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Red/White?? Red/Silver?? Can't decide

tkent02

tkent02

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Planning on doing this in the next few days to my 650:


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My problem is I can't decide if I want the stripes white or silver. The tiny black stripes will be black, the gray area on the side of the tank will be darker gray, but I can't decide on the bigger stripes. What thinks the hive? Any comments?
 
My vote is for the white. I think it will contrast the red better than silver and will make the gray stand out more. Grey next to silver can look odd. Grey next to white is a clearer definition.

Just my .02
 
White will look better. Here's my GS500E for an example. The yellow S and pink decals were the PO's doing, but ignore those....I wanted to show you the tank and tailpiece to get an idea. You can see the front fender in the background too.
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As long as the red is dark then go bright silver metallic.
 
Thanks so much for those pics Lurch! I'm torn as to what to do with my bike but that pretty much sealed it for me except I'm going blue and white.
 
ddaniels said:
I was thinking kind of a cream color would look classy.
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I was thinking that too.

I tried to tweak the image to see/show the difference (original on left, cream on right). Now that I'm looking at it, I'm not sure I made the cream obvious enough. I grabbed the shade from an image of the Bonneville T100. I think it looks more sporty in white though if that's what you're going for:
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tkent02 said:
Yeah, I tried several different things in that area, didn't like any of them. Got any ideas?
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Well you could either try a sort of "S" side cover thing splitting it 50/50 white and red with a black stripe and white stripe to break it up, or try to emulate the scallop look in the tank with a white swoop. Or you could do the stripe style you have going down the spine offset on the cover, biased toward the top. Just my .02
 
TheCafeKid said:
Well you could either try a sort of "S" side cover thing splitting it 50/50 white and red with a black stripe and white stripe to break it up, or try to emulate the scallop look in the tank with a white swoop. Or you could do the stripe style you have going down the spine offset on the cover, biased toward the top. Just my .02
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Josh, I read this six times and I don't have a clue what you are talking about.
Can you show me?

I was thinking of having the white on the side of the tank swoop down onto the side cover and then go back, in one continuous curve but several tries on the stupid color program and I didn't get it right. Maybe I should try again.

swoopside.jpg
 
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tkent02 said:
Josh, I read this six times and I don't have a clue what you are talking about.
Can you show me?

I was thinking of having the white on the side of the tank swoop down onto the side cover and then go back, in one continuous curve but several tries on the stupid color program and I didn't get it right. Maybe I should try again.

swoopside.jpg
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Oh, now you totally screwed it up! Army green front fender doesn't go with anything...that wraparound white stripe on the tail looks gay....the black panel insert on the tank looks dumb and doesn't flow with the side covers....and your missing a handle on your metal cabinet door too....so stop trying to get creative at 2am! Get rid of that rear Dunlop tire (did you salvage that from an old Harley?) and leave it all army green and just ride the thing!;)
 
lurch12_2000 said:
Oh, now you totally screwed it up! Army green front fender doesn't go with anything...that wraparound white stripe on the tail looks gay....the black panel insert on the tank looks dumb and doesn't flow with the side covers....and your missing a handle on your metal cabinet door too....so stop trying to get creative at 2am! Get rid of that rear Dunlop tire (did you salvage that from an old Harley?) and leave it all army green and just ride the thing!;)
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I did the side cover change on the wrong pic, sorry! Yes that stripe does look gay, it was an early attempt. The Dunlop, yes it sucks, yes it's the wrong size, the Roadriders are ready to go on, but I'm having too much fun spinning the wheel on every other crosswalk or paint stripe to change it out just yet.

This tire sucks! Especially useless with a Sport Demon on the front!

Now I'm thinking maybe leave the whole side cover red? It will have the GS 650G emblem on it.

redside.jpg


Or maybe just a horizontal white stripe across it?

stripeside.jpg


or maybe just a little thing like this:

littlethinglikethis.jpg




I wish I was an artist, this stuff would be easy.
 
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Actually these last pics almost look like what I was saying. Either make the white swoop in the one a little larger (almost reverse what's on the tank, which is mostly red, make the side cover mostly white) or with the white stripe (which I like) bias the stripe either more toward the top of the side cover (my preference) or the bottom. That's pretty much what I was suggesting. Either that or split the side cover in half horizontally (half white half red, with a black pinstripe about a eighth inch above the end of the white in essence making an 1/8" black stripe followed by an 1/8" white stripe before the red starts)

I'm posting from my phone so I can't really show you unfortunately.
 
I prefer everything red, and the white/grey on the side of the tank. Nothing on fenders or side panel. Less is more
 
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