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〜I built a motorcycle based on Prince's "Purple Rain" in Japan, so I'll show you the process of making it.〜

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Build a Prince’s “Purple Rain” motorcycle CM400T in Japan（No. 15）~English edition~

投稿日：2026年3月3日 更新日：

I’m building a motorcycles for Prince “Purple Rain”（No. 15）

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Continuation of cowling production.　Since the plating of the side blinker had deteriorated, I decided to put a plating sheet on it.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

Lightly sand the whole thing.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

I tried pasting the plated sheet, but the corner part can’t be pasted well.　Trial and error, but crumpled.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

I decided to give up the plated sheet and paint it with silver.　Scrape off the plated part to remove the step.　I use instant glue instead of putty.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

I blew primer, blew surfacer, and painted silver.　Finally, it is completed by blowing clear.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

 

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

I will stick the plated molding to the whole cowling.　Plating molding（8mm） is for cars.　Bend the mall using a hair dryer.

Secure the mall with clothespins using glue.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

The corner part is difficult to paste the molding.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

It took 2 days to attach the mall.　The glue has protruded, so something has to be done.

Also clean the base of the horn and handlebars.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

 

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

 

I lost the clip that fixes the headlight, so I made my own.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

Covers are attached to the left and right pockets inside the cowling.

 

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

The side blinker is completed.　It’s not plated, but it’s beautiful.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle

Basic cowling work completed.　The rest is mounting the shield and polishing the painted surface.

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