Build Bike Wrapped Up

The Paint
Buck Wild
31. I dropped off my MGS custom tank and rear fender at Buck Wilds shop and told Buck what I was looking for: something from the late '70s, the kind of paint jobs he likes to do. Once he saw the shape of the tank, he had a few ideas.

32. To get started, the sheetmetal was placed into the sand blasting tank. Then every part was rough-sanded so that all the body filler would sick.

33. The first coat of filler was spread on the tank and fenders; it sets up fast, so as one piece was drying the other was getting hand-sanded.

34. With an orbiter sander the rough filler was removed. But to get the sheetmetal to look its best, every piece was hand-sanded.

35. Now that the bodywork was done, Buck covered the sheetmetal with a primer coat followed with a coat of silver flake base coat.

36. Then all the panels needed to get masked and laid out. The trick was to get both sides to look the same and to match the rear fender.

37. The rear fender will have the same lines, so it was important to have both pieces together to see that the lines match.

38. The first coat of House of Kolor's "Kandy Red" mixed with the flake needed for the base.

39. Once the first coat of red was dry, the inside panels had the masking tape pulled to reveal the red on silver. The same goes for the rear fender, and then Kandy Tangerine was sprayed over both the tank and the fender.

40. The same went for the rear fender, and then Kandy Tangerine was sprayed over both the tank and the fender.

41. Then the inside layered stripes were added along the side of the fender and the side lines of the gas tank. This marked where the ghost yellow will highlight the tangerine.

42. Next the sheetmetal was coated with two shades of tangerine. This will look as if you are looking into a piece of glass with the color on the other side.

43. Then Buck added a drop shadow to all the inside panels lines where the red was taped off.

44. Once the yellow highlights were sprayed on the sheetmetal, Buck needed to pull the tape off the red and tangerine.

45. Lastly, about ten costs of clear was sprayed over the sheetmetal. Dried and ready for the bike.

46. Here you have it. Once I got all the sheetmetal back in hand I had to wire the bike, rewrap the exhaust pipe, line the rear wheel, gas, and oil, bolt on the seat, and start the bike. It was a long time to get this bike done and on the road, but when you think about it I have just about 24 days of work on this bike, it just took over two years to do. I would like to thank everyone who helped me with this bike. So thanks goes out to S&S Cycles, JIMS Transmission, Belt Drive Limited, Denver Choppers, Chopper Head Road, Evolution Industries, Headwinds, MGS Customs, Crime Scene Choppers, Lucky Charms Choppers, Sacred Steel Customs, Spyke Inc., Riff Raff Leather, Lincoln Electric, Cutting Edge Cycles, Concept Powdercoating, Buck Wild Design, and RC Components. Without these guys, this bike would never gotten done.