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#1
Modifications / Re: Vinyl Wrap, anyone do it?
Last post by RPM - Robert - Today at 09:55:18 PM
Sorry, spaced out. We put some over fenders on it and are running 11" Hoosier a7s
#2
Modifications / Re: Vinyl Wrap, anyone do it?
Last post by Pat Conlon - Today at 05:22:29 PM
Thanks Robert!
#3
Modifications / Re: Vinyl Wrap, anyone do it?
Last post by RPM - Robert - Today at 10:51:39 AM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on Yesterday at 01:55:18 PMVery cool Robert, say hello to Ryan for me.
With that big bump in rwhp do you have enough tire?
Not a lot of room in those Miata's even with flairs.
Do you have a web page for this beast? I would love to follow you crazy guys.. 

Cheers lads
Fr. Paddy

Ryan is on instagram ryanr_18 and youtube LS3 Time attack miata with some build pics and in car vids
#4
Modifications / Re: 84 FJ1100 USD Fork Convers...
Last post by JohnnyTheCraneGuy - Today at 01:42:06 AM
If I don't it by then that would be a massive help dean!  :hi:
#5
Modifications / Re: Vinyl Wrap, anyone do it?
Last post by Millietant - Yesterday at 09:05:00 PM
Orafol do make UV resistant wrapping films that won't fade in 10 minutes in the sun, but you have to specify that you want the extra UV resistant type. 3M products are generally thought of as the best quality products in the industry, although definitely not the cheapest.

I used to be Managing Director of one of biggest vehicle wrapping companies in the UK before I retired and the skill needed to do a good wrap job on a bike, that will also last a good time, is very rare indeed. They can look great for a year or two, but the complex shapes of bike bodywork are a nightmare to cover without differential stretching or excessive cutting and can look absolutely terrible very quickly. To get anything other than a single colour wrap needs digitally printed graphics on vinyl, otherwise you're just sticking multiple pieces of cut vinyl on top of each other, which on a bike can be a visual disaster (not such an issue on a truck/van).

Our advice to bikers was always "Go for paint", wrapping a bike is rarely a worthwhile proposition and it's not a long-lasting one.

Sorry I can't be more positive, but years of experience and many attempts at wrapping bike parts (the company used my 2003 Aprilia RSV 1000 bodywork as their test mule) and we never got a satisfactory finish or job with wrapping film.

A better option, would be hydro-dipping, but again that is very specialised, and all parts need to coated in a clear lacquer (clear coat painting) anyway, so you might as well just go with painting in the first place.

We did hundreds of police bikes and "blood bikes", but they were all decal-based jobs (decals some with very intricate designs digitally printed onto them, or  laid onto painted panels), not wraps and they were never a problem.
#6
Modifications / Re: 84 FJ1100 USD Fork Convers...
Last post by Millietant - Yesterday at 08:31:32 PM
I'm in Germany, on a bike touring holiday with my FJ at the moment, but will be home on Thursday.

I could pop the wheel out at the weekend and measure it if you need me to?
#7
Introductions / Re: G'day from the UK !
Last post by Pat Conlon - Yesterday at 06:31:59 PM
Welcome Rob, glad you found that bike!

Cheers lad....Pat
#8
Down Under Topics / Re: Nowra Shed Day(s) 19-21 Se...
Last post by Sparky84 - Yesterday at 06:13:15 PM
G'day Troy,

Looking forward to see everyone so I'll do it again :good:

but it's been awhile so you'll have to be gentle.
#9
Introductions / Re: G'day from the UK !
Last post by Sparky84 - Yesterday at 06:08:13 PM
Quote from: Millietant on June 08, 2025, 08:29:47 PM
Quote from: Sparky84 on May 15, 2025, 05:23:03 PMUK weather is usually fine isn't it ?



Yes, if you're a fish, or a duck !!!!!!   :sarcastic:

Haven't you been having heatwave conditions lately of 25°C   :good:
#10
Modifications / Re: 84 FJ1100 USD Fork Convers...
Last post by JohnnyTheCraneGuy - Yesterday at 04:54:50 PM
I think I may have found one.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/365396178781