Non-standard paint colours - reduce value?

[Riknos]

Looking to pick up a Hornet 900 that needs a bit of tidying up, it's blue and the paintwork is okay minus a air bubble in the paint on the tank.

I don't like the blue and think it would look great in black. So what are my options:

1) Plasti-dip it black. - cheapest and easiest option, wont last long (not necessarily bad?) tank paint will rub off where legs touch it?
2) rattle can it black - 2nd cheapest and easist - will look a bit crap though possibly?
3) Buy a compressor and spray it - I've painted wheels before myself and they looked half decent. Should be able to do this cheaper than a garage though.
4) Buy black tank and fairings - Probably most expensive option and may end up with scratched up ones, but can swap back to blue when I sell it?

Probably wont bother putting the decals on after a paint job as they will add about £100+ to the cost as well.

Thoughts? Bare in mind the bike is >10 years old and <£1500 worth so not worth me getting an expensive spray job done.

If I decide to sell /part-ex it in a year's time will I end up losing potential buyers/money due to a non-standard colour?

Thanks.

[Prof Prolapse]

I think you're either doing it on the cheap or you're not. To me you need the former, so there's only one choice there for me and that's a rattle can.

Some blokes manage great jobs (google Moanthebairns spray job and look at what other people did). You can even get grips like spray guns which help.

[Riknos]

Prof Prolapse said:

I think you're either doing it on the cheap or you're not. To me you need the former, so there's only one choice there for me and that's a rattle can.

Some blokes manage great jobs (google Moanthebairns spray job and look at what other people did). You can even get grips like spray guns which help.

I see your point - either do it cheap or do it properly, no middle ground.

I could always rattle can it then if it looks wk come up with a better solution?

What about resale value - should I be taking that into consideration?

[Jazoli]

As above, plasti dip will wear off very quickly and look a mess, you can get a good finish with rattle cans if you are patient, I did my trx with rattle cans, pic of the tank...



It's all in the prep,stickers are cheap on ebay, once they are on and lacquered over they'll look fine and better than without, done properly it won't affect the value at all on a sub 2k bike.

If I was doing it again I would buy a compressor though.

[Prof Prolapse]

Jazoli said:

As above, plasti dip will wear off very quickly and look a mess, you can get a good finish with rattle cans if you are patient, I did my trx with rattle cans, pic of the tank...



It's all in the prep,stickers are cheap on ebay, once they are on and lacquered over they'll look fine and better than without, done properly it won't affect the value at all on a sub 2k bike.

If I was doing it again I would buy a compressor though.

Cracking job that. I'd love to do a full rattle can respray on my bike as good as that just to prove it can be done.

[moanthebairns]

How hard can it be...

[spoodler]

Another option is to brush paint with coach enamel, petrol proof, much thicker coat than what you'd get using spray cans and can be cut back to look like glass... and pretty much every numpty can use a paint brush with a bit of practice... still needs proper preparation tho'.