Topic: racing stripes - paint or decal?

[uwjberg]

after i get my paint on, i want to do some basic racing stripes to accent the bike. do most folks here paint them on, or use vinyl decals? any advantages/disadvantages either way?

if the answer is painting, any particular method of laying down tape so it's nice and even/straight?

[Triffecpa]

I prefer decals.  Good quality striping tape of different sizes and colors can be found at a professional auto paint store.  You can also go to a vinyl sign maker and have them do strips of vinyl in different colors and lengths.

Tracy

[uwjberg]

cool. anywhere online that i could take a peek?

[troppo]

I prefer decals.  Good quality striping tape of different sizes and colors can be found at a professional auto paint store.  You can also go to a vinyl sign maker and have them do strips of vinyl in different colors and lengths.

Tracy

+1
If you change your mind later on you can carefully pull them off

[KingCustomCycles.com]

Depends on the look I want.  I usually paint and use 3M fine line striping tape for my layout.  I buy the green 1/8 wide for most work.  I then sand all the colrs and base with 600 wet dry and clear coat over.  Decals are available for stock schemes from cbdecals.com and they can be clear coated also.  I custom paint 10-15 bikes a year.  Check my website for samples.

[lordmoonpie]

cool. anywhere online that i could take a peek?

I make CR750 decal sets and RC style honda flashes for fairings. If you let me know what you want I'll give you an SOHC4 members price....

[Ecosse]

Give these guys a look. I haven't done business with them- yet, but you can upload images to turn into decals.

VinzDecals.com

http://www.vinzdecals.com/index.html

[wildcatmahone]

Lordmoonpie, Any pics of your RC and CR750 decals?