Applying Wheel Strips SUCKS!


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Fizzi6ergal

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Yes, it may look pretty good in the picture, but when you get up close. It looks quite terrible LOL! But can you blame me? This is my first time ever applying my own set of Progrip wheel strips. It comes with a little adapter and the guy on youtube makes it look easier than what it actually is. First off, it comes in a roll and an adapter to help put it on your wheels. The tape is NOT pre-curved. I only did one side of my wheel and my service manager told me to put my bike up on the lift so it's eye-level with me instead of using a wheel stand and doing it from the ground. Hopefully I'll put the rest of it on shortly before I take her out and make a fool of myself with just one side done.
 
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leem00

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Fizzi6ergal said:
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Yes, it may look pretty good in the picture, but when you get up close. It looks quite terrible LOL! But can you blame me? This is my first time ever applying my own set of Progrip wheel strips. It comes with a little adapter and the guy on youtube makes it look easier than what it actually is. First off, it comes in a roll and an adapter to help put it on your wheels. The tape is NOT pre-curved. I only did one side of my wheel and my service manager told me to put my bike up on the lift so it's eye-level with me instead of using a wheel stand and doing it from the ground. Hopefully I'll put the rest of it on shortly before I take her out and make a fool of myself with just one side done.
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I got the ones from power sports super store that is not a tape... Installing in a week!

Rascal Grafik 17in. Universal Wheel Reflective Strip Kit - Red RA36902
 
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Weslowski

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I like it a lot! but have you or anyone though of painting a line like that? Just spin the wheel and brush down!
 
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Kayo7

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Fizzi6ergal said:
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Yes, it may look pretty good in the picture, but when you get up close. It looks quite terrible LOL! But can you blame me? This is my first time ever applying my own set of Progrip wheel strips. It comes with a little adapter and the guy on youtube makes it look easier than what it actually is. First off, it comes in a roll and an adapter to help put it on your wheels. The tape is NOT pre-curved. I only did one side of my wheel and my service manager told me to put my bike up on the lift so it's eye-level with me instead of using a wheel stand and doing it from the ground. Hopefully I'll put the rest of it on shortly before I take her out and make a fool of myself with just one side done.
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I had the exact same thing, except i didn't even finish one side yet. It was to cold out to have it stick so I gave up, but when I was trying to put it on, i couldn't keep it straight lol.:D
 
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Scott_Thomas

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leem00 said:
I got the ones from power sports super store that is not a tape... Installing in a week!

Rascal Grafik 17in. Universal Wheel Reflective Strip Kit - Red RA36902
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Let me know how it goes. I'd like to add red stripes to my Raven beauty. How do they stick if not using adhesive? I know from my 2002 Z28 vinyl overlays that a little soapy water goes a long way to make sure you can fix mistakes. They were still on good when I sold it last year (were on for about 5 years). They had adhesive, but if you soap them a little you can move them around. The Z28 emblems had some extremely tiny sticker pieces.
 
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Anthony

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I always like the looks of the stripes but no way would I try that. I do not have the patients to do that 4 times with precision. When done, it would look like I was riding on square boxes instead of wheels. Good luck!
 
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Fizzi6ergal

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Yeah, when I'm going really fast, it won't show my screw-ups. LOL. A friend suggested that I use windex when I put them on so I can move the strip around to the perfect place. I might try that when I put the rest on. I ran out of lunch break, that is why I had to quit. Then I need to find a way to lift the front wheel off the ground so I can put the front on. This pink is a little brighter than the pink on the flames but damn it looks good from a distance. I just can't help myself and look at my beauty. Did I mention I washed her today? Oh ya! Almost there. Gotta renew my license tags before I can go out and ride her though :-(
 
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danieljardim

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Fizzi6ergal said:
Yeah, when I'm going really fast, it won't show my screw-ups. LOL. A friend suggested that I use windex when I put them on so I can move the strip around to the perfect place. I might try that when I put the rest on. I ran out of lunch break, that is why I had to quit. Then I need to find a way to lift the front wheel off the ground so I can put the front on. This pink is a little brighter than the pink on the flames but damn it looks good from a distance. I just can't help myself and look at my beauty. Did I mention I washed her today? Oh ya! Almost there. Gotta renew my license tags before I can go out and ride her though :-(
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I did mine with the windex trick. it was very good and easy to do.

 
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Blue-Sun

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There is a thread somewhere on the forum by Nasty Butler, it had instructions I used to apply my wheel stripes (maybe one of the mods can find it). My end result was pretty good...

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Anthony

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I wonder what color would look good on my chrome wheels... Black?


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MNGreg

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I got the reflective blue stripes from Tapeworks. I just asked my dealer to do it for me during my first year when had them clean and winterize the bike when it was too cold to wash it at home (was in middle of a move and they were going to hold the bike for me for about a month while moving). Only cost me like $15 and they did a perfect job. I would not trust myself to do a somewhat decent job on this..
 
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Fizzi6ergal

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So, update. Learned that it takes time and patience, as does everything else in life. I'm just a young gun still learning life as it throws shit at me. My service manager and I tackled the wheels again. We started over, took the old tape off and re-did the wheel tape. I ordered in another roll of this stuff so the front wheel will have to wait until tomorrow. But I'm here updating what I did with my wheels. Yes the pink looks amazing against the white and it really brings out the pink in the flames too. :D. The strips are a lot straighter than the first go round. It may be a 1 person job, but the way we did it ended up being 2 people. He rolled the tape on and with his other hand, he held the tape going into the adapter tight. I used 1 finger and pressed the tape down against the wheel so it didn't pop up as we got halfway around the wheel(yes, that happened to us Friday. Halfway around the wheel the whole strip of tape detached from the wheel).
 
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Fizzi6ergal

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Soon to come..... Driven sprocket(black) and a pink Ek chain! Will take pics as soon as that is done. Waiting for my countershaft to come in either wednesday or thursday.
 
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Anthony

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Fizzi6ergal said:
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So, update. Learned that it takes time and patience, as does everything else in life. I'm just a young gun still learning life as it throws shit at me. My service manager and I tackled the wheels again. We started over, took the old tape off and re-did the wheel tape. I ordered in another roll of this stuff so the front wheel will have to wait until tomorrow. But I'm here updating what I did with my wheels. Yes the pink looks amazing against the white and it really brings out the pink in the flames too. :D. The strips are a lot straighter than the first go round. It may be a 1 person job, but the way we did it ended up being 2 people. He rolled the tape on and with his other hand, he held the tape going into the adapter tight. I used 1 finger and pressed the tape down against the wheel so it didn't pop up as we got halfway around the wheel(yes, that happened to us Friday. Halfway around the wheel the whole strip of tape detached from the wheel).
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Seems like it would be simple but is turning into a real PITA lol
 

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Scott_Thomas

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Fizzi6ergal said:
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So, update. Learned that it takes time and patience, as does everything else in life. I'm just a young gun still learning life as it throws shit at me. My service manager and I tackled the wheels again. We started over, took the old tape off and re-did the wheel tape. I ordered in another roll of this stuff so the front wheel will have to wait until tomorrow. But I'm here updating what I did with my wheels. Yes the pink looks amazing against the white and it really brings out the pink in the flames too. :D. The strips are a lot straighter than the first go round. It may be a 1 person job, but the way we did it ended up being 2 people. He rolled the tape on and with his other hand, he held the tape going into the adapter tight. I used 1 finger and pressed the tape down against the wheel so it didn't pop up as we got halfway around the wheel(yes, that happened to us Friday. Halfway around the wheel the whole strip of tape detached from the wheel).
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Looking good, Gotta get me some red stripes. Gonna wait for warmer weather though since I can't get her inside right now. She's in my neighbor's garage, but only till Thursday, because she's moving. Can't wait to get my new shed up (just for my baby). Will be a few weeks though until the weather gets a little better. Did you just apply it, or did you use some soap/windex to make it easier to remove and reapply?
 
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