No more neon yellow

Vintage Veloce

Vintage Veloce

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I took some flat black paint and went over the neon yellow radiator end caps.
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edit: I shot a better picture of the whole bike this morning. I like it! (I also delete the fork stickers... no free advertising for WP.)
Interestingly, I think all black might not be the right choice. I'll see what I think after a couple days of looking at it. Maybe I'll order a set from the 2020 Vitpilen 401 that have a white stripe. That would match the white shock spring. Or maybe I'll paint the shock spring black....
 
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Wow!
That does make a difference.
Hmmm.. I guess it looks like the bike comes from a different era now.

As far as the white ones go, without the epc in front of me, pretty sure the radiators are the same.
 
I updated the original post at the top with a picture of the full bike. Check that out.
And here is a close up of my paint job. I did it by hand, with some blue tape masking the straight edges, but the curves were carefully hand painted. I lightly sanded the yellow area first and then gave it two coats of Testors model paint, flat black.
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You did a very nice job with the model paint.

So it looks as though your radiator doesnt have the two dots (welds?) Like mine does.

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And thanks for motivating me to go take a picture cause as I whiped the cooler free of dust I noticed it was not very solid feeling and looked more closely...

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Good thing I bought spares last time I lost one. This time I'll loctite it in addition to the lock washers.
 
BISavage said:
You did a very nice job with the model paint.

So it looks as though your radiator doesnt have the two dots (welds?) Like mine does.

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And thanks for motivating me to go take a picture cause as I whiped the cooler free of dust I noticed it was not very solid feeling and looked more closely...

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Good thing I bought spares last time I lost one. This time I'll loctite it in addition to the lock washers.
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More loctite!
No dots on my radiator... lots and lots is different on this bike made by bajaj. I have heard none of the body panels cross over. (And related to the other thread, the airbox is different too.) I'm not sure the radiator end caps from 2019 to 2020 are the same either.
 
Why not go a step further? Make the caps functional as reflector housings after the removal of the ones on the forks that look like after thoughts.
This looks more factory than factory and may keep you legal as well as a little safer.
I also cut the useless loose fitting orange plastic ring on the shock that, in my opinion, only cheapens the look.
The matt gold fork wrap is more debatable but is easily removed or replaced if I tire of it.
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Fork seals? Sorry, I do not follow. What indicates that?
The reflectors come with an adhesive strip on the back side. I did not apply it directly to the radiator ends as I thought that may cook the adhesive. Rather I cut some .040 aluminum backers that fit tightly into the end caps, stuck the strips to those and put some masking tape on the radiator side of the aluminum just to slow heat transfer.

The strips themselves come 4 to a pack at Ace Hardware for 6 bucks. They have to be cut down a little with scissors.
 
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Vintage Veloce said:
I updated the original post at the top with a picture of the full bike. Check that out.
And here is a close up of my paint job. I did it by hand, with some blue tape masking the straight edges, but the curves were carefully hand painted. I lightly sanded the yellow area first and then gave it two coats of Testors model paint, flat black.
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I painted mine red.
 
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