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12/29/10 at 18:41:33

still here! life is crazy! have a 4.0 in school, have a full time job at a private special needs school, teaching kenpo all over the place, hopefully getting married in may!

sadly, i have the savage for sale(in the marketplace)....it's a dark day people! i gave my car to my dad(not doing so well after the divorce) so i was commuting on the savage....

but then i got a 2005 ninja 500r with 5500 on her for 1500 bucks!!!! i will miss the thumper and she was my first, but commuting on the ninja is a little easier!

let me know what you guys think.....and no i haven't flat blacked the whole thing....yet....just the front and fender Grin

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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #1 - 12/29/10 at 19:01:31 Congratulations, those EX500s are great! We look forward to pics of the bike Rocco-blacked out
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Reply #2 - 12/29/10 at 19:04:26

haha i put 1000 miles on her in about 5 weeks !

i got such a good deal on her because of some scratches and a dent....my friend who works at the shop i bought it from laughed and said it would looked great flat and ratty!!

it kind of looks like batman's bike in the front now, heard about a saran wrap painting technique and i may attempt it !

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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #3 - 12/29/10 at 19:11:28 Yeah, no use paying for perfect paint if you are going to redo it anyway. Is the saran wrap thing a texturing method?
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #4 - 12/29/10 at 19:20:11 Hey Rocco, nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear you are selling the thumper yet happy as well that you have the Ninja. That Ninja is very cool looking. It will be interesting to see the paint after the Saran technique is used.. Take care.. kim
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #5 - 12/29/10 at 19:28:13 they had a bike there and the paint looks "marbled" and the painter said you spray, while it's wet you pull off paint with saran wrap and make whatever design you want...looked amazing! and thanks kim!! i will miss the thumper too, but now i have two next to each other
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #6 - 12/29/10 at 19:58:08 Careful you don't get them too close to each other. You may end up with a mini bike or scooter.. kim
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #7 - 12/29/10 at 20:23:24 hahaha!! maybe i should change lube brand just in case !!
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #8 - 12/30/10 at 03:02:04 Hooo Yeah!!! That scoot is gonna look amazing all flat-blacked ... stealthy!! Can't wait to see finished product! BTW, what happened to the EX500's usual chin fairing? Seems to be AWOL??
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Reply #9 - 12/30/10 at 05:32:37

Welcome back Rocco. Nice bike and looks like you get a sweet deal. Glad to hear the engagement is still on too!

I've done the saran painting thing. Wear gloves! haha Personally, I think a big pourous sponge does about the same thing and is easier to mess with, and seems like it would be much easier to use on bike parts. Be sure to show us some pics.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #10 - 12/30/10 at 06:09:09 My son's ex gf did a lot of painting on drywall in his house with something like that saran wrap,In brown it really looked good just like leather walls.
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Reply #11 - 12/30/10 at 06:16:55

Nice bike,...I guess,..if you like sport bikes.

Myself, I don't like the name, the looks, and I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy riding one either,....except maybe thru a 1/4 mile. But I'm old,....probably make a difference.
And some one had to be different,....and you asked ! Wink

But in reality, most of us probably think the same way, or we sure wouldn't all be riding a Savage,....think ?

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #12 - 12/30/10 at 06:22:38 I road a 1000 Yamaha crock rocket about 8 years ago 20 miles,I wouldn't have one myself.Very uncomfortable to me.
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Reply #13 - 12/30/10 at 07:33:27

it will def look sweet in all flat! PerrydaSavage, you have a good eye!! i took it off probably a week after i bought her! it shows the engine off and the pipes a little more, not to mention it was looking too sporty !

i'm eager to try out some different painting styles, i'm going to start small, if i mess up flat the whole thing!!!!

and guys, she only looks sporty! the bars are up way higher then a sport bike and the feet are in the middle instead of behind you! it's technically a "standard" as i'm not much into sportbikes either

thanks for encouragement babyhog! i must say she likes the ninja's seat a lot more since it's a huge thick piece of foam!

i haven't decided if i will streetfighter her or not and i love the name! i have some ninja turtle stuff on her, and my helmet is tricked out too.

c'mon, i teach karate to kids they all freak when a real life ninja turtle shows up! one of the little pre-k kids called me a ninja on a ninja Grin

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Driller Full Member Offline Really "Zooked" up Posts: 140 Tryon, NC Gender:	Re: hey guys! Reply #14 - 12/30/10 at 09:35:25 Ninja is good...... My 2fiddy....very high "smileage"
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