[72westie]

Hey,
I thought I would ask your opinions on what color to have the bodywork painted on my Race Bike. I have the front mini fairing and the rear tail section that are getting drop off to my friend to paint on Wednesday. I was just going to have one solid color on the pieces and then the yellow number plates in the plate area's. He suggested British Racing Green, as its a British bike. I am kind of leaning towards that, but I wanted some other opinions. What do you guys think? The red circled area's are where it needs to be yellow, the rest is the painted area's.



 

[AgentX]

Seems almost a shame to cover up that metal...what about Brit green on the fairing (aside from the yellow) and maybe a stripe of it going over the tank/tail rather than covering it all up?

I had a bicycle done in a translucent metallic emerald powdercoat over raw metal which looked insanely good.

By the way, there's a lot of superstition against painting vehicles BRG, especially motorcycles...

Maybe a metallic orange if not green?

MD

[72westie]

The tank won't be painted, just the bodywork.

[cyrusb]

Black with gold pinstripes, ala John Player Special. It's design is too old for bright colors, It's vintage racing, look the part. My $.02

[72westie]

Black and gold sounds good, just like Dad's commando. Keep 'em coming!

[GreenMachine]

race bike....i'm guessing its for the track...u can be the "Green Hornet"...Have to agree with Agent X their somethign to be said about gunmetal look on a bike...

[single]

Well,white and blue are the U.S. racing colors.Can be rather striking with some imagination.The bike does have a Brit heritage,of course.What about the Indian aspect,though? What are the Indian colors?

[boggy]

Some quick, basic color concepts for the imagination.  I'm partial to royal blue as it goes well with yellow and alloy.

[boggy]

... stripes make bikes faster.  fact.

[AgentX]

Cream and brit green in a stripe or half-half spit look nice.

Or what about checkers or another pattern, like concentric rings on the front/lateral stripes on back?  If they were yellow and black, continuing the number plate pattern, you'd look rather WWI bi-plane/hornet-like...

Or, yellow with a really dark green instead of black.



Maybe look at some pics of old SPADs or Sopwith Camel squadron paintjobs for inspiration?

[72westie]

Hmmm...I am kind of digging a BRG or a dark green with gold stripes running down the middle.

[Blltrdr]

76 Orange w/dk blue or white striping (fat center stripe flanked by thin stripes) would look great with the tank. You definitely would stand out from the rest.

[RGT]

I really like the antique white/ cream that they have on some of the new minis. That with some dark stripes could be very classy...

[boggy]

Here is your dark green and yellow stripe.  I like the single stripe matching the number plate.  Looks bold and serious. (the green would be nicer a few shades darker).

Your seat will just be a pad that rises up to that edge imagine.  Black?

[72westie]

Actually I just ran no pad whatsoever on the seat. Just my skinny ass on the fiberglass.  I think I may run a small bit of foam this year, but just right in the lower seat area only.