Beebop
Race Dog
Now as you all know, a happy wife makes a happy husband.
Heres a bit of history as to how I got to this position.
Bought my wife her Buell, XB9SX in 2005.
It was a code 3 (Damage to frame (tank)), due to cost of replacing, insurance writes them off.
Anyway, so I bought the bike with 2500km on the clock, only damage was cosmetic and the ding in the
frame. All damaged parts had already been replaced by a guy who bought it off insurance. It was an
'05 model, so basically new
Here is what it looked like at that time.
It had the race ecu, K&N filter and race pipe.
Sounds and runs great.
Fast forward 7 or 8 years and the wife says shes never liked the blue, can I change it.
I know whats good for me, so we agree on a pearl red with black frame.
Almost immediatly she says thats not a nice red....back to the spray booth (my garage)
Fortunately there is very little colour on the bikes, the airbox cover, fly screen and cheese grater
So I show her what a candy apple looks like, and shes sold.
Looks a lot better in person
So then time goes by, and I do this.
https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=187607.0
So I was barely finished when she says to me one day....your bike looks better than mine... DUH!!!!!
To put this into context, when we ride anywhere, her bike does attract a lot of attention, for various reasons
1. Its a unique bike
2. It has a unique paint job.
3, Its ridden by a unique woman.
But I know what side my bread is buttered on so I ask her what she wants done....
Can I paint her rims red as well ?
Sure, no sweat.
And Wed night after I'd put them back on......."my flyscreen looks too plain"
So off with the flyscreen and it gets some GT stripes.
And this is the final result
I now have a happy wife !!!!
Heres a bit of history as to how I got to this position.
Bought my wife her Buell, XB9SX in 2005.
It was a code 3 (Damage to frame (tank)), due to cost of replacing, insurance writes them off.
Anyway, so I bought the bike with 2500km on the clock, only damage was cosmetic and the ding in the
frame. All damaged parts had already been replaced by a guy who bought it off insurance. It was an
'05 model, so basically new
Here is what it looked like at that time.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1ec/1ec3f442a7d5d77a138cad11e04d06ce.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/213/213d23a5be817ab4f44d6b7405fb01b3.jpg)
It had the race ecu, K&N filter and race pipe.
Sounds and runs great.
Fast forward 7 or 8 years and the wife says shes never liked the blue, can I change it.
I know whats good for me, so we agree on a pearl red with black frame.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f2e/f2e6f22378eeb50b43936b68f1c59e6c.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/619/6192c0ca0d40f9bd65a8e9a16deb33f8.jpg)
Almost immediatly she says thats not a nice red....back to the spray booth (my garage)
Fortunately there is very little colour on the bikes, the airbox cover, fly screen and cheese grater
So I show her what a candy apple looks like, and shes sold.
Looks a lot better in person
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/608/60820c5860b7963a28b15713877da475.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d95/d951ad40373ed3bf69e74bd721fa2dab.jpg)
So then time goes by, and I do this.
https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=187607.0
So I was barely finished when she says to me one day....your bike looks better than mine... DUH!!!!!
To put this into context, when we ride anywhere, her bike does attract a lot of attention, for various reasons
1. Its a unique bike
2. It has a unique paint job.
3, Its ridden by a unique woman.
But I know what side my bread is buttered on so I ask her what she wants done....
Can I paint her rims red as well ?
Sure, no sweat.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/50d/50df0e2f1c42b5e583214860ec059b9e.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bcf/bcf4ff275b849fe8750477dae9b7b9d5.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/295/2954fbc4034e0c385d28ef3f1954eee3.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/95e/95e2127ee7a120c61170472125e98203.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dd3/dd32159f3683b2648a39e8068634885c.jpg)
And Wed night after I'd put them back on......."my flyscreen looks too plain"
So off with the flyscreen and it gets some GT stripes.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/5e6/5e60570f9a49431e38a0774b725a7abd.jpg)
And this is the final result
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/82e/82e3681ae7bcd6f5918e8fd98ac90e90.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/90b/90b7f9ecb2ca2c1f47957aea31cb8d18.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e29/e298df4299b75ac9d66043549a060e52.jpg)
I now have a happy wife !!!!