CAFE GOLD : 10 Years in the making.

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Personally I'd paint it back to oem aluminium
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Copper accents with a deep scarlet. It would be magnificent.
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My '76 is colored plum crazy with a gold engine.
I am not a glass half empty or glass half full type, I am gonna punch whoever is drinking from my glass!
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Everyone wants to live in Theory. Everything works THERE.


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1 tall guy wrote:My '76 is colored plum crazy with a gold engine.
Pictures?
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Neil wrote:
1 tall guy wrote:My '76 is colored plum crazy with a gold engine.
Pictures?
Please.... Been thinking of Plum Crazy myself.
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And on to the un-obvious:

How about Silver and Gold?
For that run-down feeling -
Try Jaywalking!

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1976 Junkyard 'Wing with a Dyna ignition. Otherwise undressed.

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Update on GL-BANDIT

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Ok,
It’s been a while since I have posted on the bike. I came up with a little of all from the site. I went with Black and Gold with silver and red pin strips. Used some of Octane’s designs and decided to give the bike a Cafe look with a cafe fairing, plus put checker decal on top of the tank and on the back of the seat. On the sides of the tank putting a scull bandit with pistols drawn and smoke coming out of them or a pin-up of a sexy girl wearing red with gold stockings. But I think I going with bandit. Any-hay here is some pics of what I got so far on the paint work.

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Still trying afew things out, then i'll put on clear coat.

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Side panels.

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After three coats of black, :oops: Kinda back wards here.
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That's gonna look very nice.

I wish I had an eye for color and design but I don't. BTW I would have gone with a nice Vargas pinup, skulls are over done but hey its your bike :-D
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Sagebrush wrote:That's gonna look very nice.

I wish I had an eye for color and design but I don't. BTW I would have gone with a nice Vargas pinup, skulls are over done but hey its your bike :-D
I still might go with a pinup just can't find one that will work. And yea I fill the same way about skulls. This thing is still work in progress that why I come here to get rid of painters block.
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Outsanding paint scheme. Very nice.
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I say that it'll look nice with the gold engine.

Nice work.

Vargas, no question.
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How about this pinup. She looks like she might flip the bill. She has gold, black, and some red. [img][img]http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt86 ... n_back.png[/img][/img]
Or a red head with black lace. [img][img]http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt86 ... 9EPfRQ.jpg[/img][/img]
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but that they know so many things that ain't so." -- Mark Twain

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76 CAFE GL1000
76 YELLOW GL1000
76 LTD GL1000
77 GL1000
VT1100 AERO
two CT90
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thunderchild wrote:How about this pinup. She looks like she might flip the bill. She has gold, black, and some red. [img][img]http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt86 ... n_back.png[/img][/img]
I think we have a winner.
The Blackwing
Year: Well it's a 76, 77, 78, 79, . . . .
Model: GL1000
Pipes: Short, real short
Seat: Hand made
Wheels: Stock 19 up front,
Harley 16 with goldwing hub out back
Accessories: Not a damn thing
http://www.ngwclub.com/gallery/v/wingmans/Powerholic/
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Oh yea, deffinately the pin-up / bomber nose-art theme. There are thousands to choose from here http://www.thepinupfiles.com/index.html
Vargas was the best know but there were so many others.... I have gotten lost in that place more than once. ;)
Bulldoged '81 GL1100 "BOMBER!" BUILD THREAD
Bratstyle '80 GS750L "OVERKILL"
Cafe'd '81 CB750C "ROCK-IT"
Basket Case '72 CB450 K5 "NO CLASS"
Resto-Mod '67 BSA Spitfire "STAY CLEAN"

rainstromrider say's I'm "addicted to the build"... I think he might onto something :)
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