Thinker.......who painted yer inners.......just wondered if you can get them in smooth also, or do they all still have the rough texture.......bike looks awesome dude.
Now that is a touchy subject for me, but I will give you the straight diddy. There is a guy that posts on the boards named Gixx1300. He lives in Florida and paints bikes. His work is awesome...He paints stuff for people all over the country. Additionally, he seems to come up with stuff that at least I hadn't seen before. Examples include painted inner fairings, that screen mod everyone is doing, and painted mirrors.
With regard to the inner fairings, Gixx does sand them down and you get a smooth finish. I got my inners painted by RaceReady instead of Gixx...Why? Because in March, I wanted to have Gixx paint new inners and send them to me so that my bike wasn't down. To make a long story short, he was never able to provide me with a cost for the painting + the new inners and delivery time. Sounds simple enough, but I would get the painting cost, then the turn around time, then the cost of new inners, but no delivery time of the new inners, etc. When June rolled around, I just couldn't wait any longer, and Gixx chose not to do anything special to get them to me in time for Laguna. Thus, I went with Race Ready.
The guy from Race Reay was nice and eager to help, and his price was a lot less than Gixx's. But (in my opinion) he is still perfecting his craft. As you can see the end product is still textured. Don't get me wrong, he never made any claims to the contrary, and they still look great, specially for the price. There is a question about clearcoat with these inners. Many say there isn't any, but the guy says he does coat them. In any case, with any rough handling, they will and do chip. After cutting holes for speakers and stuff, I have some chips.
So what do I suggest? If you have the money go with Gixx1300. Just PM him. Give yourself time! However, expect him to take longer than he says. You know how that goes.
This winter, I plan to send my inners to Gixx to have them re-done. I want what I want, and I won't have to wait for info on new product since I will be sending mine in. Plus, I will have several months to wait for them.
Sorry for the long post.