We all know how Rolls-Royce for its hand made coach-lines on their luxury cars. But did you know the pinstripes that you find on the tank of a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 is also hand painted?

At the Royal Enfield paint plant there have been many able hands that get the paint job done on Bullet 500. But since 1957, only a few have been entrusted by the company to make the Madras stripes on the tanks of Royal Enfield motorcycles.

The company has a rich heritage in motorcycling in India and the world and the Madras pinstripes have been a part of the Bullet 500 for a very long time. Many think that they are just decals on the tank but a few know that it's an artstic painjob done by workers at the paint plant of the company.

So, if you own a Bullet 500, you really need to take care of that Madras paint stripe.