Bagger Pinstripes

Last saturday Mr. Martin came by the Kustom Korner to pinstripe Rob's bagger. He did a good job laying down some classic lines. A subtle job that suits the style of the bike very well.

Chairman of the bored.

Crazy ideas enter my head when I'm bored. And I have a great big number of helmets I can just pick up from the Kustom Korner. I also have a glue gun...

Disco Fever!

I wish I could...

..take better pictures! These don't do justice to Rob's bagger I just finished. Spent the day in the Short-Cut Choppers workshop, putting the bike back together. It turned out great! To repeat the immortal words of the great Hannibal: "I love it when a plan comes together."

Spoiler: Rob's Bagger

Zap Bam Crackle!

Reanimated!

Today is a great day. I got to start my Tatra 603 for the first time in 3 years. After changing a hardened rubber seal on the fuel pump, it started right up, JOY!

Click here to watch the video!

Bagger paint

After playing with the Vreeble, me and Rob weren't really happy with the results on the bike tins so we decided to go in another direction. I will leave the gold flakes panels as they are now and instead of painting the rest black (which is sooo 2011), I wanted to try brown. It's the new black, you know.

It's a BMW kolor called Marakesh Brown. It looks a chocolate brown until the light hits it and it turns to a karamel hue.

Instead of painting HD logos or using stickers, we ordered some metal emblems from W&W cycles. They fit the style of the paintwork very well. I plan to do off-white outlines on the panels, and I will match the kolor to that used on the emblems.

Unfortunately, the emblems are made for a much rounder tank, so they don't fit. The pointed ends are resting on the tank's surface and the middle is still 1-2 cms away.

I predict some grinding in the near future.

Chop That Fucking Sportster!

For sale: Rob's Ironhead Hardtail. Chopped by Short-Cut, paint by Kustombart.

Check out the specs and build photos on the Short-Cut website under "Chops".
Check out process of gold leafing the tins on my blog here

Email Rob for the price and further details!

Vreeble!

Flaking of Rob's bagger is finished.

Experimenting with Vreeble to go over gold flakes.

Flaking the Bagger

Rob's bagger is undergoing the Kustombart treatment.
After welding some holes in the fenders from the access trim and lights and fixing some holes in the 'glass bags, I got to flaking.

First an orangey-gold base kolor.

Then 4 layers of Metalflake Micro Gold flakes.

Now wait for it to dry and add some more clear.

I only flaked certain parts of the tins, cause the rest will be black. The panels will be gold flake with black Vreeble on top!

Strip her down naked and bring her to me...

While Tjeerd is in Japan visiting the Yokohama Hotrod show (again), chopping still goes on in the Kustom Korner.

Stripping Rob's bagger for paint and some small modifications.
Tjeerd already put on some fishtail pipes for a mock-up. We also stripped all the extra lights and a lot of chrome to get a cleaner look. The cardboard seat pan was my idea, it will extend all the way up to the cover over the fuel cap. Of course, Marcel from Miller Kustom Upholstery will make the actual seat cover.

After stripping, the thing look like a wet cat, all skin & bones.

Doodling

Take a look...

at some of my past projects on the renewed Kustombart website!

Like the Tiki Wagon:

Special Paint projects like the graffiti bike:

The Color Climax tank:

And Flames:

See you there!

Tatra on the Road again....

...well, on a trailer, anyway.

How to get a 1500kg car without wheels to a place almost 100kms down the road? Get some I-beams, some sturdy blocks of wood and a jack and lift her up!

Then put a trailer under it and drive it away. Look how it dwarfs the other traffic! A majestic machine.

It was delivered to the another workshop, where it be put together.

Sort it out...

Three years ago I pulled my Tatra 603 apart to fix the failing gearbox, clutch, brakes, shock absorbers and several bearings. Since then, the shell of the car and lots of boxes of parts have been gathering dust as the project slowed to a halt. Now it's time to get things going again.

This is how it has been standing for a long time.

I stacked parts inside so I cleaned out the interior to see if I could find all the parts back.

I sat in the front seat, remembering driving the thing in 2008 to the Hotrod Hayride with friends... Good times...

Now here's the stack-o'-parts I found, minus the gearbox, wheels and engine.

This winter, it has to be put back together and fitted with airride. Hopefully, I'll be cruising next spring! 

Just finished...

...and mounted by Willem "Stimpie" on his Triumph:

which is not finished yet but this is a preview.

Freaky Friday

Night Driving

Kustom Korner Hotdogs & Beer Party

Yesterday was a great day. We had great weather, it was 24 degrees, which must be some kind of meteorological record for oktober 1st. It felt like summer and hotdogs & beer only enheanced the buzz.

It was time to show the latest Short-Cut chopper with Kustombart paint. And here it is:

Isn't she lovely?

I was there with the last public outing of the Green Machine.

There's quite a collection of interesting bikes gathering at the Kustom Korner.

I was trying to shift some car goodies and a helmet, a vinyl van mural and a few books now have new homes.

I am also selling every Metalflake Kolor available now, 27 different kinds!

Some visitors from Germany, showing off their Ledsleds. I took a close look at the Caddie's airride system. Thanks for coming over, guys!

Here's the newly installed Tiki Bar for Short-Cut Choppers. It was a gift from Kieft & Klok Vintage VW's.

And The Ledsled part of the shop.

A little display of paintwork from me.

Thanks everybody for coming and making it a great day. See you next time!