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A motorcycle fairing with glowing Lumilor lettering along the top, painted by Empire

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Custom motorcycle paint

Tanks, fenders, fairings and full bikes. Whatever you have in mind for the paint, this is the shop that can do it.

What we do

The same booth and gun that paint the cars.

Empire is a full collision and paint shop, not a garage with a spray can. Motorcycle parts go through the same downdraft booth, the same primer and base, the same clear coat and the same color matching as a car panel. The difference is the design: bikes get work that would never fit on a fender.

We do a lot of motorcycle paint, and we want to do more. If you have an idea, bring it in or send us a picture and we will tell you what it takes.

  • Custom paint, airbrush, candy, pearl and color changes
  • Lumilor light-emitting paint (we hold the certification)
  • Cosmichrome spray-on chrome
  • Ceramic coating with NanoPro
  • Viking bags and accessories
A Ducati Monster with custom paint, photographed in daylight outside Empire's shop

Pick your finish

Everything from a solid respray to paint that lights up.

A motorcycle tank shell in teal candy over Cosmichrome

Custom paint and airbrush

Candy, pearl, metallic, matte, color shifts, flames, skulls, portraits, lettering. Laid into the paint and cleared over so it is part of the finish.

A motorcycle fairing with Lumilor light-emitting lettering

Lumilor

Paint that lights up. Graphics, lettering or an entire panel that glows on command from a switch on the bars. Empire is a certified Lumilor installer.

The full Lumilor page

Motorcycle parts on a rack in candy colors over Cosmichrome

Cosmichrome

Spray-on chrome that goes onto any shape, including parts that would never fit in a plating tank. Candy tints and tinted clears over the chrome base for colored chrome.

The full Cosmichrome page

A motorcycle wheel finished in Cosmichrome

Wheels and parts

Wheels, covers, brackets, pegs, anything that unbolts. Chrome, powder-look finishes, or painted to match the rest of the bike.

An airbrushed skull on a motorcycle fender, painted by Empire

Detailing and ceramic

Paint correction, ceramic coating with NanoPro (registered to the Carfax), and regular detailing to keep it looking the way it did when you picked it up.

The full NanoPro page

A Yamaha with a Lumilor-lit tank, painted by Empire

Full builds

A complete paint job from bare metal or an existing finish. Strip it, prime it, lay the design, clear it, and put it all back together.

Day and night

The same bike, two different looks.

Lumilor is the finish people stop and ask about. It sits under the clear coat like any other paint, invisible during the day, and lights up at night from a switch or a button. The photos here are the same Ducati, same paint job, daylight and dark.

Empire is a certified Lumilor installer, which means the paint is backed by Lumilor's own warranty and applied the way they trained us to do it.

The same Ducati Monster at night with Lumilor paint glowing

How it works

Bring the idea. We will figure out the paint.

Most motorcycle paint jobs start with a picture or a rough idea and turn into something better once we talk it through. Here is what to expect.

01

Show us what you are thinking

A photo, a sketch, a picture you found online, or just a description. Bring the bike or the parts if you can, so we can see the shape we are working with.

02

We quote it and plan the design

You get a price, a timeline, and a plan for the layout and colors before any paint goes on. Nothing starts until you say go.

03

It goes through the booth

The work is done in our downdraft spray booth, the same one we use for collision repair. Controlled temperature, filtered air, proper cure times.

Get started

Bring the bike, or send us the idea.

A picture and a rough description are enough to start the conversation. Ring the shop, book a time, or fill in the form and we will call you back.

Or send us the details

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