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I think the IMS tank is made from polyethaline (sp?) "tupperware". If it is, then it wont be easy to paint, if the paint sticks at all. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" wrote:

> Hello. > > I purchased a 1999 KLR650 last year and now I'd like to paint it.

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> plastic parts have many sun spots and are really faded. > > the tank is a 25 liter plastic IMS tank which is stock white. > > I'm thinking of painting it a glossy black. > > any suggestions on what to use and methods? (preferably something > that is available in Montreal, Canada) > > on a seperate issue, anyone know of any aftermarket front fenders? > (something that will look more like a BMW GS or KTM beak.) > > thanks > Danny

Krylon just came out with a plastic paint. Has anyone dared using it? -BKLR

> > I purchased a 1999 KLR650 last year and now I'd like to paint it. > The > > plastic parts have many sun spots and are really faded. > > > > the tank is a 25 liter plastic IMS tank which is stock white. > > > > I'm thinking of painting it a glossy black. > > > > any suggestions on what to use and methods? (preferably something > > that is available in Montreal, Canada) > > > > on a seperate issue, anyone know of any aftermarket front fenders? > > (something that will look more like a BMW GS or KTM beak.) > > > > thanks > > Danny > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ

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> I purchased a 1999 KLR650 last year and now I'd like to paint it. The > plastic parts have many sun spots and are really faded.

Danny, here's a website that should give you the basics: http://anguish.org/~greyson/motorcycle/paint.shtml Krylon's Fusion paint is supposed to be the stuff to use on plastic, if you're looking for a more simple way to get the painting done... Mark KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@...

The IMS tank will be nearly impossible to paint, so your best bet is to just clean it up and leave it. The plastic used on Japanese dual sports is very flexible and soft and again, without mixing up a special brew of paint with lots of flex enhancers, your looking at a lots of work to paint and maintain a glossy look. If it were my project, I would go for something that would be very easy to keep up, like some of the more popular semi gloss colors. I just finished painting my project SRX-6 a semi flat gunmetal metallic (bought in spray cans at Auto Zone) and the people who see it ask what shop did the paint job. These finishes are sinfully easy to apply, easy to touch up and maintain and very inexpensive. As for the front fender, make your own. I had a customer who cut the rounded tip off of a plastic street bike fender, trimmed it and painted it black and bolted it to the front of his white plastic Acerbis Baja Fender with some black nylon bolts. Looked very sharp. Gino www.rvmc.com --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" wrote:

> Hello. > > I purchased a 1999 KLR650 last year and now I'd like to paint it.

The

> plastic parts have many sun spots and are really faded. > > the tank is a 25 liter plastic IMS tank which is stock white. > > I'm thinking of painting it a glossy black. > > thanks > Danny

Well I have yet to try it but I found this quote on a randome site "Popular Mechanics, in their review of this product, claimed to have painted a plastic garbage can with it. If this can be believed, it means that this stuff will stick to almost anything. " I saw a few other reviews and it looks promising. I think I might give it a try myself, I plan on getting all the sticker graphics off my 03 klr in a week when I have time so might try and paint the rear fender on the underside since its dirty all the time anyway , if the paint sucks no one will notice --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark St.Hilaire, Sr" wrote:

> > I purchased a 1999 KLR650 last year and now I'd like to paint

it. The

> > plastic parts have many sun spots and are really faded. > > Danny, here's a website that should give you the basics: > http://anguish.org/~greyson/motorcycle/paint.shtml > > Krylon's Fusion paint is supposed to be the stuff to use on

plastic, if

> you're looking for a more simple way to get the painting done... > > Mark > > > > KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: > http://klr6500.tripod.com/ > > HomePage: > http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html > > My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If > you don't get a response, please try: > KLR6500@h...

On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 07:37:18PM -0700, BKLR wrote:

> Krylon just came out with a plastic paint. Has anyone dared using it?

I wouldn't expect it to stick to the gas tank for long, because one of the few reported problems with it in any of the reviews I've read is that it's highly soluble in gasoline even when dry. Thor