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Motorcycle :: 2013 :: Suzuki :: Boulevard S40
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Some colors require a base color to create a special color effect. This is called a "TriCoat" which is Base + Top + Clearcoat. If your color is a TriCoat, the base color will be listed below under "ColorRite Base" and you will need to order both the Top and Base listed. We always recommend clearcoat for the proper match and maximum protection.
Code        Paint Name        Comment      Color Chip      ColorRite Top      ColorRite Base
YPA        Pearl Mirage White        White/Silver Model                 4916         1916
YUE        Metallic Veil Silver        White/Silver Model                 4985          
YUK        Metallic Fox Orange        Orange/Black Model                 4967          
YVB        GL. Sparkle Black        Orange/Black Model                 4999        

If you take your bike or a painted part to your paint and panel supplier, if they're any good they can do a perfect colour match by eye, on the spot. Mine can, anyway.

My local automotive paint supplier only needed the 3 letter code (YUK) to mix some paint for my bike  (fox orange).

I took my fender to my buddy A J at The Chop Shop in Keller, TX this morning. He has an Ivory Color Powder for powder coating that is very close to the Pearl Mirage White on my 2013 S40 fuel tank.

He welded the 6 holes shut that were used to mount the fender on a Kawasaki and bead blasted 2 small dents for me. I will use lead to fill the dents, drill new holes for mounting, and return the fender to him for powder coating.

A J will do this for less than half the price of a half pint of ColorRite for the Pearl Mirage White.  I need 2 different ColorRite paints to get a perfect match and clear coat which would cost me $179.80 +freight.

I tried to have the yellow color matched here in North Texas for my Blast, and the body shop paint and supply wholesaler wanted a $100.00 +tax. I sent the fly screen from the Blast back to Pennsylvania to the guy that mixed paint for me when I was painting McMillan Fiberglass Stocks. I got a half pint of paint in the mail and a bill for $30.00, no tax and no freight. The match is perfection.

I cannot easily send my fuel tank back to Pennsylvania for a color match so I did the next best thing, found someone that I know does beautiful work and is reasonably priced.

If the powder coat color does not turn out quite right, we can order additional colors of powder for $10.00 to $18.00 per color and go right over the  powder coating 3 more times before we would have to strip it and start over.

Kenny G

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1453983731/0

Verslagen,

Thank you.

Justin,

I know for sure the two dents are small enough to easily hammer out, but I don't have the tools. I do have some 60/40 rosin core solder to tin the area and a bar of body lead. I fashioned a lead paddle out of a piece of a hickory handle that broke off one of my wife's garden tools.

When I moved to Texas 10 years ago I never thought that I would ride again. That was the most serious mistake of my life and to top it off I gave away almost all of my tools. I was 68 years old and never owned a bike with an electric starter and was having trouble with my legs. I thought the heat and wind would keep me out of the saddle. I was like a fish out of water, lo and behold the cycle shop near my home had a really nice 1998 Yamaha V-Star and cheap. After installing a Clever Lever I could ride the darned thing.

The real serious spending began; I had no helmet, gloves, boots, leathers or tools. And then I had to make a gantry to pickup a bike, and a stand to hold the bike steady so I could work on it without it falling on me.

The question that I will post here and in Dave's post is: The ears to mount the Kawasaki fender are somewhat wider than the S40 ears. Can a sheet metal guy make the 2 bends on each ear to be easily able to slide it into position? You can see I have a clamp squeezing the fender together to be able to slide the fender between the fork legs. I don't want to risk scratching the fender after I get it powder coated? I know my hands are not strong enough to squeeze the fender between the forks and get the bolts started.

Kenny G

What don't you like about the size/shape?

You may not want fender advice from me any more - but the fender from a Honda CB250 also looks promising.  The width is good, the mounts on the side need to be cut down smaller and a new mounting surface welded in between the uprights, and the mount for the speedometer drive and brake line can be welded up if you don't want to use the rubber guide.  The shape fits the tire well.....and the brackets for the reflectors have to be removed by cutting the spot welds.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-93-Honda-CB250SC-CB-250-SC-Nighthawk-front-fende...