[DavidS]

From memory, the basecoat beneath the graphics was almost like a shrink wrap film rather than an applied paint.
Best of luck though because, as we know, they are tricky things to deal with. I guess it would need to be permanently flexible.

 

[DavidS]

It lasted longer than I would have expected but it was sadly always inevitable, I suppose.
I went for the film thought as it bubbled but stayed flexible.
I recall that orange bits were coloured in but black was painted over but wouldn’t have applied to the tank. Even Crispy’s graphics succumbed within a year to the dreaded E.

I do still miss my SM though, but I would had to get it lowered nowadays. My inside leg measurement seems to have shrunk by an inch or two.

 

[DavidS]

Let’s face it, getting a monkey to diy it will be better than how an ethanol‘d SM tank looks.
Even with the extra thick super-sticky Crispy graphics on it, it looked like it had an horrendous case of boils when I px’d it with Premier Bikes.

 

[DavidS]

I'll take that as a compliment David!

I know you will obsess about getting it spot on.
But they do look awful once bubbled.