Fw: [Ducati] Anodizing Alternator Cover

[the Kid]

 IF this came through before, forgive me......

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "the Kid" <thekid at autoartbythekid.com>
To: "T" <st2_ at ticino.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Anodizing Alternator Cover


> Tom, that's a difficult question to answer. Color choices are really up to 
> personal taste (since you ride a Ducati I am sure you have great taste). 
> That said; If you are trying to match carbon fiber or get close I would 
> use a gunmetal or slate grey (metalic or "mica"). I don't know about 
> Switzerland, but here in the U.S. you can go to your local paint supplier 
> and look through books of  color chips for today's modern auto's. I would 
> take a section of the carbon fairing and go to a paint supplier and pick 
> one that is closest to the tone of the carbon.
> Another thing that I have done is to paint over the carbon with candy. I 
> have a yellow 998 and I used a candy yellow over the carbon. ( I have a 
> few pics I can e-mail you if you wish) This way it has a nice rich yellow 
> color to go along with the yellow on the bike, but you can still see the 
> carbon fiber. You could paint your bike red, for example and then spray a 
> candy apple red over your carbon.
> Lastly, you could divide up the carbon fairing with paint so that you have 
> some carbon and some paint on the fairing and line the painted section of 
> the fairing up so that it flows into the tank and tail section. If you 
> like this Idea, but don't feel like you can come up with your own scheme, 
> I could design a few for you.
> Hope this helps you with some Ideas.
> Charles Armstrong, aka.... the KID
> http://www.autoartstudio.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T" <st2_ at ticino.com>
> To: <thekid at autoartbythekid.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Anodizing Alternator Cover
>
>
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> I've got a question that I hope you can answer.
>>
>> I've got a SS1000 that has a carbon-fiber full fairing, but the tank and 
>> tail section will need to be painted, and the seat recovered (bike is 
>> originally grey).
>>
>> So, my qustion is what color would work best with the carbon-fiber 
>> fairing?
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas you can give me!
>>
>> Tom O'Hara
>> Switzerland
>>
>>
>