Choosing your graphic application method

When choosing on the design for your newly rebuilt custom motorcycle you have a number options. Will the design be painted on, or will it be done with vinyl stickers. There are good and bad points with each and that is what we will be looking at today.

Having your design painted on can be considerably more expensive than using vinyl stickers. Some factors that go into the pricing is the tools that are needed for spray painting, and the vast artistic skills required to paint a design onto a motorbike. This is normally out of the reach of most hobbyists who enjoy doing the work themselves.

Time constraints may play a role in what you are able to do. While a nice custom bike could take up to two weeks or more, applying vinyl decals will not take more than a day or two for a novice and only a few hours if you have worked with vinyl decals before.

Something to think about is how easy it would be to replace a part or the whole design should it become damaged for some reason. For stickers it is a simple matter of removing the scratched section and ordering a replacement from a local supplier that would be exactly the same as the original. With painted on graphics you will need the specialised tools and artistic skills along with trying to match possibly faded paint colours.

Using vinyl decals for your motorcycles graphics on the other hand is much simpler for the average home rebuild. Vinyl motorcycle stickers are available from a number of suppliers, including customised designs. Due to the fact that they are printed from a computer the costs are considerably less, sometimes by a factor of ten or more.

Hopefully these tips have helped with deciding what sort of graphics you are going to doing on your custom or race replica motorcycle.