New paintjob and pinstriping

My 1974 commando roadster tank and sidepanels is in bare metal .
Need a paintjob .

Any have Pictures with Measurements where to put the Norton decal and paint striping on the
tank and panels ?
The with off the striping ?

Michael from Denmark

I don't know where I saved this from, probably AccessNorton, but it may be some help? I don't know if there are other pictures showing the other dimensions clearly?

Folks sell the decals for the sidecovers - to see the layout.

Although the pinstriping would originally have been painted, only the decal was vinyl.
Note too that only the 850 models had the twin pinstripes, the 750 models didn't have them !

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The black 750 Roadster tank had a gold "D" single stripe with a Norton transfer in the centre of the "D". The transfer was a waterslide, not a vinyl sticker. The other 750 Roadster tanks had no striping, just the Norton transfer on the tank. The 750 Interstate tanks all had a single stripe with the Norton transfer on the tank regardless of the colour.
David

I have an Interstate tank with the original pinstriping (850 so double stripes). If you need a measurement of the width & spacing of the stripes, let me know & I'l measure them for you.
/Steve in Copenhagen

No measurements but many Norton tanks in this gallery:

http://www.vintage-vendor.com/gallery.html

Hi Steve

Can you send me a mail ?
Egholt16@gmail.com

Michael

I've had good results using 3mm fine line tape as a masking guide with 3mm between the stripes - measurements from an original 850 Interstate tank (sorry it's a rubbish photo!), so I guess were 1/8" nominally. As they were brush applied there was a fair bit of variation - not to mention getting thinner as they wore off... :roll:



Here's a work-in-progress...



And the finished article



The sidepanel was done with a pre-cut vinyl mask



Here's a 750 Combat tank - 6mm stripe width



Incidentally, I have a black 850 Roadster set of tinware going spare at present if anyone's interested?