When we first started out building motorcycles before all this had become a business, it was only really done for our own riding pleasure and as an artistic escape to create. A good DOP friend had taken notice of our nonchalant attitude and junk yard styling and ran by us a tit for tat proposition. He had been struggling for a couple years to complete a cb750 project of his own and offered to shoot some video and still photography if we were to “face lift” his beloved problem child and bring it up to speed. Having completed our own cb750 project with minor hiccups, we thought why the heck not. It was apparent that the donor bike was a good base and our imagination ran wild to how we can incorporate the grunge styling with something that was radically different for us (at the time). So we set off. As this was maybe the fourth or fifth bike and we were only getting better at the mechanics we thought that we should give it a semi clean classic futuristic look whilst keeping the dirty and age apparent qualities intact. So we drew a very simple shape and focused on the materials and finishes that would amplify this notion. We kept the 50’s fog light, shock covers, and entire front end a brushed chrome colour to give it that classic chrome two-tone detailing. Leaving the tank and frame out for a month during the monsoon season to build up some rust for texture. We then mixed glossy lacquer with 3-4 dark dark monochromatic colours and started spraying. 15 layers later at a glance and from afar the tank looks like a solid colour. Looking closer you can see the naturally distressed inconsistencies of the swirls of rust that lies beneath and feel the weathering of the metallic texture. Keeping the design and build agenda simple is often the result of something elegant and beautiful.