I have had this idea for a few years now to have my inner fairing pinstriped. I wanted some red on the inner fairing but thought that a full blown painted inner would be too much, so I thought some pinstriping would get me some color without blinding me.

The general idea is to have various line art Tiki's pinstriped on the inner fairing. I would have the fairing shipped to 4 or 5 different artists, each putting thier own design on it. My only stipulation was that it has to be in one color... red.

So we rode our bikes to Durango, CO to ride the Million Dollar Highway and when we stopped at the dealership, we just happened across the Harley Demo Truck. The dealer was making a big party of it and there was a pinstriper on-site. So I figure he can do his thing while I go ride the new CVO Street and Road Glides.

My fairing is becoming faded and it's getting time to replace it with a gloss black painted one where the above idea will start to take life. And since I was going to replace it anyways.... lets have this guy take a stab at it. If it doesnt work out, no biggie.

Apparently there was communication break down because I didn't get a Tiki design, what I got was just pinstriping. It's just a test though so I let it be.

So long story blah blah blah.... here it is.
and yes, I am already calling it the "Mike Tyson tattoo that I had done to my bike".

 

Nice pinstripes but like you I don't see the tiki. Lol

 

lol yea.

I more looking for opinions on the original idea. The pinstriping, though not a Tiki, still gives somewhat of an idea.

I know. I'm the one that has to look at it, etc.etc..... but sometimes you just need to hear from other people that it's just a bad idea.

 

Without a specific design, it just looks super busy to me. I think it will work with a design, like the tikis you intended.

 

I'm not onboard with it, looks to me like something that you'd get tired of pretty quickly.

 

Wouldn't it be cheaper to have the inner painted gloss blk than to replace it w/ gloss? Had mine painted. Think i paid ~ $300. I like the asymmetrical stripping.

 

My opinion........that particular design is too busy to cover the whole thing with.
I'd have it removed and go with the tiki's
Finding the right artists to complete your idea is important.

Pete "Hotdog" Finland would be my first choice.

 

Doesn't do it for me. Too much 'noise' around the gauges. I'm going to agree with painting it gloss black and just do some minor pin-striping around the edges.

Get the fairing exchanged for a gloss black one, then do the pin-striping yourself with tape. Ride it like that for a while and see if you like the pin-striping. If you don't, then just pull it off a try a different design.


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IMO, it would look better painting the fairing to match the bike and having the pinstripe in black.


But it would less expensive to paint it gloss black and have the design in red. Your choice. Please post the finished product.

 

I opened this thread expecting to not like what I was about to see. After taking a look, I think it's a pretty cool idea. It would be easy to go overboard with it, but it could end up being a nice customization if it doesn't get too busy.