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New Tank Paint

  • Thread starter Thread starter MisterCinders
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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.
 
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.
 
1948man said:
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.
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I know of the Chinese Bandits, but that was long before my time. Went to grad school there in the 90's.
 
7981GS said:
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Sorry, I deleted the pic from my Photobucket album. Didn't want it to infect the album.
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Yes. Photo cooties are endemic.
 
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":

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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 said:
It needs a much bigger "S".
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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.
 
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.

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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...

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

Just sayin' ;)


Eric
 
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.
 
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.


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Actually that turned out pretty well! The S not being solid purple does the trick I think...
 
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