Did some painting and pin stripes on my 86' 700.. Tell me what you think

I'm trying to figure out what my new paint scheme will be. So, first I'm toying with ideas if I decide to repaint black. I added:

carbon fiber wrap (cut out to make it look like a dual headlight similar to a 90-93 VFR)
Gold pin stripes
Painted calipers gold
Ceramic coat on portion of the exhaust.



If you don't like any of it, don't hesitate to say so. Myself, I do not like the color of ceramic coat on exhaust. It looks like dull metal. The gold is too bright on the calipers IMO. But I do like the idea of an insert on the headlight. I hope to find some gloss black tint or something instead of the carbon fiber wrap.

 

I'm not too sure I am for that gold on black. Maybe silver? Or red would pop nice. You already have silver on the bike elsewhere. Also I would have tended to run the lines along ridges that are already there.

For instance, the top line. Run it below those faring bolts and on the outer most portion of that edge above your side vents. That would continue along and meet up with the line on the tank quite nicely.

Same for the bottom line. Move it up above the "VF" to the edge below the side faring vent. It would then follow along right to the back on the rear fender cowl. But you would loose that downward curve at the front of the lower line which I think is really neat.

Finish it up with a wheel stripe same colour as the pinstripe.

What I did as I was trying to figure out my graphics, was to download a while side view photo of my bike and printed a few off. Then played with markers to get my ideas. After playing around with that, I discovered a company that had exactly the graphics I wanted which were a bit of a copyright take off from a TV network from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. They also did the graphics for the network too.

 

If you were to go with the red, to paint the middle portion between the lines some shade of charcoal grey would be kinda neat.

 

Awsome input Randy. I agree with you %100 on the charcoal and red. The wheels are going to stay black with a polished lip. Do you think it could look cool if I painted the frame/swingarm charcoal, painted the fairings black, then used silver pinstripes and graphics? I like the idea of adding red too though..

 

Each to their own. Kinda like a personality thing if you will. I would myself would leave the fram as is. Silver on the larger pieces and black tubing. If you are going to two tone it, paint the wheels the same colour as that centre portion. A charcoal does not show the brake dust as much as black would. White is simply a bitch to keep clean. Nice thing about the 07 RWB, is that the wheels never look dirty. The dirt and dust just blends in.

If you are going with the silver stripe, then the polished rim edges would be great. But if you went red, I think the strip on the wheels should match. If you are going to go multi coloured (several actually) then I don't think it would look that good unless, you make a statement with it like Stoshmonster has done with his.

Love it when someone personalizes the appearance of their ride.

 

It looks pretty good not sure about the pinstripe, maybe the VF decal should be same color as the stripe. Red stripe would make it look good IMHP, but its not my bike an ultimately it is what you like that matters.
Keep up the good work and trying different things, it is almost as much fun as riding them.

 

Some whitewall tires and a set of those fringe bar grips would look great.

 

Reminds me of the Lotus John Player Special. I like it.

 

Badbilly ~ is this your VFR? Orange/Black?

 

Yes. I am thinking about adding some whitewalls and fringe.

 

SF Giants colors, I like that too

 

orange and black not to shabby looking. i like white and copper, white and gold, black and gold, black and red, white with red and black accents,and of course red white and blue . the list just goes on and on you can make it look good with just about any combo with the right balance of colors.

 

Even pink and puce Harleys.

 

o yes you can not forget them!!!

 

I know.. I tried..

 

Update: tried some silver and then red instead of the gold. Tell me what you think.

 

I like the red pinstripe as opposed to the silver and gold.
It seems to tighten up the look IMHO.
great job so far

 

I agree. The red makes it.pop.

 

The red looks great to me.

 

Red wins!
John