Pin Striping

Can anyone please advise on the size of the pin stripe and the size of the gap between the stripes on a 1974 850 cc interstate ?

Thanks

Approximately 1/8" wide with a 1/8" gap as the pinstripes were applied by hand with a brush.

http://www.classicbike.biz/Norton/Broch ... ochure.pdf

starfighter said:

Can anyone please advise on the size of the pin stripe and the size of the gap between the stripes on a 1974 850 cc interstate ?

Thanks

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I have two original paint Roadster tanks, sorry, no Interstate tanks but I assume the same people hand did them. The stripes are nominally 1/8" wide with a nominally 3/32" gap between them. I say nominally because they are hand done and there are variations. At the point where they merge near the rear of the tanks, the are about 1/4" and quickly reduce to nominally 1/8".

One tank is known to be original to its 1974 850. The other came on a 1972 750 but I don't know if is was original to that bike - both are steel.

This was originally taken to show the proximity of the tank to the sidecover on an Interstate, but it should suffice. You'll have to convert to inches; sorry...



Nathan