Back from the Painter

Earlier I took my gas tank, tail section and side covers to Darren Liquid Illusions to be painted.  It took a few weeks, but they are back!  And they look great!  Here are the pictures:

Here are all of the parts together.  They are really glossy so it is hard to take a good focused photo that captures the color.

Here are the side covers.  I had Darren put the number 17 on each side.  Why number 17?  Because that's my number.  I don't really have a better reason.

From here you can see the checkerboard design that goes along the spine of the bike.

Here is the gas tank.

From here you can see the Flying Tiger logo a bit better.

The contours of the tank provide nice lines for the checkerboard.

The checkerboard continues along the tail section.

Here is the entirety of the tail section.

Here is the tail section from the back.  The hole is for the tail light.

I can't wait to see these parts back on the bike.  I think the color is going to really pop in the sunlight.  With any luck we'll be doing final assembly soon, but first we need to work out the headlight.