Painted Ventura Bag

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:06 pm

I bought this shitter Ventura bag off Ebay, everything on the bag was great except some dick left it out in the sun for 6 months and it faded. So I bought it for a second bag to use for PI.

Unhappy with its faded appearance I decided to paint it, and I have to tell you It came up a treat.

I washed the bag thoroughly, dried it for several days, masked up the bits I didn't want painted and applied 3 coats of special paint and let it dry for a day. It looks ace here are some pics.

aaahhhhhh....the Grand Tourer is almost complete.

now where did I put those panniers ??

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:07 pm

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:08 pm

finito

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:10 pm

paint

Post by **Wattie** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:40 pm

is that supercheaps finest paint????

top stuff hoff!!

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:43 pm

Just wait till the first rain when you leave a big black slick behind you

....nice work though

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:30 pm

Mick C wrote:Just wait till the first rain when you leave a big black slick behind you

thanks, you just given away my secret weapon

Post by **Wattie** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:36 pm

when it rains, "hoffy!! get your ass to the back!!"

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:51 pm

So the milk crate has been officially retired then?

Post by **Wattie** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:26 pm

red_dave wrote:So the milk crate has been officially retired then?

it hasnt retired, its just resting...

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:45 pm

Wattie wrote:
red_dave wrote:So the milk crate has been officially retired then?
it hasnt retired, its just resting...

its all about luggage options, and I have a few

see the crate is suitable where I need a seat, like EC superbikes or a picnic.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:23 pm

my Ventura bags
just go grey with age

....like me

BladeBoy · Post by **BladeBoy** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:20 pm

Good stuff Hoffy, now for the project, you know the one we spoke about at the slab that will rock the motorcycling world and we will both be able to retire on..

Pabs · Post by **Pabs** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:01 pm

Al Jolson would love u Hoffy.
Good job mate.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:11 am

hmm, definately something to think about for me, my only problem is the plastic tabs on the corners of the handles have fallen apart on mine.