Author Topic: Hand painting at Royal Enfield. (Read 1938 times)

CycleRanger · « **on:** June 16, 2011, 07:55:42 PM »

Hand painting of the Royal Enfield Tank

Skillz!

johnny · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2011, 08:14:13 PM »

Holy #$%*!

Greggo · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2011, 08:18:58 PM »

Talent.

Hannibal Smith · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2011, 08:55:10 PM »

It's like I used to say- If you want to impress me, tell me something was made by a machine in India.

dave500 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:16:02 AM »

im shipping my tank over to that guy.

Greggo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:56:26 AM »

Quote from: dave500 on June 17, 2011, 01:16:02 AM

im shipping my tank over to that guy.

If he's painting yours, you'll have time to take the dents out of mine, right?

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2011, 05:16:26 AM »

Show off.

Elan · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2011, 06:19:16 AM »

whoaaa

curemode2002 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2011, 08:30:34 AM »

That was awesome his movements were so liquid you can tell he is a true pinstripe maser

70CB750 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2011, 09:20:14 AM »

singedebile · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:17:36 AM »

Beautiful!

i got a chance to see a few off the new Royal Enfields when i was in france recently and I wish the welds were done by the same guy! dont get me wrong they were beautiful bikes, especially at that price.. .i just wish the rest of the fit and finish was a little better.

(i would still love to have one)

Damfino · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:41:24 AM »

He was good, buticouldn'tunderstandwhatthatotherguywassaying!

Damfino · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:50:13 AM »

I wonder if he has sex the night before, if it screws up his whole day?

Nothing but bikes with squiggly lines coming out of the factory that day...

Seriously, if they put that much attention to detail and quality into the mechanics of their bikes and expanded their line, they'd outsell Harley in no time. (Maybe)

Duanob · « **Reply #13 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:14:43 PM »

I always liked Enfileds and now this just another reason. You wouldn't see that at a Harley, BMW, or Triumph (or Honda for that matter) shop.

dave500 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:24:52 PM »

"He was good, buticouldn'tunderstandwhatthatotherguywassaying!"

the other guy is saying how the painter is only a trainee and its hes first try!!

Greggo · « **Reply #15 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:32:57 PM »

Quote from: dave500 on June 17, 2011, 02:24:52 PM

"He was good, buticouldn'tunderstandwhatthatotherguywassaying!"

the other guy is saying how the painter is only a trainee and its hes first try!!

Wow!!

RatBikeRandy · « **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:55:49 PM »

Wow! Check out how neat the artist is, I would have drips on me and the table.

CrankyOldGuy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 17, 2011, 04:43:29 PM »

Noticed there were no coffee cups around

Impressive though!

medic09 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 19, 2011, 11:40:42 AM »

Some years ago I had bodywork done to my MX-6 in Worcester, Mass after the whole driver's side got crunched. The shop wouldn't do the pinstriping, though the insurance paid for it. They sent me to a painter outside of town, who hand details cars. I watched while this fella prepped his brush and paint, squinted for a few moments at the pinstripe on the rest of the car, then started at one end of the car and just moved on back. Finished with a little signature at the end, then went back to do the second, thinner parallel stripe. Just fascinating, and perfect! It was worth the accident to get to see a true craftsman work on my car.

Hope · « **Reply #19 on:** June 19, 2011, 12:15:29 PM »

The pinstripe on my tank is really nice. There's some talent in prison. (inmates at the prison in Jackson, LA did my tank and side covers). Didn't get to see it being done. I wish I could have seen it done.

grumpy · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2011, 01:13:45 PM »

Is that mask OSHA approved?

Kong · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2011, 03:14:26 PM »

If you really want to appreciate what that guy did in that video you need to invest about $10 in a pin-striping brush and three or four bucks for a can of One Shot and give it a try. The usual way to practice is to print a set of straight lines on a piece of paper and then lay a pane of glass over top of it and practice on the glass. Cleanup is with mineral spirits. They say that after you've done 1000 lines on the glass you should be ready to try it on a piece of metal. I've laid down a few hundred lines and they have made it clear to me that I'm no pin-striper, but give it a try, you might find that you're good at it.

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