Ok - was a cold day today but sunny so thought it best to apply the road warrior - the sun warmed the bike up nicely but also armed with a heat blower - was amazed watching the applied Road Warrior dry & go clear before my eyes - pics as below:
The road warrior comes from the bottle as a thick white liquid - the roller is good quality & applied the liquid reasonably good - a paint brush took care of the hard to reach areas the roller couldn't reach.
Good pic of the product on the front guard - this was the 2nd coat - the heat gun worked a treat in making it goes off & reasonably clear.
Front guard after 2 coats & fully cured - with the heat blower took all of 5 minutes to apply a coat a dry it - not too bad a look but a close inspection will show the matt finish of the Road Warrior
The black on the batwing absorbed the sun & heated up nicely - the Road Warrior was curing almost immediately on application - 1/2 way through the 2nd coat - I applied a 3rd coat as I wanted extra protection for my trip.
3 coats & dried to a reasonable looking finish - the photo shows the matt effect of the coating on the black - it looks almost transparent on the orange.
THe Road Warrior shows up noticeably on chrome as I expected - but protection I wanted - that I got.
There she is all completed - around 2 hours work - the look is acceptable but the product shows noticeably on black paintwork with a matt sheen - the texture feels like a hard plastic & seems quite a hard quality protective finish - all leading edges facing forward - batwing/ lowers/ forks/ front of tank/ front & top of panniers all done. I feel the bike is nicely protected & is now ready for my 4000km pilgrimage. I also put some on another place to test the makers claim of wetting it & peeling it off - it did so perfectly.
I'll post some more pics post trip of how the product weathered & ease of removal.
At this early stage I'd definitely recommend Road Warrior for folk like me sweating on damaging paint on a long trip.
Cheers
Glen.