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[UTAH INFANTRY]

For those of you that have had your Valkyrie's painted. I wanted to know what to expect....price, time, tips, any information.
 

THANKS

[9Ball]

The cost will really depend on the amount and quality of the surface prep and the final finishing.  My National cycle saddlebags were painted to match two tone and the pinstripe in 2000.  The paint job cost more than the saddlebags but the finish was top rate (done by a shop in Denver that paints Porsches and restored vintage Harleys).  They used a device to color match the existing paint and it came out spot on.  Lots of block sanding before painting and after primer and polishing the final clearcoat.





BTW, they still look as good today as they did when they were freshly painted without any latent defects in the finish.

[JC]

I decided back in December to pull the trigger, and mine is being painted as we speak. I'm doing some upgrades and adding more shiny stuff so I figured now is the time while riding weather is spotty.

The paint on my 97 Tourer in original black was beginning to show it's age, there were a couple of scratches from the PO, and I decided to upgrade the windshield to a Woody's fairing. I pulled everything off the bike myself and removed all of the hardware and stuck-on stuff. I temp mounted the fairing and drilled it as needed for my indicators and switches. There is a lot of work involved just to get it to that point, but I'd rather do this much myself and just leave the paint to the pros. To disassemble and rebuild a Valkyrie to this degree I believe requires a Valkyrie specific skill set that I doubt will be found in a paint and body shop. 

The shop itself specializes in custom paint, and I'm going with a House Of Kolor shimrin black with green ghost pearl. There are 13 individual pieces considering the fairing and saddlebags  are two pieces each. They are doing the bodywork prep, base and two clear coats, wet sanding and buffing between for $1700. The paint work will take just over a week to complete. Considering the work I've seen them do, it is worth it.

I'm sure I could have found a much less expensive way, but I consider this a long term investment in my pride and toy. I'm taking plenty of pics and will post a report when she's back on the road.

[Bert AKA,Valkaholic]

It is less expensive if you take it apart and put it back together for sure.I dis-assembled and painted a valkyrie for my wife.I painted it Pearl White with Pearl Pink Flames,the paint was Valspar and cost around $600.00 and it took around 90 hours of labor from start to finish.I am glad I didn't have to pay some paint shop for this one,it could have cost a Fortune.

[BF]

The local go-to custom paint guy here (works out of our one and only custom bike shop here) told me he could probably do two fenders and a tank for around 600 to 800 depending on prep work needed.  That was for one color with clear coat.