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To update this thread I would like to say that I stuck with the traditional paint on my Aprilia Mille. This was purely for the sake of getting the bike back on the road! A nice paint job would have taken another month seeing how I would be doing it on the weekends.



Here is my bike as I have found a bright color rear cowl which matches the bottom of the Mille perfectly! I also happened to find a deal on a complete carbon fiber rear cowl and cover. You can see the cover on this picture. I have a black one as well. I like the bright color one but someday I want to try out the carbon fiber on my second Aprilia chassis that I plan on building with the new engine which I have began plan on here in this thread:
http://www.fourwheelforum.com/index.php?showtopic=205

Here is my bike with the tailbag. I like the black on the bike as long as I have the bright colors to break it up. I don't feel that safe when I'm all black and hard to see in traffic.




Also here is probably the most effort I've ever seen that went in to creating different paint schemes for Aprilia motorcycles. http://www.motomac.it/Aprilia_3.htm This is the work of fabiovicenti (as he is known on the AF1 / APriliaforum.com and he is from Italy. There are paint jobs illustrated onto different models such as Tuonos, Shivers, Milles and more. I've seen some of his work on Futuras and they were the best I've seen yet. Anything but the regular plain silver, black or red.

Fabiovicenti contributes to the AF1 ~ Aprilia Forum (http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/index.php) and his most recent Futura idea can be found here: http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/showthr...082#post2006082. Excellent!
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