The wonderment of the mind

It's funny how I spent my entire career being the guy that has to come up with ideas. It's what I'm paid to do; once handsomely so, though not really that any longer. And sometimes these ideas, they come in interesting forms or bits of here or there, or even sometimes can actually just sit down in a chair and come up with them. On purpose.

Not usually. But sometimes.

Regardless, these ideas I speak of, they do come at some point, whether it be after playing tennis or talking about cars or music gear or goofing around in some form or another, they do come eventually. But maybe it's not only the coming up with the ideas, but the recognizing of an idea when it does come up. And it's not always in the order that one may wish it would be, but an idea is an idea, and I've made a career out of getting to them any way I can.

So, I guess we can consider that trend continuing.

Up until this point, I've been attributing and assuming this gas tank design, this retro color and homage to grand pappy, as it's own thing. That, the bike design would be the bike design regardless of anything else- so the tank would be it's own element. Which is why I spent so much time figuring out what the tank could be; from this retro coloring to bright metal flake lime green or a discrete copper antiquing finish... because it didn't affect the rest of the bike design- the tank would be it's own thing.

But now that I have this retro turquoise color and cream striping and Fury emblem (of which I gotta find another one), I feel like I have additional opportunities to play out that retro flair a little bit more. And since I've not found a taillight that I dig yet, I started there. And found this...

So fins. Fins are cool. And it fits so well into this retro tank look, so now the bike is becoming a little more of a theme. A little bit more. Which is cool, 'cause it's me and my style; small subtle things that create an look while still be the guy that stands in the background a bit.

At least I think that's me...

Anyway, although I'm sure it needs to be black and not chrome, the fins taillight will look great I think, and it's actually one of the first solutions I've found that I can bolt on the back and will work in this custom 'not really designed for this application but we can grind it off here or bend it back there and turn it upside down and it'll work great'... application.

So now, of course I want to do the same for the headlight. And I've been watching one as an afterthought on eBay for months, just thinking it looked cool. Not really connecting the 'theme' together in my mind. Until yesterday. Not until yesterday.

I guess it's like most things I process... better late than never.