This original kit
is of a pretty hideous 1980s factory so-called custom. I decided to customize it
as I would like to do if it were a real full-sized machine.
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All the over-shiny chrome had
to go. Covers over the carbs were also discarded and something like sportier air
filters fitted to the twin carbs.
The seat and rear fender were extensively re-modelled. Otherwise, it was down to
painting. I went with an understated light blue-grey which seems to contrast
nicely with the semi-gloss black engine. More contrast comes from the grey
exhaust system - all paints I happened to have already more often used to
camouflage planes and vehicles.
Cables were made from anything other than the over-scale nonsense Tamiya still
insist on including with their bikes kits (as do all manufacturers of similar
kits to be fair).