Help me decide on painting the inlay (or not) on my wheels!

[Road_Clam]

OK, I am getting away from the early 80's "everything black" theme. I have 2 choices on my wheels:

Option A: completely blasted, and polished perimeter with no paint, (leaving a bare aluminum matte finish in place of the black paint)


Option B: polished perimeter, with gold in place of the black paint (replicates the '82 KZ1000R Eddie Lawson wheels). Heres a pic of a Lawson bike:




How about some feedback? I dont know how gold would look over the red bodywork.......

[Del]

Well, I love the look of polished perimeter/painted spokes. Gold should look great on a black bike.

I expect to do mine in red.

Del

(edit): oops, you're getting AWAY from the black look; gold with red would be awesome.

[ToddB3]

I've been thinking of the same two choices, I still cant decide though. I've recently thought about painting the center silver with polished edges. I would probably go with the gold if I had gold somewhere else on the bike.

Todd

[Desolation Angel]

Gold for sure! Especially if there is anything else gold somewhere on the bike to kind of tie it in.

[pntrdave]

I'm considering painting the bike Blue with gold accents and the wheels Gold with blue where the black is now.

[knotzilla]

The gs850g I just bought has all black tank, tailpiece, side covers and fenders and of course wheels. I decided to add some colour by painting the wheels red and polishing the circumference and spoke edges. The bike looks a lot sharper now. I also painted the black accent around the Suzuki emblem on the two side covers the same red colour. When I get a camera for christmas I''II post the picture, Thanks Ted

[KGB]

What color are you doing the bike?

Gold will offset against most colors.

Black, just easier to clean.

Who's doing it for you?
I need some paint and blasting done on a bike.
Let me know........

[crag antler]

If you are doing the bike red, how about red on the wheels instead of gold??
You can always take a picture of your wheels and play around with the colors on your computer before you actually paint them.

[Antman]

Hi there,

Just my two cents worth, the GSX750EF/ES in the mid 80's had gold wheel spokes with polished rims. Here's a link to a pic:

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/GSX/GSX750EF/1986_GSX750EF_blwh_side_800.jpg

I had one of these a few years ago and they looked pretty neat in the flesh.