[Benjigro]

R3 is a great looking bike but I think they could of used just a little less black plastic. There is an upside to this, it makes R3 owners create some awesome designs and decals.
Here's mine

 

[JiiMc]

Man you bike looks sweet. I totally agree, I also "painted" (plastidipped) most of the black fairings. I eventually continued the white just like you did with the silver, and painted the black piece at the knee red.

 

[bmxdad2006]

Looks great Benji. I went a little different route and swapped out the silver fairings.

 

[Joseph Infante]

Looks great Benji. I went a little different route and swapped out the silver fairings.

I think both of your bikes look awesome! I wish i shelled the money out for the full akra exhaust but i have car payments as well haha. Anyway i think im going to either vinyl wrap with carbon fiber accents or plastidip the fairings like you guys. Keep up the great ideas.

 

[Joseph Infante]

R3 is a great looking bike but I think they could of used just a little less black plastic. There is an upside to this, it makes R3 owners create some awesome designs and decals.
Here's mine

What frame sliders are those??

 

[Yeeg]

R3 is a great looking bike but I think they could of used just a little less black plastic. There is an upside to this, it makes R3 owners create some awesome designs and decals.
Here's mine

Looks awesome!
I wanted to do the same thing to mine.

How was the color match?
Which paint did you go with?

Thanks!

 

[SDR3]

The painted silver bike looks great, What silver paint did you use to paint the S portion of the fairing. Is it a custom match or did you find something that matches right out of the can? What brand and color of paint did you use. I've wanted to do this but didn't want to risk it not matching.

 

[Capitalview]

Vinyl wrap for my race bike.

 

[Benji]

I used off the shelf Silver Rust-Oleum 2x ultra cover paint. Bonds to plastic very well. You need to let it cure for at least 5 days to go really hard. Not a 100% match but very close. No one has made a comment about a miss match/tint.

 

[Benji]

Looks great Benji. I went a little different route and swapped out the silver fairings.

That was a brave move going black but it looks awesome!

 

[Benji]

Man you bike looks sweet. I totally agree, I also "painted" (plastidipped) most of the black fairings. I eventually continued the white just like you did with the silver, and painted the black piece at the knee red.

Looks great, I'm thinking of painting the plastic which is just under the seat. What do you think. .....too much?

 

[Benji]

What frame sliders are those??

Frame sliders are Oggy's AUD$249. I've heard mixed opinions on frame sliders. Some say they can dig into the ground and flip the bike. Hope I never get to test them

 

[JiiMc]

Looks great, I'm thinking of painting the plastic which is just under the seat. What do you think. .....too much?

very easy to do, just undo the two screws and it is held in place by rubber plugs that pop right out

 

[JiiMc]

Looks great, I'm thinking of painting the plastic which is just under the seat. What do you think. .....too much?

http://www.yamahar3racing.com/2015/05/how-to-remove-the-side-fairings-from-the-yamaha-r3/ a step by step guide on how to remove fairings just in case you want to do more

 

[bmxdad2006]

That was a brave move going black but it looks awesome!

Thanks Benji, appreciate it.

 

[james hoffa]

I'm loving those S-fairing painted as well. The R3 has those different colored boomerang-looking fairings on both sides that are not very cutting-edge. The best way is to paint out the S-fairings. But honestly I feel like the R3 was made to be a single-tone sportbike, with a secondary color mixed in to avoid monotony.

 

[jthomas1310]

Man all those are looking really neat.