Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
I love variants ... This time also with 1 gallon tank under the seat
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
Custom tank shorter and narrower.
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
this one.DonGold wrote:Custom tank shorter and narrower.
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1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
I just love watching this thread, and all the variations you come up with. Many great ideas and out of the box thinking!
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"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail" - Abraham Maslow
"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
Current Rides:
'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
'82 gl1100I, 'Old Crusty' titled roller parts bike (free!)
'82 gl1100I, My first 'Wing, and an expensive lesson!
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
I also love all the ideas. But, as a long time engineer, I have often heard this saying:
"Sometimes, it's best to just shoot the engineer and get on with production."
Surely, I'm joking, but at some point, you're going to want to narrow your vision. The ideas are wide-ranging and that makes settling on a direction more difficult. I will agree that the last image above (weathered green diamond plate) looks really good. Go that way and use the modified cylinder fuel tank you posted a few pages back and I think you'd have a really sharp custom on your hands.
"Sometimes, it's best to just shoot the engineer and get on with production."
Surely, I'm joking, but at some point, you're going to want to narrow your vision. The ideas are wide-ranging and that makes settling on a direction more difficult. I will agree that the last image above (weathered green diamond plate) looks really good. Go that way and use the modified cylinder fuel tank you posted a few pages back and I think you'd have a really sharp custom on your hands.
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Thanks for all the feedback. I have the dateline, back-calculated I will shoot the engineer in february. Up to this point, I like to work according to the motto, as much as possible to consider and reject. At the end, one variant makes the race. By the way, the colors in the variants are chosen coincidentally, I'm not brave enough, in the end it will be black, silver and gray anyway.
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
I like your approach. Being a lousy artist, I have to put things on my bike before I can tell what looks good. Great job.
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
Custom Tank S&N 1.1
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
It's great to follow your project. Hopefully it gives me the strength to finish my own. I will put a few pictures here to see how small differences in color and shape make a big difference to the result. I actually took the motorcycle before it was ready and that was mistake. I do not even have much left when it's done. I want to make a new bigger tank cover and shape the saddle again and completely remove the rear fender and, of course, paint it blue.
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
Thanks for the photos. They are always inspiring for me and I always come up with new ideas. Is the Buli tank a photoshop? And what tank is the current in the last photo?
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
Buli tank is made in photoshop i only did extend the the tank about 4 cm down but it is same as black. i used Z1300 kawasaki tank as a mold.
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Re: Swissitalian 1200 custom bike
try to get a shape...
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