Need some paint suggestions

[Guest]

Currently my bike looks like this:



When I put it all together this summer, I was in a rush to get some miles on her so I quickly threw this color scheme together. I like it but Im not in love with it So Im thinking about changing up the paint over winter. These are the colors Im thinking:

Black as main color, silver, gold striping.



Motor is also getting painted/polished. Head will be silver, jugs will be black.

I think using black as the main color, and a silver section somewhere with the gold striping and paint the logo gold with black outlining will add some class(?) to the bike. Pipes will also be changed out to a shorter 17" can and wheels will be changed out to a light gold painted spokes with a polished lip.

Anyone have any ideas how to make these colors look good? If you have time, feel free to draw something out

[Tim Tom]

Nice looking Cafe project. To make it look better definitely look into re-painting the frame black though. That will cover some of your grinder marks and give it a clean set of bones.

As far as paint I think you should look at some of the triumph bonneville bikes for inspiration.

I like this scheme and i think it would look nice on a GS tank. Except where is is white I imagine it silver.



Still not really sure what to do with that tail though...

[mcloud]

In the black, gold and silver scheme.

[atb1998]

Your using on of the coolest bikes ever built as a paint idea. Cole Foster's Crocker bobber. It will look way cool with a tank painted like that

[srsupertrap]

I like the Crocker paint job & contrasting colors but I think you need to work with the shape of the GS1000 tank and it's flat panels which lend itself well to another two tone paint job.