My RSTD custom project (Caution, nekkidness inside)

[Sunman]

I am really glad that you guys like it. I hope you have a chance to see the album that I posted as well. It has lots of pics of the process, and the "during" shots. The marbled paint is a big hit with people that have seen it live so far. Hopefully you will all get a chance to see her up close someday. I am very happy with how it came out, certainly a 1 of a kind now. I am planning to take it to some bike nights in the area, and see what kind of response I get.

Cheers, Sonny

[dragerman]

I am really glad that you guys like it. I hope you have a chance to see the album that I posted as well. It has lots of pics of the process, and the "during" shots. The marbled paint is a big hit with people that have seen it live so far. Hopefully you will all get a chance to see her up close someday. I am very happy with how it came out, certainly a 1 of a kind now. I am planning to take it to some bike nights in the area, and see what kind of response I get.

 

Cheers, Sonny

Hey Sonny... I was so blown away by what you’ve done with your bike that I failed to mention what a great job you did of posting and all the great pic’s, well done and very interesting!

[Hazenson]

wow very cool, the painter is very talented indeed

[Sunman]

wow very cool, the painter is very talented indeed

 

Yes he certainly is. He has been a great friend to me for many years. I really have no way to repay him for the amazing job he did. I did not pay him nearly what it was worth. The looks and comments are just amazing. Having a bike that stands out like this one does, is quite the feeling. I really enjoy it when people ask me about the bike, and walk around it, pointing things out to each other. I went on a nice ride the other day, and stopped at Tim Hortons for a coffee. I parked the bike near the window as I always do, so I can keep an eye on it. I was amazed at how many people coming in, detoured over to the bike to have a look, even those that did not walk to it, craned their necks to get a look. It made me feel good. I know the subject matter may not be for everyone, but for me it is a theme of life, good & evil, and more importantly the duality of man, and the choices we all face. But that is my personal taste, for others, they may just appreciate the fantastic artistic work that it is. And that is fine too. Thanks for the compliments, and comments.

Sonny

[Sunman]

Here are some more shots of different parts not posted in the forum yet.

[Sunman]

While you're putting it back together I hope you spend a little $$ for a new rear tire. I would hate to see you take the new paint job for a ride and crash because of the tire !!! Good luck !!

 

 

Took your advice. Have a brand new Avon Venom-X on the back. Actually, I had ordered the tire weeks ago, the trip up to North Bay and back was about the end of that tire. Went to dragerman's place today, and got to work removing the rear wheel, of course we greased the splines before re-installing. On a side note, the MOLY 60 everyone talks about, seem to be in short supply up here, no one had it, so regular type grease will have to do. 15,000 KM and it was very close to the wear bars. New Avon on the rear, with dyna beads in it. Original tire on the front, also with dyna beads. Maybe it was just in my head, but the ride sure was nice and smooth on the way home. I did get a bit nervous, because 30 min from home, the skies opened up and let loose on me. Pulled over, donned my rain gear and trusted all the reviews of how nice Venoms are in the rain. I was concerned because they were brand brand new, about 20 miles on them at that point, barely scrubbed off the shine. But it was fine. The dynabeads seem to do the job though. 1 strange thing about mounting the tire, there is no "dot" on the venom-X for valve positioning. is that normal?

[Ponch]

...they are made perfect , with no light or heavy spots. Therefore no dot to indicate the light side of the tire.

[SilvrT]

AWESOME job there Sonny ... that's one very unique scoot now ... something I think all of us aspire to (making our scoot unique)

 

:thumbsup2:

 

That "marbelizing" useto be known as "saran wrap mural" and it's something I did a few times back in the day when I had a body/paint shop. One of these days I'll scan some pics of the jobs I did and post them. That was around 1981. Prior to that (around 1972) I had done a "lace" job down the side of a 58 Dodge ... sure set it apart!

 

GREAT JOB!

[Squidley]

The bike turned out VERY nice Sonny, your friend has extraordinary talent. I hope to get to see it before we head south, enjoy all the new attention it gets

[dragerman]

Glad to see you made it back ok, although we didn’t get the rain down here it later became evident to me that you’d be riding right into a big weather system. I took comfort in knowing that you’re a skilled rider with good sense... and now good rubber! I enjoyed your visit, be safe!

PS. Have an eye for those ‘gockers’, that scoots a real head turner!

[saddlebum]

That scoot looks just fantastic. Can't wait to see it close up. I don't know how you do it though, if it was my scoot I would have hovered over it like an old mother hen from start to finish.

[Sunman]

That scoot looks just fantastic. Can't wait to see it close up. I don't know how you do it though, if it was my scoot I would have hovered over it like an old mother hen from start to finish.

 

As I said earlier, I have known the artist for many years. His work is fantastic, I gave him general ideas and themes. Showed him some pictures and elements that I liked from other bikes and areas of art. The rest was up to him. I certainly did not want to stifle his creativity. And I am really glad that I didn't.