http://s955.photobucket.com/albums/ae36/twistdchick/Sharpie%20marker%20Ducati/So here it is - the broad views of my bike! I'll do the close-up views in another posting, because I don't know how to do it!
Anyway, last year I got my bike - 2006 Monster S2R and got a new helmet - a white Arai. I felt like a Storm Trooper from Star Wars, so my son said "sharpie it!". 20 hours of work, and clear coat, and I was HOOKED! I decided then, to do my whole bike at the end of the winter. So I wrote down all the things that I love, make me laugh, and show my personality. I had the red painted white and scuffed to accept the maker better. I spent 75 hours on the couch, floor, table... until my butt was numb, but it was DONE! I had it cleared by Toon Town Paint in Pine Island, NY (close to where I live).
Watching people look at the bike is great - I purposely did lettering by the Ducati sticker on the tank to say "Sharpie Edition" so people would think that Ducati came out with this special bike! It does fool people at first, but then they see all the personal stuff drawn, and think "why did Ducati put THIS on here?" THEN I tell them that I did it by hand with a Sharpie marker, and their face gets crinkled up, their mouth hangs open, with no words coming out for a few minutes. It's fun for me! (but not as much fun as RIDING my bike!) [moto]
I put Homer Simpson drooling saying "ummmm... Ducatis.... ahhhhgggh", along with C3PO saying "naked? what do you mean naked? My parts are showing?", with Stewie saying "do you realize what the deuce you're looking at? a MARKER I tell you!", and of course Daffy Duck, which is ME. I even hid "Waldo" in there for a challenge for people to find. Everyone spends so much time looking and reading everything, then go around the bike again and again, and see things they didn't see before!
I really enjoy it, and enjoy people's reaction to it as well! I especially love it because it couldn't get ANY more personal, with all my favorite things, people, sayings, and all, AND the fact that I did the artwork myself (I am an artist that specializes in crazy colorful dog portraits)
It's really a dream come true - to own a Ducati that it undeniably MINE!
Other things that were done to it by my husband (also rides a 2006 Monster, but the 1000 S2R) - was the lower seat, a lowering link, tail chop, and an air horn so I can actually be heard! (especially above his dry clutch and quad-D (X-Box) exhaust!!!)
So that's the story of me and my bike for now! Thanks for listening and looking!
