White Rocket 3r Custom Paint & Seat

[sonny]

Not a fan of the new bikes but Pauls999 is one sharp looking bike. Triumph could take some lessons here.

 

[vsteel]

At least where I live, a white bike says cop and people seem to be much more on the lookout for white bikes, or bikes with some white on them. My last bike was white and people really seemed to notice me a lot.

 

[Mr G]

Stunning , The colour really suits the bike . Triumph take note .

 

[pica]

great work, looks very nice!

 

[Ishrub]

Wow great colour!

And yours is one of Ferrari's 15x White paint options, and they do not sell many White cars!

The Many Shades Of Ferrari White

Disclaimer: it’s extremely hard to see the differences between these shades of Ferrari white.

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Bianco Fuji​

A pearl white named after Mount Fuji, a famous mountain in Japan.

A 2010 ABS Roadster from an old Aussie forumite Graham White no relation, though we did meet briefly once.

Picked pearl white from the latest Mazda's and added a bronze tinge which makes it stand out in the sun

And then there is @warp9.9 's

I went Cadillac White Diamond Pearl On Gracie. still a work in progress but she is coming along well.
Alligator and leather Corbin bags and seat, arse should breathe better and sure fell comfy.

 

[Pauls999]

Wow great colour!

And yours is one of Ferrari's 15x White paint options, and they do not sell many White cars!

The Many Shades Of Ferrari White

Disclaimer: it’s extremely hard to see the differences between these shades of Ferrari white.

rossoautomobili.com

Bianco Fuji​

A pearl white named after Mount Fuji, a famous mountain in Japan.

A 2010 ABS Roadster from an old Aussie forumite Graham White no relation, though we did meet briefly once.

And then there is @warp9.9 's

Yep, that's it Bianco Fuji, nothing special, no expensive pearls just a lot of them, apparently, about 82% and the red seat makes it a sort of inside out Ferarri . Just takes a lot of care when applying as one mistake and you have to start again.

 

[FLACKIT]

Stunning, next year it will be the "2023 3R White" edition from Triumph after they see this.

 

[Kojack1970]

Nice job, I like it. Just got me thinking, I almost never see a white bike, on any make and model. And Triumph, where the F is the British racing green? That's a great color too.

 

[rocket3r1967]

This is my response to Triumphs "limited Edition" you can have any colour you like so long as it's black Rocket. (not really it been it's the making a long before they were announced)

After a few months of waiting for stuff to be done because of lockdowns it's finally finished , my black Rocket is now a white Rocket with a new red real leather seat and tail tidy.
The paint is an out of range Ferrari special order pearl "Bianco Fuji", and just in case you fancy having your new Ferrari in this colour it's a £25,000 or $35,000 option.

Luckily if you get your favourite paint shop to do a bike its a hell of a lot less, this cost £1500 ($2100). The seat is a very nice supple leather inspired by one of the patterns in a Ferrari 458 in the same red and was a very reasonable £275 ($385) and to finish it off a tail tidy from a French company on eBay got rid of that ugly factory backend.

And no I'm not a Ferrari fanboy but I do like the Bianco Fuji paint and even on a ****y dull overcast day like today you can see the pearl effect really well when many lesser pearls would just look dull-white. In the sun its look even better, a bright silver-white. Now I just have to wait for some sun, something that is not guaranteed here in England. I did some pics on the garage with just two small lights that show how the pearl changes to a creamy colour but it looks better in real life than in the pics.

I also changed a few of the silver bits to satin black, the upper radiator cowl and front fork shrouds to make it look a bit less obese from the front. That rad cowl in silver makes the bike look really wide and the silver fork shroud around the forks does the same so I took a leaf out of the TFC blacked out look before the new black LTD versions were announced.

I originally wanted a Red version but none were available last June so I took the last black one in stock, the thinking was I could change the colour later maybe to red but then decided to do something different and this was the result.

Edit : 2 days later and it was sunny today so I got the video camera out to show it in the sun, always much better so the video is below.

The Paint was done by DJ Spray services, Norwich D J Spray Services
Seat by Motorcycle Seat Specialists - Viking Motorcycle Seats
Tail tidy Fender Eliminator Side Triumph Rocket 3 R / Gt | eBay

Awesome. that red custom seat really pops. Interesting that you decided to leave the radiator shroud black. That was brilliant because i think it provides a nice transition from front to back. The tail treatment and signal lights really give that “minimalist” approach. Great work!

Looks good mate and your videos are top notch too. Was the seat expensive and was it a straightforward recovering or did they do other work to it?

 

[Pauls999]

Looks good mate and your videos are top notch too. Was the seat expensive and was it a straightforward recovering or did they do other work to it?

It was a recover but with real leather and a pattern inspired by the Ferrari 458 seat, only problem i have with it is that its really rather slippy and you do slide around, that and if i do get caught in the rain it puddles behind me and makes my ass wet, i need better waterproofs that dont leak on the seams , the price was £275 btw