New paint

[Montana vmax]

Just wanted to say how happy I am with the new paint from Captain Kyle! Great guy and reasonably priced for sure.

 

[desert_max]

Whoa, that is nice. Enjoy the riding season. No problem finding that puppy in a crowd...

 

[Montana vmax]

Hi viz for sure. Our 10 minutes of riding weather today.

 

[Nubicon]

I'm a stickler for metal finish on the scoops, but that looks good! Nice job!

 

[Montana vmax]

thanks, that is all Kyle, I just picked the colors.

 

[user 16790]

good job, what type of paint is it

 

[CaptainKyle]

Looks good all together thanks for the work !

 

[CaptainKyle]

good job, what type of paint is it

Base coat clear coat made by PPG

 

[Fire-medic]

There are iconic color combos for bikes, black, of-course; a personal favorite of mine is orange and black. I like this orange hue. Another one I like is tangerine. 'Re-sale red' isn't one I enjoy as-much as people anxious to sell their ride, so it gets to-be 'red.' I think in Kyle's work he's posted on-here, he had a red with wide silver stripes, that looks good.

It seems nobody but Kawasaki uses green. That may have something to-do with superstition. At Indianapolis (the 500), green was an 'unlucky color.' Then you have 'British Racing Green.' Going-back to that same paint job of Kyle's, the two wide silver stripes, a BRG with two wide silver stripes I think would look good.

The John Player Norton, black with thin gold outline pinstriping, looks good in a lot of applications.

I'm also partial to the Penske late 1960's Camaro Trans-Am scheme, something like a cobalt blue and yellow trim.

And for a juxtaposition, how-about the John Wyer Ford GT's with robin's egg blue and orange trim?

 

[02GF74]

+1 very nice. I did consider orange but stuck with my original choice of black.

Agree with you about the blue/orange Gulf colour scheme, not sure how that would look in a vmax.

 

[Fire-medic]

+1 very nice. I did consider orange but stuck with my original choice of black.

Agree with you about the blue/orange Gulf colour scheme, not sure how that would look in a vmax.

One of us has done that. Even the engine.

 

[CaptainKyle]

There are iconic color combos for bikes, black, of-course; a personal favorite of mine is orange and black. I like this orange hue. Another one I like is tangerine. 'Re-sale red' isn't one I enjoy as-much as people anxious to sell their ride, so it gets to-be 'red.' I think in Kyle's work he's posted on-here, he had a red with wide silver stripes, that looks good.

It seems nobody but Kawasaki uses green. That may have something to-do with superstition. At Indianapolis (the 500), green was an 'unlucky color.' Then you have 'British Racing Green.' Going-back to that same paint job of Kyle's, the two wide silver stripes, a BRG with two wide silver stripes I think would look good.

The John Player Norton, black with thin gold outline pinstriping, looks good in a lot of applications.

I'm also partial to the Penske late 1960's Camaro Trans-Am scheme, something like a cobalt blue and yellow trim.

And for a juxtaposition, how-about the John Wyer Ford GT's with robin's egg blue and orange trim?

I am not usually a Red fan either but I have done a couple like the one you mentioned. I finished up a House of Kolor wild cherry today that I do like though.

 

[CaptainKyle]

I like this orange & black one. I done one in Florida that I was not real fond of but it was what the customer wanted. I keep wondering what the grab bar would look like black on this one.

 

[Montana vmax]

Hmmm now I wonder that too...

 

[CaptainKyle]

Hmmm now I wonder that too...

I ain't much help am I ? LOL

 

[Fire-medic]

The dark cherry red is a rich-looking color.

Reds I do like, are the '65 Mustang Rangoon Red, or the Poppy Red.
https://mustangattitude.com/mustang/1965/1965mustangcolors.shtml
Kyle, do you usually-paint the rear of the front fender flat black, or leave it body color?

 

[CaptainKyle]

I usually do the whole fender body color if it is up to me. I always give the customer the option though.

 

[PATMAX]

There are iconic color combos for bikes, black, of-course; a personal favorite of mine is orange and black. I like this orange hue. Another one I like is tangerine. 'Re-sale red' isn't one I enjoy as-much as people anxious to sell their ride, so it gets to-be 'red.' I think in Kyle's work he's posted on-here, he had a red with wide silver stripes, that looks good.

It seems nobody but Kawasaki uses green. That may have something to-do with superstition. At Indianapolis (the 500), green was an 'unlucky color.' Then you have 'British Racing Green.' Going-back to that same paint job of Kyle's, the two wide silver stripes, a BRG with two wide silver stripes I think would look good.

The John Player Norton, black with thin gold outline pinstriping, looks good in a lot of applications.

I'm also partial to the Penske late 1960's Camaro Trans-Am scheme, something like a cobalt blue and yellow trim.

And for a juxtaposition, how-about the John Wyer Ford GT's with robin's egg blue and orange trim?

First bike paint job I ever did as a kid was on the neighborhood communal dirtbike no one supposed to have. I stashed at my house because I lived in the woods. It too was black with Harley orange insert on tank and stripes on fender. It actually came out good with no color sanding.
I have a new gun but garage is so full and I have more grease contaminants I dare not spray in my garage. I do have a pop up canopy with visqueen sides and zippered doors now. Humidity makes S Florida paint impossible unless you like blushing paint ! Can’t wait to see some 1985 Amethyst come out of Kyle’s shop !

 

[desert_max]

I have never been a huge fan of red motorcycles and had never owned one… until recently. I am in the final stages of finishing up converting what was a 900 pound titan of a Motorcycle - a Kawasaki Voyager 6 cylinder (ZN1300) - into a street brawler. My buddy who does paint for me had some leftover circa 1975 Corvette red and I decided to use it. I kinda like it…

 

[Fire-medic]

I think red looks-best when it's broken-up with a contrasting color striping, two-tone, or some-other paint technique. Scallops were popular in the '50's and '60's. In the Van-crazy '70's ribbons were popular, as-were murals of-course.

Autos in the 1920's and '30's often had unusual combinations, which don't sound like a good combo, until you see them in-person. I like the Duesenbergs which had contrasting pinstriping on neutral-colors for the bodywork, from seeing several in-person at a show years-ago.

The DuPont family owned Indian Motorcycles at one point, which meant that if DuPont made a color, you could pay to get it on an Indian. Here's an interesting article about the DuPonts, and their business holdings, including Indian.
https://thevintagent.com/2017/07/25/the-motorcycling-du-ponts/

This pic of a 1939 Indian Chief is a perfect example of what I said at the beginning of the post. Breaking-up the large-expanse of red by making the bike a two-tone, and contrasting pinstriping, quite a handsome job especially considering it's a factory piece of work.