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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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Builds replica of Prince’s “Purple Rain” motorcycle CM400 in Japan（No. 6）

投稿日：2026年3月3日 更新日：



I’m building a motorcycles for Prince “Purple Rain”（No. 6）※painting failed.

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I painted on a sunny day. However, the painting failed.　I failed, but I will introduce the process.

シンボルマーク　マスキング

シンボルマーク　マスキング

I thought about various things to draw the symbol mark of Prince.　I cut it out using the “cutter compass”.

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

I made a symbol mark using masking tape. It was difficult to cut out the round part.

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

The shape of this symbol is slightly different between the “Purple Rain” photo and the bike on display at Paisley Park.　Maybe there are two.

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

Paint it purple with car paint.　I have used this color before.

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

Color doesn’t stick well. I applied it about 5 times.

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

The feeling when peeling off the masking tape is the best.

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

Apply normal clear before applying urethane clear.

プリンスパープルレイン　バイク　prince purplerain　motorcycle
It’s not glossy, but it’s there to fix the purple color, so that’s okay.

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

Scrape off the clear to eliminate the step of the symbol mark.

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

After that, I painted the urethane clear.

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

It is shiny and beautiful, but there is a sense of incongruity.

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

You can see the red color underneath. So I need to mask the symbol again and repaint it in purple.



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