Pin striping a gas tank

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  • STEPPENWOLF
    XS-XJ Super Guru
    • Jan 2007
    • 4188
    • CINCINNATI OH

    #1

    Pin striping a gas tank

    '80 XS1100 SG
    Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4
  • haywardguy929
    XStremely XSive
    • Jul 2012
    • 345
    • Hayward, Wisconsin

    #2
    That dude has some mad skills. I always enjoy watching the guys doing paint jobs on Biker Build Off and OCC. I have a lot of respect for anyone that can freehand,air brush and gold leaf.
    81 H

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    • latexeses
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Jun 2008
      • 1491
      • California

      #3
      It's just the first 3 or 400 that you stripe that are the hardest!
      RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs

      "It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"

      Everything on hold...

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      • xs11jack
        HALF GURU
        • Nov 2002
        • 606
        • O'Fallon, Mo.

        #4
        Man, that guy has talent out the gazzou!!! And in a dress shirt! I can't make a mark on the kitchen counter top with a crayon without getting some on me!
        Ole Jack
        J.D."Jack" Smith
        1980G&S "Halfbreed"
        1978E straight job
        "We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln

        Life is like a coin, you can choose to spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once. Make your choices wisely.

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        • xs11lover
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Apr 2008
          • 1433
          • Montoursville Pa

          #5
          He's good, for sure, but it looks like there is a marking on the tank for him to follow....doesn't it?
          79 XS11 Special (Lazarus)
          80 XS850 Special (Old Faithful)
          80 XS11 Standard sorta stock (Beatrice)
          79 DT 100

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          • DGXSER
            Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
            • Nov 2008
            • 12001
            • Cincinnati, Ohio

            #6
            There is a guide line for each side and the top for the original fat lines. Nothing for the thinner line though. Still, given my experiences with the paint-by-number paintings, I am not planning to compete for his job any time soon.
            Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

            When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

            81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
            80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


            Previously owned
            93 GSX600F
            80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
            81 XS1100 Special
            81 CB750 C
            80 CB750 C
            78 XS750

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            • Yard Dogg
              XSive Maximus
              • Mar 2010
              • 884
              • Tri-Cities, Wa

              #7
              Even with that annoying guy jabbering beside him.....That dude is a machine.
              "The Hooligan" XJ1100, Virago Gauge Pods, Screaming Eagle Mufflers, K&N Filter, hand made rear fender, side covers, and solo seat, round bar conversion, small headlight, tail light, and cat eye turn signals, chip fuses, rewired the right way.

              Pics: http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/ya...?sort=6&page=1

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              • TheFrugalTech
                XSive Maximus
                • Sep 2007
                • 867
                • Lebanon, OH

                #8
                He could probably do that in front of an audiance and get the same results.
                The man was in the zone while he was laying down the stripes.
                Nothing else in the world existed, just him and the task at hand.
                Current Stable:
                1978 XS1100E - Beauty - Vetter Full Dress
                1979 XS1100F - The Beast - Winter Project to Factory Full Dress
                1979 XS1100SF - Black Sunshine - The Lucky Find
                1978 XS1100E - Little Orphan Annie - Sold to a friend, slowly becoming a 1196 monster.
                WTB:
                1981 XS1100H Venturer - Long distance cruiser.
                1989 FJ1200 - For playing in the curves!

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