spokes a bright red. Not to mention the new maintenance requirement of having to periodically clean chain spooge off the bright red paint.

But the front wheel..... that's a candidate.... oh, yeah! But the question remains: how would the end result look? Would it look strange with only the spokes painted, vice the whole wheel? And would it look jarring to have the two wheels look different?

Well, let's just find out.....


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Here's the front wheel, rotors long since removed and wheel/tire taped up, after the last coat of Erion Red paint was sprayed. Yikes, reminds me of the solid wheel colors of a mid-80's Hurricane!

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Hey now, things are looking a little better with the gnarley tape removed, and are ready to have rotors re-installed:

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Installing the rotors make a big difference! Recipe for these Polished Jewels: [(1 Dremel buffer wheel) + (1 tube Semichrome polish)] x (6 Carrier bolts):

END OF Part 1 <this message in two parts due to a lot of photos>

 

[Warchild]

Erion WHORE!!

Part 2 or 2

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You can get those carrier bolts looking AWESOME if you polish long enough!

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Paint is an incredible match, considering it's a $4 can of Krylon Candy Apple Red. The end result adds a nice, subtle splash of color up at the front of the bike.

I like it, and since that's all that really matters in the end, it's all good! :yo:

 

[trophychap]

Warchild's Wheels

Must admit the bike looks awesome at the front but IMHO you should do the back wheel as well to do the bike justice. Agreed it is a pain keeping them clean at the back but I think it would be worth the effort. Just my two cents.

:bow:

 

[Warchild]

IMHO you should do the back wheel as well to do the bike justice.

That seems to be the concensus with most everyone I've shown this to.....

Truthfully, what I *really* ought to do is rip off both wheels, pound out and thus destroy four perfectly good wheel bearings, and have both wheels shipped off to get powder-coated that same Erion red.

 

[Supabird1100]

Humble Opinion No. 2 !!!!........

Couldn't agree more....your bike looks the business Warchild.. but the rear wheel needs the same treatment as the front !!!!

If you are gonna go the powder coating route have you considered having the spring on the shocker done as well ??..it would (IMO) clean up the rear of the bike ????

All credit to you Mate !!!! Regards,

Steve:yo:

 

[Amsterdam]

Looks f**king brilliant...

but have to agree with the other guy's - do it!!

Oh - nice to see you've left the Pia's off it :} :}

LOL
Amsterdam

 

[roXXo]

Agree with Clive

Warchild, IMHO it looks great as it is.
Perhaps a red front mudguard? Just to reinforce the asymmetry, bulk up the front end to contrast with the sleek tail end.
But what do I know.
Yours is one of the better Blade paint jobs I've seen. .
As they say though " whatever butters your muffin "

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

Be really different

On the back wheel - paint the rims red and leave the spokes black:-:

 

[PsychoBikerBen]

good idea Ben Jammin

and get a disc lock alarm too?

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[Duck n Dive]

good idea Ben Jammin

and get a disc lock alarm too?

Have we entered the twilight zone or have I missed something.
Was today reverse the clocks or summat......

:dunno:

 

[bitontheside]

Lumpy has sweet FA to do!

 

[richard]

Looks sweet...




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[R2B2]

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[ianrobbo1]

pillock 1 to pillock 2 are you both having nuf tey????

 

[birdinflight]

that looks Cool Warchild

at first I agreed about painting the rear red too, but after what Roxxo said, about the front mudguard..............hmm, that sounds like it may be good. Keeping the red at the front as thats where most of the fairing red is, then back to the black at the rear.