I paint cars sometimes. Which color/paint should I use for 13 Road King? No dark colors!
I will have to repair rear fender and most likely to remove police labels from fuel tank, so I have to paint whole bike.
I need to choose some bright paint. I never used candy paint. Flames would be fun to paint, if I can find instructions.
Any bike painters here?

 

flames are cool, but flames are only fun for the first hour or so... Lol!, many hours of masking. if you want flames that don't look like a kindergardener did them, pay a pro... some shadow/ghost I painted bout 10 years ago

 

 

This is my 06 standard

 

Squirting the paint is the easy part. The hard part is two-fold. 1 - The mechanics and craftsmanship. 2 - The artistic facet of flame painting.

There are instructions and tips on the mechanics of painting flames, but there isn't any way to "instruct" someone on how to create a good design. Like KansasRoadKing said, "...if you want flames that don't look like a kindergardener did them, pay a pro." Flames are a true art. I've painted a lot of flames on motorcycles over the years, and I have no qualms about saying my first 10-12 jobs were pretty bad. After that they began looking better.

There are 3 things you need to do in order to paint decent flames. Practice, practice, and practice. There are no short cuts. Draw flames on paper. Get an old tank and some 1/8" masking tape and "draw" flames on the tank with it. Rip 'em off and do it again. Once you feel good about your designs, paint flames on the old tank. Strip it off and do it again. Michelangelo wasn't born knowing how to paint and sculpt. He had to learn and practice, too. You can do it, just don't expect your first flame job to look as good as some painter who makes a living at it.

Here is a forum that will provide a lot of tips and guidance. I haven't visited the forum in a number of years, but back then it was a great source of help.
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One thing to remember ... One doing flames thing backwards when applying the paint. Also on your first venture go simple, something along the lines of "ghost flames"

 

Thats right! I think the last time I did them it took about 15-20 to just mask the side cover. But don't be afraid to do it. Worse case (from experience) you sand it off and start over. Best part is you can can say I did this when asked.

Check Youtube for more videos than you care to watch. Use good 3M tape and check it. Nothing is more frustrating than a leak under the tape or paper!

Stay away from Candys...They will complicate things for you. Oh and I feel your pain .... I'm doing it all again on my Road King as we speak!

 

... smart man !
... the '05 RK Customs used this color, it's bright & flames would show up well in any # of accent colors

 

I had mine painted in a HD candy color & happy with the results - one thing to remember about candy paints is they tend to be "softer" than non-candy paints, thus they are more susceptible to chips & you can't throw a lot of clear coating over them...