Motorcycles

Jay Hart, Hand built custom chopper tank

This bike was built by Jay Hart of Chopsmiths, Indy (317 CHO-PPER). The original finish was done by another painter in red with silver leaf graphics, But Jay wasn't happy with how that looked on the bike. He kept the rest  of the bike as it was, but wanted the tank changed. So I stripped it and redid it in Light Quasar Blue with brushed metal graphic. Then the rest of the bike was hand striped by local striper Von Dust to match. The second picture below is just a close up of my 'tag', which is alot more subtle and hidden than it appears here.  Top picture is the cover of the April 2006 Iron Works magazine featuring this bike and a kind plug for this site.  Middle row Right picture is a hideous picture of me with the bike in Jay's shop. Visit Jay's website for more pictures of Boobytrap at handbuiltmotorcycles.com

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Jay Hart,  Custom 'firefighter' bike.

These are the only pics I got of this one, before it was even buffed. It was beautiful when done in House of Kolors Razberry Pearl.  Hey Jay, got any pics of it done?

 

 

Custom Harley-Davidson

This bike was done for a co-worker friend of mine. He was very indecisive for many many months on how he wanted to paint it, from subtle to extravagant. Eventually, He decided on doing something with a marbleized flair to it, but didn't want it too bright. His final instructions were to 'do what you want, but essentially, I want the bike to look perfectly smooth and black, unless you really get up on it or its in bright direct sunlight....THEN I want someone to see artwork." This left me with an open canvas, but fear of not making it what he was wanting. In the end, It couldn't have matched his directions more perfectly. I made up a custom mix I called 'Grape Juice Koncentrate Kandy', because in the can, it looked like grape juice concentrate before you add water. It was so dark that from just a few feet away, or out of sunlight, the bike looks sleek and solid black. But with alot of sunlight, or a camera flash, The marbleized artwork shows through. The first three pics show it facing the sun (the third is my tag , kandied over and virtually invisible), the second set shows it in shade looking all black. Flawless paintjob I am very proud of.

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Custom Harley-Davidson

One of the craziest bikes I have ever done. When I first saw the choices, I couldn't have disagreed with his choices more. But he was certain, so we went forth. All three colors were flake......No base colors. Pure Coarse House-Of-Kolor metal-flake. Green, Blue, and Silver.  I did all the spraying, clearing, and buff-out. Josh Wells did the the lay-out and outline striping. I couldn't believe how happy I was with the results. This time, the customer was right!! Done at Indy Custom Shops in Brownsburg, IN. 

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Custom Sportster

A Simple bike that came out really nice. Soft gray metallic with pearl green flames. The tank fell when I was painting it, the only time that has ever happened to me! We fixed it and still had it done by the next morning as promised. 

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FJ 1200

 This Yamaha was done in tri-coat white pearl and Dodge Viper blue. The rims and inner brake rotors were done to match, as was the windscreen. It had all chrome lettering on it, which I clear coated over and buffed smooth. It was really sharp.

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ZZR

ZZR_frt.jpg (12281 bytes) I don't know much about the model of this bike. The owner said it was a total he was restoring as a european version of our ZXR, called a ZZR. Either way, it was gorgeous. A dark Boysenberry three way flop color. Went from Purple to blue to red. It didnt have the headlight hole cut out, so from the front it looked like a bike out of some futuristic T.V. show.

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1975 Honda CB400F

 

This is my own bike. It is a 1975 Honda CB400F. My future brother-in-law was restoring it, and I did all the paintwork for him. I also had all the framework powder-coated and such. I had all the decals professionally duplicated, and all were clear-coated over. The bike was done flawlessly because it belonged to someone I knew and I wanted to do a good job on it. Well, It all paid off when he put it up for sale on EBAY, and I shocked him by buying it. Once I saw it on ebay, I decided how much I wanted it. It is my first bike, and I basically had to learn to ride on it. 

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