UNLIMITED Brood XIX *WIND EATER*

[The Renaissance Man]

 

[kingfish254]

Very cool!!!
Crank it up to 11 and.........

 

[Pondo]

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Ooo, that’s hot! Bad pun intended.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

In case anyone cares why Brood XIX is in the name, Here's why.

And if you missed how WIND EATER got added, @Da Gas Man astutely noticed what I didn't catch that was right in front of me!

 

[Pondo]

I thought it must have something to do with cicadas.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

l also thought it was cool that the Roman numeral XIX was a tie in to build-off 19.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

As I stated before, I'm being guided by the Deiselpunk style. But only to a point. It won't be full-tilt Deiselpunk with hoverjets replacing the wheels and I won't be dressing up and carrying sci-fi weapons when I ride it.

It will be in some ways the reverse mindset. I want it to look like something that inspired Deiselpunk instead of being inspired by the aesthetic.

 

[OddJob]

Yes, the reverse mindset. George invented that. The opposite...it worked for him.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Here's my concept rendering so far. I haven't started playing with the handlebars and headlight area but I have some ideas. The color will be changed later but for now it was easier just to stick with the base color and add to it.

 

[kingfish254]

That flows so well.

 

[BobbyStillz]

Very cool!!!
Crank it up to 11 and.........

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I second that emission *ahem* emotion.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

You may have noticed the horizontal chrome trim running along the center of the bike in the rendering above.

I always dig through chrome trim parts when I see them at car swap meets and buy things that look like they might have future potential. As luck would have it, I dug these out of my collection and they look like they were made for it!

Here's one laying on the original plastic guard. It's practically a perfect match!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Tried out a two tone paint scheme. Probably not the colors that I'll end up with, but I'm liking the direction so far.

 

[kingfish254]

I'm really liking the vibe of this concept.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Made the colors more muted.

 

[Chad T]

Muted def looks better on the laptop. Sorry for this but I have to do a brief hijack and ask about this bike you posted in kf's thread. You said it was a client's. Did you build this for him or did he use your tank ad build it himself? It's a real stunner I hadn't seen before.

 

[Pondo]

The green version is gorgeous!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Muted def looks better on the laptop. Sorry for this but I have to do a brief hijack and ask about this bike you posted in kf's thread. You said it was a client's. Did you build this for him or did he use your tank ad build it himself? It's a real stunner I hadn't seen before.

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It was built by @Pauliemon in California a few years ago and won several awards including first place at the Sacramento Autorama!

This was the starting point!

This is how it looks today after another makeover!

 

[Chad T]

That’s amazing. Wondered what the lower tank was but now see it’s the original girls tank.

When I look at those trim pieces I keep thinking they would fit nicely on an old skateboard deck.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

When I look at those trim pieces I keep thinking they would fit nicely on an old skateboard deck.

That would be cool! If I had another set or knew what they came off of to find more I would try that.

Hmmm, maybe a skateboard build-off would be fun to do sometime!

Here's a ratrod lowrider that I did several years ago!