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I've had a '65 Pan for about 6 years now that I bought from my father. Hi-Fi blue original paint bike. He was the 4th owner.
I new the previous two, but not the first I know it came used to the second owner from the HD dealer in Orwigsburg, PA.
Third owner got into pin striping and used this bike to try himself out. The quality of his work is good but the pattern/design I find over done and to me detracts from the bike. I think the designs he picked though were common to what people were doing to their dressers in the 60's and early 70's.
Either he or my father added those chrome rails to the top of the front fender as well as a mud flap. This required holes in the fender.
I do like the original paint color and the aging that it shows as well. I do have another set of metal for this bike that was done in maroon (non standard color), but the '65 tank pattern is very well done.
My thoughts are to remove the original paint metal and keep it, mount the other set until I figure out what to do.
My thoughts are to find a way to remove the striping without disturbing the paint underneath. Then there's the holes from the accessory rails on the front fender. There I would have the option to just remount the period accessories. I do have an original Harley NOS Mud Flap as shown in 1965 accessory catalog.
I have been told that striping was typically done in a different paint than the factory paint and could possibly be removed by careful use of a rag dampened with either acetone or lacquer thinner.
Comments appreciated
I new the previous two, but not the first I know it came used to the second owner from the HD dealer in Orwigsburg, PA.
Third owner got into pin striping and used this bike to try himself out. The quality of his work is good but the pattern/design I find over done and to me detracts from the bike. I think the designs he picked though were common to what people were doing to their dressers in the 60's and early 70's.
Either he or my father added those chrome rails to the top of the front fender as well as a mud flap. This required holes in the fender.
I do like the original paint color and the aging that it shows as well. I do have another set of metal for this bike that was done in maroon (non standard color), but the '65 tank pattern is very well done.
My thoughts are to remove the original paint metal and keep it, mount the other set until I figure out what to do.
My thoughts are to find a way to remove the striping without disturbing the paint underneath. Then there's the holes from the accessory rails on the front fender. There I would have the option to just remount the period accessories. I do have an original Harley NOS Mud Flap as shown in 1965 accessory catalog.
I have been told that striping was typically done in a different paint than the factory paint and could possibly be removed by careful use of a rag dampened with either acetone or lacquer thinner.
Comments appreciated
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