help with colors for tri z

[TRI Z Racer]

im getting my tri z powdercoated very soon. i have been throwing the idea around in my head that i want to do it custom colors. maybe a grey or silver frame. i currently have the black/red 85 edition. I cant make up my mind as to which way i want to go.
I need help from you guys. Can you post pics of your z's custom or stock either way. i dont want to go radical on the colors, but something tasteful yet still different. Any Ideas HELP PLEASE!!!

Thanks
Tyler

[Darius1502]

Hmmmm....

What about getting white rear fenders (which are still available) and then painting the frame two colors. Black by the neck and shouds and then fade into white right around where the seat is.

This would make the Z two tone. Black front fender, headlight, etc. and white rear fenders. Add a gray seat and gray fork boots and its looks sweet.

I did a thread on this:

(it would look alot like the photoshopped Z but with a black front fender).

http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=33352&highlight=request+dammit

[TRI Z Racer]

im not a big fan of two toned stuff

i love the red and black, but i wonder if there is a color scheme that id like better. i have to choose by monday... im sure i wont be able to decide until them. any body else have pictures or suggestions

[Darius1502]

All the other stuff has been done man.

Let's see: red and black, black and yellow, etc, etc.

[MTS]

i was toying with the idea of a white and blue set up like you see on the trx's and some atc 250r's...

[TRI Z Racer]

i was seriously thinking about the blue/white scheme. if the white front fendrs and side shrouds were easy to come by i think i would do it.

Darius, i know all the others have been done, thats why im so caught in between. the black red just has that apeal to it i cant get over, but at the same time i wish i had something different. the other problem i had with the two tone is how do you fade powdercoats? is it possible?

I reallylike the idea of a blue/white Z, like the new wheelers. if somebody is selling white shrouds and fender for descent i may look into it. i could also do it in anticipation of eventually getting those parts... hm i dunno

[MTS]

they dont make white shrouds, you would have to paint them

[Tri-Z Pilot]

I've always wanted to do yellow plastics with like a plum crazy purple or neon purple frame and accessories. If you like black plastics, maybe a goldflake or sparkly gold type frame, it all depends on your color tastes though.

[Darius1502]

Yeah they don't make white shrouds. You could get them painted or go with the fusion paint.

You are right....if you powder coat there is no way to two tone it. One idea is pull up all the differnet colored banshee's over the years. The Banshee has a similar frame and fender design so it can help you visualize. I think with that model they have done every conceivable color!!

Here is a two tone but with one color frame....I love this:

http://marcus.haase.name/visuals/deutschland/Yamaha_Banshee_White.jpg?pss_sid=086f7f521cb035640 f4bafdd5e6404ca

http://www.freewebs.com/ohiobuggyclub/03BANSHEE_LE_3.jpg

Nice white, gray and black...very doable on the Z:

http://wasatchrecreation.com/nss-folder/forsaleheber/White%20Banshee.jpg


Perhaps you were thinking of this (white with blue in the center)

http://www.theautochannel.com/media/photos/motorcycles/yamaha/1998/98_yamaha_atv_banshee.jpg

A little different....you can always put a graphics kit from a quad and cut it to fit the Z. All white red frame and red accents:

http://www.motorsvision.com/sitebuilder/images/04BANSHEE_wht_3-758x522.jpg

another white black variation (gosh those banshee are ugly!!)

http://www.atvconnection.com/manufact/yamaha/01intro/images/banshee1b.jpg

[Darius1502]

Go wild but start painting plastic:

http://goldwing.bikepics.net/yamaha-banshee-02-bikepics-126802.jpg
http://www.motorsports-network.com/YAMAHA/banshee2.jpg

Plum purple and yellow, huh?

http://www.mario-sztein.com.ar/productos/atv/yamaha/images/yamaha_banshee.jpg

[mike from long island]

heres my Z with an aluminum powder coated frame.

[TRI Z Racer]

good idea about looking for banshees, they have done almost every color imaginable. That grey banshee just blew my mind.... that thing looks sick with the gunmetal grey fenders!!! how good is that krylon fusion paint? i know regular spraypaint sucks. and ive seen alot of posts on here about how it works good... im still skeptical. thanks all.

Mike- i like the aluminum farme, that looks real nice

[Darius1502]

I think Mikes Tri Z is the nicest yellow and black i have ever seen. The factory could havel learned from him!!!

[mike from long island]

hey thanks Darius i always liked your 86 Z as well. i want to tear the Z down again and fix all the little problems not much. but the bike sat for a year and got rust and crude starting to show.plus i added all kinds of new parts and it need to be gone threw again. i did like a few of the banshee colors myself. if i ever do a Z again i would look at the banshee and go from there

[TRI Z Racer]

so does anyone know the real deal on the krylon fusion? does it hold up well? does it come off easily? i read a whole bunch of posts on it but none seemed to have the answer of does it hold up, just that people have used it. any help would be great

[Kintore]

Krylon works great, I dont have my pic but I painted my old 200 with it. Works good, I cleaned and sanded before I sprayed it on.

Mike- That is now in my picture file, beautiful! Love the powdered frame, it all matches, like Darius said. Factory could have learned from you.

[Darius1502]

Thats the thing...alot of people try all these paint combos...most don't look good. Mikes looks better than original!!

[TRI Z Racer]

i suck at photoshop, but i gave it a whirl, heres what i wished i could get my wheeler to look like. i am really shying away from that krylon paint. plus i dont want to ruin the half descent fenders i got now.

heres what it looked like before i tore it down, and heres one that i think would look pretty bad ace. what do you guys think? Should i just stick with the stock colors?

[Darius1502]

Hey do you have the original the my Tri Z by the pond. My computer crashed and I lost that particular picture.

Thanks...and yeah thats a good color scheme!

[TRI Z Racer]

yeah i have it, cant you get it off the other thread? if not let me know i have the black one and the orig.

[LonesomeTriZ]

[QUOTE=Darius1502]Go wild but start painting plastic:

http://goldwing.bikepics.net/yamaha-banshee-02-bikepics-126802.jpg



Where id you get the photograph of that top silver Banshee?