New Tank Paint

[7981GS]

Oh noez!! EBAY... find a red suzuki decal... get rid of the LSU, decal the S in place... clear it... leave it.

Doing the LSU looks like you took an awesome custom bike and had a 15 year old child with down syndrome do the graphics.
No offence if you did. My cousin has down syndrome... she loves to paint.

I do love the yellow and stripe... it looks 1000x better with the dents yellow.

Exactly my point.
Just didn't put it into words.

Eric

[ValorSolo]

I was browsing eBay, saw these and instantly thought of you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BSA-M...item5d33a13ef3

After looking at these closer, they may not work out too good unless you do some trimming on them.

[DannyMotor]

After looking at these closer, they may not work out too good unless you do some trimming on them.

Find triumph ones... theyre more rounded and a little taller in the back. Or just use skateboard grip-tape. Cut it to shape and stick it on. I'm planning on using this on my non dented 78CE tank.

[ValorSolo]

I wanted to get a couple extra tanks to play around with.
My original and only tank is in three pieces, waiting on me to weld it back together.
One of the things I wanted to try was to put in some knee pads.
Instead of trying to dent the tank uniformly, I was going to try another method.
Like cutting out the patches on each side of the tank and weld them to the opposite side.
But first, I'd like to get a stock tank as a replacement, and leave it stock.

[MisterCinders]

Oh noez!! EBAY... find a red suzuki decal... get rid of the LSU, decal the S in place... clear it... leave it.

Doing the LSU looks like you took an awesome custom bike and had a 15 year old child with down syndrome do the graphics. No offence if you did. My cousin has down syndrome... she loves to paint.

I do love the yellow and stripe... it looks 1000x better with the dents yellow.

If there were a white/purple decal, I would do that.

Using some plastic stencil sheets and graph paper, I am refining the tape work to better shoot the 'S' portion. Basically with the logo drawn out on the paper, I am pre-cutting some "delicate finish" masking tape into the proper shape and dry fitting it to the plastic sheet. Then I can transfer the tape pieces to the tank.

The "L" and the "U" are really just box letters, so taping those is pretty easy. The inspiration is this:

Just without the tiger graphic.

[DannyMotor]

Well holy crap... If that were your inspiration you actually did an ok job. Haha... I just think its got to be all or none... mixing fonts looks less than good. If you did the logo exactly like the helmet I'd say itd be a lot cleaner. Then... move your side cover emblems to the sides of the rear seat hump and put a clean suzuki sticker on the side covers.

[1948man]

Go Bayou Bengals, Chinese Bandits, et al. Do you go back far enough to remember the Chinese Bandits? It's your bike so follow your heart.

[MisterCinders]

Go Bayou Bengals, Chinese Bandits, et al. Do you go back far enough to remember the Chinese Bandits? It's your bike so follow your heart.

I know of the Chinese Bandits, but that was long before my time. Went to grad school there in the 90's.

[MisterCinders]

Sorry, I deleted the pic from my Photobucket album. Didn't want it to infect the album.

Yes. Photo cooties are endemic.

[MisterCinders]

OK - after 2 more tries that had to be stripped, I may be onto something.

Here is where I am so far, before taping off the purple stripes, "L" and "U" and an outline around the "S":





Some pre-sketching on the Suzuki S revealed that it is not just a right angle at the top/bottom. Using some 3-4-5 triangles gets me much closer to the logo shape. I did not try to tape in the slight convex lines to truly match the logo, because I am sure to bollocks that detail.

There's a tiny bit of purple bleed through on the logo, but I have a white touch up bottle that should tighten that up later.

Tonight I will tape off the other bits and shoot the yellow. Fingers crossed that nothing goes pear-shaped, crazes, etc.

[7981GS]

It needs a much bigger "S".

[MisterCinders]

It needs a much bigger "S".

Maybe you are just being glib.

If you're serious, the S is around 3 1/2" in height, and roughly equal width. The L and U will be aligned on the same horizon, but scaled down to a 2 1/2" height.

Also the S will have a thin purple border, making it slightly larger.

[7981GS]

When I first got this bike running. I wanted people to at least know that it was a Suzuki without spending money for all of the missing factory stickers.




When I was just having a Suzuki "S" sticker made for the tank, I saw that the factory "S" on some other models were 2".
I was thinking that 3" would be better. Wrong! It would have just looked STUPID and cartoonish.
So, I had them made in 2.5"
Even with the huge-looking tank, they still might be a little bit too large...




It is your bike and you are going to be the one that is seen on it, not me.

Just sayin'


Eric

[MisterCinders]

I hear ya. My angle is to go a bit splashier with an "LSU" logo that folds in the Suzuki bit. Thus, like your bike, it signals the Suzuki origin, but within a blast of Tiger love.

[MisterCinders]

Finally finished that tank, but I still need to wet sand and polish it.

There are a few sins left in the tape work, and I should have done a couple more rounds of sanding before painting, as a couple areas still slightly show the transition from metal to bondo. Call it a 20' paint job, I guess.

Here are some pics.