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After 4 months 'Off the Road'
during it's refit & rebuild, this bike tells the old story of Rags to Riches |
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Or maybe that should read the
other way round? |
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Rags, the owner of this Cool
Fire Sporty wanted something unique to come from all those hours of
painstaking labour... |
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I'd say he got it wouldn't you! |
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The first
stop as always, for us, is talking with the owners & finding out what they
have in mind for a base colour scheme. That turned out to be the easiest
part of this project. Rags & Angie had almost driven themselves crazy
looking at colours before coming to see us. |
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Wondering
what their pride and joy would look like, in just about every shade of blue
know to man had in Angie's own words 'been the most confusing part'. In the
end they had found just the right paint to carry off their view of what they
wanted their sporty to look like. |
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After settling on the trick
pearl/candy base, the next step was to work out what would look good
airbrushed over it. Rags wanted a tradition flame shape, with a
non-traditional flame colour scheme. His idea was to keep the flames
simple... just a few licks, then have a subtle change of colour as the light
hits them. |
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There are a
number of ways to achieve this effect but ultimately we all decided on a
blend of Pearls to highlight the standard flame shape. While you can only
see them in real life, these flames have a blend of Gold, Green, Blue &
Purple shot over their black base. |
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Rag's and
Angie's have 3 kids & wanted their names incorporated into the flames
somewhere. A V-Twin motor and Harley Davidson wording was also part of their
vision. We added some tiny real colour flames to the mix in keeping with the
feel of the design. |
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Both sides of the new split
tanks & the front guard were painted using the same concept. The round
emblem was created using metallic gold with gold pearl over giving a zing in
full sun that hurts your eyes. The unique tanks strip was fashioned by Angie
out of an old leather jacket, giving a secure place for Rag's to store his
phone. The only problem is, that he keeps forgetting to take his mobile out
when he gets off the bike.
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The rear guard was a bit harder
to carry the design elements through to, because you don't see a whole lot
of it. We decided to drag the licks out and arc them to follow the
shape of the side of the guard |
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Bringing the ends of these
flame shapes around to almost touch at the back gave a nice finished look.
The bonus was the in & out curves this guard has gives a trick look to the
pearl paint. |
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The oil tank, battery & side
cover were treated to a lick of flame or two... just cause we could!
In full light this paint work
goes through all shades of blue and then some.
The ol'style flames in new
look paint adds a touch of unique styling to this Cool Fire Sporty
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