sapphire
when i first got my bike back in june 2009, i bought it out of necessity/desperation rather than because i genuinely liked it. the previous owner had just done it up, new paintwork, good engine, the only problem was the paintwork looked kinda...
it was green, some sort of pale green that i have never seen before on any other bike. at first, i thought that i'd get it re-sprayed, but as time went by, i figured it was quite a cool and unique colour and so decided to live with it. slapped on some racing stripes and it was good to go.
i decided to live with it, but that didn't necessarily mean that i liked it, and thus after the first couple of months, the bike was more or less left to its own devices. i parked it at an open area near my house, under the abuse of the elements.
if it was dirty, the rain would wash it. if it was wet, the sun would dry it. if there were muddy stains, newer muddy stains would cover it. and so it sat there for over a year, the only protection i offered was a plastic sheet over the seat to keep the rain from entering and soaking my butt afterward.
despite its state of disrepair, i doubt i'd have gone ahead with this re-spray if it weren't so banged up. left side dropped by some unknown asshole, right side dropped by me, front crashed by the mercs. "might as well go for a new colour while doing the repairs," i thought.
and so it went. after changing a whole lot of things (including some that i got convinced into changing), the bill came up to a whopping $945. this is more amazing considering the fact that i only paid $2000 for my bike. but oh well, i went to see its progress yesterday and was told that it was ready.
the previous day my friend saw it and said it was dark blue, thus as i turned the corner to where my bike was parked, i did so with a sense of apprehension. slowly... slowly... BAM! there it is! HAHA the colour looked great after all, exactly the same as what i chose- 'harley davidson sapphire.'
rode it and it felt foreign, like it didn't belong to me anymore. aesthetically, i'm glad i went ahead with the changes that they convinced me into doing, because i think it looks great now. after all the money spent, i gotta look after it a little bit more and hope it'll last a while longer than it had.
it was green, some sort of pale green that i have never seen before on any other bike. at first, i thought that i'd get it re-sprayed, but as time went by, i figured it was quite a cool and unique colour and so decided to live with it. slapped on some racing stripes and it was good to go.
i decided to live with it, but that didn't necessarily mean that i liked it, and thus after the first couple of months, the bike was more or less left to its own devices. i parked it at an open area near my house, under the abuse of the elements.
if it was dirty, the rain would wash it. if it was wet, the sun would dry it. if there were muddy stains, newer muddy stains would cover it. and so it sat there for over a year, the only protection i offered was a plastic sheet over the seat to keep the rain from entering and soaking my butt afterward.
despite its state of disrepair, i doubt i'd have gone ahead with this re-spray if it weren't so banged up. left side dropped by some unknown asshole, right side dropped by me, front crashed by the mercs. "might as well go for a new colour while doing the repairs," i thought.
and so it went. after changing a whole lot of things (including some that i got convinced into changing), the bill came up to a whopping $945. this is more amazing considering the fact that i only paid $2000 for my bike. but oh well, i went to see its progress yesterday and was told that it was ready.
the previous day my friend saw it and said it was dark blue, thus as i turned the corner to where my bike was parked, i did so with a sense of apprehension. slowly... slowly... BAM! there it is! HAHA the colour looked great after all, exactly the same as what i chose- 'harley davidson sapphire.'
rode it and it felt foreign, like it didn't belong to me anymore. aesthetically, i'm glad i went ahead with the changes that they convinced me into doing, because i think it looks great now. after all the money spent, i gotta look after it a little bit more and hope it'll last a while longer than it had.
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