Mod addiction - so what?

[TitanMonsterS4R]

 

+1.  Great lookin bike Stop.  Fantastic work!  In all our exchanges you never mentioned you had BST's 

[Raux]

You know. I keep thinking that swingarm needs to be solid red. It's a piece of the frame per se. so why two-tone it.

[corey]

You know. I keep thinking that swingarm needs to be solid red. It's a piece of the frame per se. so why two-tone it.

cause nobody else has

[stopintime]

You know. I keep thinking that swingarm needs to be solid red. It's a piece of the frame per se. so why two-tone it.

I'm trying to find a good balance between "pretty" and "raw/race/homemade" components.
Solid red swingarm with the other red is too pretty for my bike - not raw enough IMO.

An example of what would throw that balance off - remove the "pretty" parts tank and seat cowl, put on a California CycleWorks track tank - it all goes to hell - too much "raw/race/homemade".

What makes my bike look good (if it does) has a lot to do with the use of interesting, not pretty, parts.
As an example - the BST wheels, measured as a design object, are not as nice as stock - they just look great because we know what they are all about.  Open belt covers - not as nice as stock, but adds "raw/homemade".

YMMV 

cause nobody else has

... and that 

[DucHead]

Great work!!         

Now go paint the headlight brackets black.   

[Buckethead]

Now go paint the headlight brackets black.   

...or red. 

[stopintime]

I'll do chrome with red polka dots 

[Raux]

I'll do chrome with red polka dots 

strip it, let it pateena and clear it... is that raw enough?