OK, who's in love with this paint?

[pcarrell]

Looks to me besides fixing up the saddle bags(witch there is a remedy here on the forum for)

I have those same bags and they have a plastic frame around the top of the sides, and from the way those look to be sagging the frame may be damaged.

[Troll]

Just took a good look...is that a Royal Enfield emblem on the tank?

[Drift1]

I'm on the same page as my fellow members with this one.Ride it...get the feel of her...name her...depending on these three outcomes,a paint job should pop right at you.Judging by the way the bike looks now,I would have to believe it was well taking care of.Someone put a lot of extras on there.Looks to me besides fixing up the saddle bags(witch there is a remedy here on the forum for)it needs nothing except the paint job your opting for.My only advice would be give the bike a good comb over to be sure she's not abused,but then again there's remedies here on the forum for that as well  ......Wish you well

[nhtrikes]

Great looking bike! I am partial to the two tone scheme anyway. Think it makes them look very vintage. Bought mine last fall and had a two tone job done over the winter. I agree with PC, ride it for a while 'til you know exactly what you want and then paint it! Enjoy!!!

Take care,

Pete . . .

[Troll]

My '01 has 73,000 on it...bought it with 40,000...33,000 in three years. I expect to get at least 100,000 out of it before I have anything serious to do.

[pcarrell]

How many owners and how many miles has the current owner put on?  That can make a difference.

For example, the first owner of my bike put 18k on it.  The second owner put 500 miles on in the 2 years he owned it.  I've had it since '08, and it now has 46k on the odometer.  I know the first owner took care of it because it looked good when I got it and the second owner practically parked it and forgot about it.  It still looks good at 46k, so you know I've taken care of it.

[jkpq45]

The bike has 37K miles on it, not sure how much longer it would last without major rework.  That's a long history that's totally unknown.

[pcarrell]

I don't know.....that is a blackout bike with a ton of options (even though the bags have seen better days).  I'd ride it with that paint for a few years while I figured our exactly what I'd like to do, lined up a painter, pinstriper, etc., and then paint it.

[jkpq45]

Agreed.  The fact is, this is a bike I'm considering buying, but I would prefer a different color.  Can't bring myself to paint over this really nice work, so looking to see if someone would be willing to trade.

[pcarrell]

Very vintage looking!

[jkpq45]

Discussion encouraged!

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