Finally did it... motorcycle tattoo

JonGu

JonGu

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Been debating about this for years... finally was in a situation where a very good tattoo artist needed a laptop computer and I wanted a tattoo so... gotta love barter hahaha

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Here's the source

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I'll take a few more after it heals and the colors come out a little more. Also gonna get a bit of the rumble strip added I think :p
 
JonGu

JonGu

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Set my ink? I'm not really sure what that means. This is my 1st so I'm pretty much a newb at this kind of thing.
 
rk97

rk97

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ah - then I'll give you fair warning.

When I got my first tattoo, as I was leaving some a-hole says, "wait, you can't leave yet, no one has set your ink" and then slapped me on the back, right where I'd just been poked with a needle and injected with ink for the last 90 minutes.

I would have kicked his ass, but he was way bigger than me, and I was busy writhing in pain.

don't fall for it.
 
JonGu

JonGu

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hahaha thanks for the warning. Fortunately I don't think I'll need to worry about that anymore... BTW, the whole thing ended up taking about 5 hours worth of tattooing time and another hour or two for him to make the pattern. At first I thought man... this isn't so bad at all. The last hour and a half or so was seriously hurting though as he went back over the same areas over for more detail... holy shit!
 
rk97

rk97

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yeah, it's weird (for most of us anyway) to pay someone to inflict that much pain.

I like your design because it actually means something to you. People ask me what my tattoos mean, and the only thing I can really say is, "well, the one on my back means i had more money than sense during college, and the one on my arm means I didn't learn my lesson the first time..."

I wouldn't say I regret getting tattoos, but I have thought, "I could have bought a set of Q2's with what I spent on ink... idiot!"
 
JonGu

JonGu

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Yeah well my story was: "What does #276 stand for?"

Me: "Well, it's a symbol of my laziness... it was the number on my first race bike which I was too lazy to remove, so I just used it for all my bikes"
 
Trent1098S

Trent1098S

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Dude that's awesome!

I've never thought I'd be interested in getting a tattoo, but after seeing yours.. I have to admit, you've got me thinking. :)
 
greeny

greeny

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JonGu;142024 wrote: "Well, it's a symbol of my laziness... it was the number on my first race bike which I was too lazy to remove, so I just used it for all my bikes"
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LOL! love it, jon.
 
G

Gron4

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Hey Jon,

Is that one of our photos? If so you will have to go back for a photo credit tattoo to "Gron4 Photography". Kidding of course, very nice :congrats:
 
Trent1098S

Trent1098S

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Gron4;142109 wrote: Hey Jon,

Is that one of our photos? If so you will have to go back for a photo credit tattoo to "Gron4 Photography". Kidding of course, very nice :congrats:
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LMAO! Gron, that's funny as hell. :)

PS I took one of the photos you shot to a local print shop and had a 30" poster made to hang over my toolbox in my garage, taken back when my Ducati was pretty.
 
JonGu

JonGu

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haha Dustin, I don't think I want to forever immortalize that moment on my arm... but it did make a nice poster :p

And hell, if I ever get drunk enough, I just might get a copyright gron4 on there somewhere! hahaha... realized though that there's no NESBA sticker on that bike either... actually I put the NESBA sticker on immediately before I tossed it 10 feet in the air. Maybe I'll see if he can add the logo to the fairing when I go in to finish up the background....
 
Wink

Wink

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At first sight of the thread title, I assumed it would have been your famous picture at RA. But, that is a very nice lookin' tatt.

For permanent, you shoulda gone white plates. You know you'll have them before you quit racin'.... LOL!
 
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