pinstriping ideas flat black with ???

a guy just brought a harley to the shop and he wants it flat back with some pinstriping, it will be my first pinstripping job so i will be a testing the waters.
the bike is going flat black and we are trying to get some pics of flat black with certain colors for some ideas of colors, he would just like to see it before he agrees to a color
please help
thanks
ben

 

Red and white. Classic.

 

Can't do the red and white on a Harley.

 

Red alone looks great

 

No more red and white... do gloss black so it's subtle, or silver would look good!!

 

gloss black

 

I really like flat black with gloss black striping. always looks good.

 

Gloss black and Gloss Orange, no white or silver at all

 

Orange and Ivory or Chamois ( off white)

Yep, it's possible that red and white might infer some sort of "club" association that your customer might not want to deal with.

It's not flat, but at least it's black



sublime green and white stripes, and a little orange and ivory in the flying eye on satin black.

 

another vote for gloss on flat black

 

gloss black and orange or silver

 

I'd go with clear. no one will know if you screw it up.

 

Maybe the fellas over to the JockeyJournal.com might have experience with this?
There's bound to be flat black paint jobs over there-a fine forum for motorsickles and the like...

 

any reasons? or just b/c its been over done?

 

How bout Satin black. I'll make the tank reflect a little.

 

because its illegal!

what are you retarded?

 

For the reasons Abomb said. It could happen.

 

I like both the orange/cream and the green/cream pictured above. Two colors of blue would be good too. Possibilities are basically endless over black.

Follow my fotki link below to see a bunch of pinstripe photos to give you some ideas to ponder. Just hit the link and then hit the "Pinstriping" folder. Should keep you busy for awhile.

 

What year and model is the harley?

 

Blue with silver and or steel.

The Satin Cross Bones, Street Bob and Nightster have some cool stripe jobs

 

I agree!

 

Heres a few I did some time ago........

 

Hmmm how about copper, orange with a touch of silver

 

gray, robin egg blue, pale green, gloss black....no red/white please

 

nope, don't think so anyway. just young and never grew up around bikes.

gang related huh? wow, sounds like the wanna be thugs from high school w/ there red or blue hankys, and i'm the one being accused of retardation?

 

Flat Clear though.

 

My brother has gloss black stripes on his flat black Indian. I vote you copy him

 

Forget this dude.He hasn't responded since his first post. He's probably at the Jockey site.

 

sorry i have been away from the computer i normally use it at work and that was were i posted
I have talked to the guy since and he and i both like the gloss of flat in black
thank you all for your input
i love the white or cream with green that is bad ass
but it is not my bike
I normally flame things so this is new, but i have been wanting to pinstripe for a while
i am not for sure on the year, but it has been hacked and welded and played with all i really know is that t has a kick start with an iron head motor and wire wheels front and rear
it should look pretty sweet when done
unless i f it up
thanks for all the replies
i will post pics when done

 

Lime Green! Sounds like shit, but it really is a great contrast.