72 750 Combat Roadster project

jbruney · Mar 2, 2020

Lettering & single gold stripe.... They'll still ask what it is though.

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

Richard Tool said:
or eliminating the characters and adding a line around the perimeter ...

Difficult to get a good read on this with the cowl not yet in black but ...
Looking for opinions/input here if anyone dares to tread the slippery slope of subjective aesthetics.

Thanks for looking in- RT

Here you go - this is my opinion.

Nice work on the cowl, BTW.

NPeteN · Mar 2, 2020

How bout all back cowl no stripe?!

Richard Tool · Mar 2, 2020

NPeteN said:
How bout all back cowl no stripe?!

Perhaps gortnipper can work his magic again and show us what that would look like ??

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

Nah. Might as well keep the bare seat.

Richard Tool · Mar 2, 2020

gortnipper said:
Here you go - this is my opinion.

Nice work on the cowl, BTW.

Thanks gortnipper - VERY helpful !

Richard Tool · Mar 2, 2020

I think I will keep the lining on the cowl - the shiny Mylar tape is very bold and I think when all is done in paint it will be more understated.

NPeteN · Mar 2, 2020

^this is true^

All black pic looks velvety, very swanky

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

NPeteN said:
^this is true^

All black pic looks velvety, very swanky

LOL - that is because I simply inverted the color of his cowl from white to black and pasted his mylar back on.

I think with black paint to match the tank, and real pinstriping, and sidecovers with the stock 750 gold lettering, the whole package will look dope!

jbruney · Mar 2, 2020

The bike is very sharp and some minor accent is almost a must to set off the highlights and bring it all together. Just an old fart opinion. YMMV.
1/8" will flow right in when done and bring a bit of attention to the upper works of the machine as it flows from tank to seat to seat cowl without being obtrusive.

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

BTW - the Photoshop trickery was how I mocked up mine for the painter, but he still managed to screw it up a bit.

I wanted the trim profile rounded like the old Hailwood pudding basin, bit he missed that email

NPeteN · Mar 2, 2020

Looks good to me. Hows the rest of the bike? Can't help myself.

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

Great! Have had it 30 years.

NPeteN · Mar 2, 2020

Sharky!!
What a machine!

jbruney · Mar 2, 2020

No faults in that one from what I see.

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

A Norton without some faults is, well, a unicorn.

(Sorry for the hijack RT)

jbruney · Mar 2, 2020

Even their faults are wonderous miracles to behold.... and fix.

Richard Tool · Mar 2, 2020

gortnipper said:
Great! Have had it 30 years.
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Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing that with us.. that’s what I love about this site . We are all inmates in the same ward sharing the same disease & propping each other up - sometimes from halfway around the world!

gortnipper · Mar 2, 2020

RT are you going to have the tank and side covers repainted with the cowl, or just buff them out?

Richard Tool · Mar 2, 2020

gortnipper said:
RT are you going to have the tank and side covers repainted with the cowl, or just buff them out?

All going to a custom bike painter - everything will be paint - no stickers or decals . I don’t know how to post links - about time I learned so if I can’t figure it out I will just post his site address.

72 750 Combat Roadster project

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