I have adapted an XS 750 tank to my XS 650. I am going be painting the bike soon and plan on using some knee pads on the sides of the tank where the indentions are. I am probably going to cut some ribbed rubber matting I found on the internet to form the knee pads, since I would never find knee pads that would follow the contours of the indentations on the tank. I have seen this done before and it looked fine to me. Besides most kneepads you see have some other logo on them like Triumph or Norton and that just wouldn't be cool. Would it be best to adhere these knee pads to the tank first and then mask them off for painting or would you paint the tank first and then place the knee pads? This sounds like a touchy job since I don't want to mess up a nice paint job by trying to get these knee pads set exactly centered when using adhesive. Can anyone suggest which to do first and also an adhesive that would hold them long term.
Jeffery
Jeffery