Help with MC paintjob.

[Saint aka ML]

Well I am not that good in selecting colours that match each other.

So I have a red frame on my monster and would like it to stay that way.

What colour can I do the rims, tank, seat cowl with red frame?

I had white so bored of that, I have Senna Grey that is out as well, do not like black with red frame and do not want red.

I know I know but I have no idea and I like red frame.

[don_matese]

are you after original colour combinations or any that would go?

[Saint aka ML]

are you after original colour combinations or any that would go?

Any need inspiration

[garry]

"red and green should never be seen except upon a fool"



i,d go green.

[Nickj]

Are you thinking aesthetically pleasing, classic, lairy or don't care too much??


Primary colours .. blue or yellow

Complementary would be some kind of mid dark green
Analogous would be some kind of orange or purple

I quite like orange, you can go for a natural look by having a dimply paint finish LOL else yellow

[slob]

yellow, light blue or silver?

[damien666]

Matt Khaki green with gloss black decals :)

[DrD]

Silver Titanium kind of works:
http://thebikeshed.cc/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CRD-Monster-Rside-800.jpg
Just google "Ducati Red Frame Images" and spend half a day going through them all
- when you reach the end press the "Show More" Buttons

[marchesini]

I (and I'm sure like many others) are very fond of the classic orange & blue Gulf colour scheme. Here's one showing how cool it looks from an old thread. Not a massive fan of the bike but like the colour scheme as you know it's a custom paint job - rather than a traditional Ducati colour.

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=45931

Some more here as well:

http://www.ducatimonster.org/forums/general-monster-forum/195860-monster-696-1100-color-therapy-skins-red-frame.html

[gary tompkins]

I know you sad you don'y want red wheels, but how about red spokes and polished rims?

The red/silver paintjob works well with red frame on this too IMO

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Custom%20Bikes/Ducati%20Monster%201000%20S.jpg

This custom (Roland Sands) Diavel Red/Grey combo looks pretty sexy too

http://www.rolandsands.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/RSD-Ducati-Diavel-32_Original.jpg

[Flip]

Get a new tank made in Ally and have the 'Ducati' decals in red to match the frame.

[utopia]

I was going to suggest that a mid/dark green would have undertones of the Hailwood/Sports Motorcycles bikes of the 70s.
But I never really liked that scheme myself.

The red/silver tank looks spot on with the red frame.
And an ally tank would/could have the same look.

I'm not a fan of red myself, though I can appreciate it from a distance.

[bluestoesonnose]

Blue can look nice as an accent colour for red. Depends on how you want the red to appear either as a main colour or as an accent.

Find yourself a colour wheel

[Mr Gazza]

Oh! How topical.....You can see the eclipse in the tank.......:D

http://thebikeshed.cc/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CRD-Monster-Rside-800.jpg

[Saint aka ML]

yellow, light blue or silver?

I was thinking gulf colours but they have orange instead of red but now the photo below it actually looks good.

Gulf blue, red frame, red stripe still not decided if red/black or blue rims for that.

Silver Titanium kind of works:
http://thebikeshed.cc/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CRD-Monster-Rside-800.jpg
Just google "Ducati Red Frame Images" and spend half a day going through them all
- when you reach the end press the "Show More" Buttons

I like that as well.

[Darren69]

Going off topic, that is actually one of the few tail chopped bikes that actually works aesthetically with everything in proportion, apart from the headlight doesn't look quite right.

[Dirty]

Pink :mand:

http://media.motoblog.it/D/Duc/DucatiMonsterRosa.jpg

[Darren69]

Ooh, suits you sir! Just missing the pink furry seat cover! I can't imagine the resale value would be anywhere near, unless you really wanted a baby pink bike? Saw a Range rover HSE the other day the exact same colour

[Dirty]

http://s19.postimg.org/in3ezi1hv/image.jpg

[Saint aka ML]

http://s19.postimg.org/in3ezi1hv/image.jpg

Aaa can someone do computer magic on this one with red frame and red rims please!

[Dirty]

No prob :)

http://s19.postimg.org/4vyxxack3/image.jpg

[Saint aka ML]

No prob :)

http://s19.postimg.org/4vyxxack3/image.jpg

Not like that ....... but it looks ok no?

[Dirty]

Oh you just can't please some people!! :mand:

[damien666]

As above, Just do the wheels gloss black....
A winner in my book. :-)

[Dirty]

It's Ducati diesel green apparently

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231510376368?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[gary tompkins]

Sorry but I think the Red/Green combo looks pants

[Dirty]

I can tidy it up a bit if you like :mand:

[Darren69]

Me too Gary. Yes it looks the same green as the limited edition Diesel 796 version they brought out a while back.

[uksurfer]

Pink :mand:

http://media.motoblog.it/D/Duc/DucatiMonsterRosa.jpg

I second this scheme

[Darren69]

Must be a southern/Essex thing?

[gary tompkins]

I can tidy it up a bit if you like :mand:

Don't bother it won't look any less pants

It's the Red and Green contrast just looks wrong to me

[Darren69]

The red and green worked ok on the original MHR bike but its not a good mix and doesn't seem to work on other bikes, neither does the blue/red/silver Pantah combo either. If we're talking 80s then the Black and gold would look real nice but maybe wouldn't go with the red frame if you were set on that, not sure maybe it would? Certainly it would be better than red and green imho. I would go with black with gold metalflake and then gold stripe and maybe gold wheel spokes with black or polished rims.

[Darren69]

I also really like the red/silver combo that Gary posted earlier, that looks really nice and it doesn't matter what colour wheels you have really with that scheme, red/silver/black would all look good.

[Dirty]

I didn't expect to like it but I think the red green looks good. I didn't expect to like it because I generally don't like any red framed bikes though the one posted earlier by Gary is another exception. It's one of my favourite Monsters.

[gary tompkins]

Not strictly a gloss red frame because it's a pearl/flake finish, but i really like the overall effect

That single seat unit is a work of art

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/1b/58/c11b586ab402b261de05a6da22128566.jpg

[slob]

Neither the dark blue or red (both metalic) are standard on Simon's
http://www.simonvicki.co.uk/wheels_pages/_s4r_pages/stage_8_images/s4r08_01.jpg

[squarehead]

Wow. Time, effort and loads of money must have gone into that...

[Darren69]

Thers's a web site all about the 2nd one, somewhere out there.

[slob]

Thers's a web site all about the 2nd one, somewhere out there.
http://www.simonvicki.co.uk/wheels_pages/_s4r_pages/S4r_stage_1.html

[DrD]

http://www.simonvicki.co.uk/wheels_pages/_s4r_pages/S4r_stage_1.html

Great - keep replacing the number in "Stage_1" from 2 until you get to 9 - the last one