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Racing Discussion => Racing Discussion => Topic started by: Nate R on July 25, 2003, 01:40:01 PM

Title: Please help my marketing research!
Post by: Nate R on July 25, 2003, 01:40:01 PM
Also, what bike would you like to see me offer sliders for? (Probably under $40 a pair!  :D)
Title: Re: Please help my marketing research!
Post by: tigerblade on July 25, 2003, 02:00:16 PM
Brown?!   :P
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Post by: Jeff on July 25, 2003, 02:35:45 PM
so I'm guessing black and white are standard colors that go without saying?
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Post by: zx9r-racer on July 25, 2003, 02:36:33 PM
No green? ;D
Title: Re: Please help my marketing research!
Post by: Nate R on July 25, 2003, 02:49:48 PM
Yes, black and white go w/o saying.

No, no green yet. :-/

Brown is available, Kris. I didn't think it'd be too popular though. Just wanted to see what kind of responses I'd get.  :D
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Post by: zx9r-racer on July 25, 2003, 03:01:15 PM
Hehehe....how could you have brown, but no green? ??? ;D
Title: Re: Please help my marketing research!
Post by: Nate R on July 25, 2003, 03:14:42 PM
I haven't looked a LOT for Green yet. One supplier had all their available colors listed, and brown was one of them.  :P  

I will try and find some green. If I can, are you interested in that?

EDIT: Whoops! That supplier DOES have green! So, add green to the list. Just do a text response if you'd like green.
Title: Re: Please help my marketing research!
Post by: Super Dave on July 25, 2003, 05:27:51 PM
Uh, yeah, brown would look like...well, you know...

Black really for me.  Seems to look ok after it's gone down, or at least similar.

R6 for me...2003, but you know that.
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Post by: andy342 on July 25, 2003, 05:37:11 PM
What type of plastic are you using?

If it's regular white nylon, you can dye it in your kitchen.  I used to do it quite often with R/C car parts.  You can get a special dye for nylon or else Rit clothing dye will work.

Basically cook up a pot of boiling water, add the dye, and put the parts in.  Let them cook until they are as dark as you want - usually about 15 minutes or 1/2 hour.   Then rinse and air dry.

Maybe something big like a slider would take a little longer to heat up.  Try it on a scrap and see what you think.

Wouldn't it be cool if you could get a tie-dye pattern somehow....
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Post by: Nate R on July 25, 2003, 06:44:26 PM
 Would be cool, but won't that start to wear in the sun?

Maybe that's what Pro-Tek Does?  ???

http://www.motorcyclemadness.cc/diamondist.html

Anyway, it's not plain nylon, but I will probaby give this a shot to see how it goes.
Title: Re: Please help my marketing research!
Post by: Nate R on July 26, 2003, 08:58:38 AM
People want grey, eh?

Now, what bikes? I could make grey sliders, or red or blue or yellow, but it doesn't help you if I make them for the SV if you have a GSXR.

Thanx for the input, everyone!  :D