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Custom paint- what you have or what you want

Old 04-29-07, 03:04 AM
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Custom paint- what you have or what you want

Anyone with a custom paint job?
Or..if you could have a top notch custom paint job for your bike free of charge what would you do?
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Old 04-29-07, 12:10 PM
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I got a custom paint job on Machak when he was born.

I went with something simple. I specifically chose my favorite color of blue for the forks and stays, because it is my favorite color .... and a silvery blue for the middle part, because when I nick the paint in the middle part and the steel shows through I didn't want those nicks to be really obvious.

Pretty much everything else on Machak is custom too ... this is an old shot of him. I've done several more customizations to him since.

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Very nice!!!
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Eddy orange powdercoat with silver sparkles
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something with glitter lots of glitter, and a nice lookin' naked lady. preferably swedish. that would be the bike for me...
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