heres a paint design....

[ross]

i thought of rundle, one of our new members when i took these photos......would look cool as a paint job on an xs.....hey rundle, ya think the flames would look good on the tank?!......just a thought...might do my spare tank and side covers like this.....just interchange them with my new originals every once in awhile...ross

[BlkMage]

Just as a reference. Yea, she looks a little rough, that was before the work. But I think that might be what you mean with paint.

[tangopig]

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...ageID=22117753

I don't know if the pic shows but it's very similar to what I've done to my tank and side covers!

[ross]

no...we need real flames..

ya'll gotta get ahold of rundle and ask him just how real the flames need to be...not only the paint job, but more like the movie "ghostrider"....real flames and real fun....hehehe....ross

[Rundle]

Well, we are getting into barbecue season

Hey Ross

I did have a van like that a while back, though I never set it on fire.

As for a flaming paint job for the XS, well, what can I say? If your flames aren't literally throwing off heat, you're not trying hard enough! Seriously though, if I were to put flames on the tank and sidepanels, my preference would be for "ghost" flames. Not ghost as in "Ghost Rider", but rather, subtle and harder to see flames done in the same color/opposite type paint as the background paint, ie: metallic paint flames done on a candy paint background of the same color, or candy flames on a metallic background of the same color. That way, people who aren't paying attention don't notice anything, but the ones who are interested and come to give your bike a second look, (obviously, they are more intelligent people with good taste), will notice the paint and think: "Hey. That looks niiice."

Bottom line is, if it make you smile when you look at it or get on it, then that, boys and girls, is the perfect paint job for you.

My two cents.

Ok, I'm done now.

Cheers,
-chris