I get bored at work and have stupid ideas.
I've had my 2008 675SE for almost 2 years now. I went to the track a few times last year and loved it, and felt that living in downtown Toronto was wasting my bike's talents. A brand new set of Hotbodies track plastics fell in my lap for next to nothing, and I bought a nice 1976 Yamaha xs650 which cut my insurance rates, so I uninsured the 675 and decided to spend a lot of time at the beautiful Calabogie racetrack this summer. I might put it back on the street eventually.
I lack the time and patients for painting, and I didn't feel like spending hundreds on a real paint job, so I decided to go with vinyl. It couldn't look any worse than the rustolium-roller or spray-paint method, and it only cost me $75 for materials. Aaaaaaand I figured as long as I was working with vinyl I could do something you can only do with vinyl, so…
BEHOLD: The world's fastest station wagon; my wood-paneled 675.
The before shot!
The Concept!
The Materials!
First day's work!
MY ASSISTANT!
First track day, no stickers yet. Pretty close to the concept.
Fine booty:
Moved to Calabogie, Stickers. (7.38 is Euler's number squared)
Had a little low slide, everything held up well. Little crack in the fiberglass:
Info:
2008 Triumph Daytona 675 Special Edition
Woodcraft rear-sets
Pazzo folding levers
Tech-Spec tank grips
Two-Brothers Slip-on
Sato no-cut frame sliders
Street Triple R OEM rear hugger
Hotbodies fiberglass bodywork
Dry vinyl application with 3M Blue squeegee and 10A heat-gun on low setting.
Vinyl purchased from my local Proveer Sign and Graphics www.proveer.com :
Avery SF-100 Cheyenne Teak ($14/yd)
Avery SF-900 Metallic Black; Bright Gold Metallic ($8/yd)
Avery A6 White ($4/yd FAR too thin and stretchy, I couldn't find better plain white. I wouldn't recommend this stuff)
Decals purchased from www.doityourselflettering.com
"Daytona" (In Edwardian Script) about $6 each.
Numbers hand cut.
Total work time: 14 hours.
(And if you were wondering: I'm an engineer for a solar power company, the concept drawing was done in Microsoft Paint on my lunchbreak, and I've never vinyled anything complicated before but I'm extremely skilled with my hands thanks to a childhood of playing with Lego)
NOTE TO ASPIRING VINYL WRAPPERS: I must impress upon you the importance of alcohol when working with adhesive vinyl. It is essential to prevent frustration and diffuse perfectionism.
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I've had my 2008 675SE for almost 2 years now. I went to the track a few times last year and loved it, and felt that living in downtown Toronto was wasting my bike's talents. A brand new set of Hotbodies track plastics fell in my lap for next to nothing, and I bought a nice 1976 Yamaha xs650 which cut my insurance rates, so I uninsured the 675 and decided to spend a lot of time at the beautiful Calabogie racetrack this summer. I might put it back on the street eventually.
I lack the time and patients for painting, and I didn't feel like spending hundreds on a real paint job, so I decided to go with vinyl. It couldn't look any worse than the rustolium-roller or spray-paint method, and it only cost me $75 for materials. Aaaaaaand I figured as long as I was working with vinyl I could do something you can only do with vinyl, so…
BEHOLD: The world's fastest station wagon; my wood-paneled 675.
The before shot!
The Concept!
The Materials!
First day's work!
MY ASSISTANT!
First track day, no stickers yet. Pretty close to the concept.
Fine booty:
Moved to Calabogie, Stickers. (7.38 is Euler's number squared)
Had a little low slide, everything held up well. Little crack in the fiberglass:
Info:
2008 Triumph Daytona 675 Special Edition
Woodcraft rear-sets
Pazzo folding levers
Tech-Spec tank grips
Two-Brothers Slip-on
Sato no-cut frame sliders
Street Triple R OEM rear hugger
Hotbodies fiberglass bodywork
Dry vinyl application with 3M Blue squeegee and 10A heat-gun on low setting.
Vinyl purchased from my local Proveer Sign and Graphics www.proveer.com :
Avery SF-100 Cheyenne Teak ($14/yd)
Avery SF-900 Metallic Black; Bright Gold Metallic ($8/yd)
Avery A6 White ($4/yd FAR too thin and stretchy, I couldn't find better plain white. I wouldn't recommend this stuff)
Decals purchased from www.doityourselflettering.com
"Daytona" (In Edwardian Script) about $6 each.
Numbers hand cut.
Total work time: 14 hours.
(And if you were wondering: I'm an engineer for a solar power company, the concept drawing was done in Microsoft Paint on my lunchbreak, and I've never vinyled anything complicated before but I'm extremely skilled with my hands thanks to a childhood of playing with Lego)
NOTE TO ASPIRING VINYL WRAPPERS: I must impress upon you the importance of alcohol when working with adhesive vinyl. It is essential to prevent frustration and diffuse perfectionism.
http://stayawakeatwork.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/StayAwakeAtWork