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Wrapsody in Copper Canyon!

Cindy Bennett, Member #4170

Sounds like the title of Mills & Boon novel I know, but I promise this tale is a lot more exciting! So you may already know that I purchased a new Triumph Tiger back in June, and while I was fairly unfussy about the colour ( I got white with grey trim) I must admit the Triumph colour choices on the Tigers aren’t all that inspiring and a little bit boring. Now the Bonneville’s are another matter, they always look retro cool. After some inspiration gained online in relation to vinyl wrapping options, I happened upon a recommended place in Springwood that has wrapped quite a few bikes. House of Wraps could be mistaken for a delicious lunch venue, but are a busy workshop in Judds Court Springwood just a stone’s throw from Moss St. A visit to the guys and showing them a couple of pics of my ideas resulted in the bike being booked in the following week – exciting! The colour I selected closely aligns to the standard Triumph “Matt Baja Orange” colour, it is called “Copper Canyon” by 3M. The choice of colours is virtually limitless and the sky is the limit to be able to customise your ride. The copper highlights certainly do add a certain uniqueness to the bike, but it still looks like it could be a standard Triumph offering – which is the aesthetic I was going for! While I was dropping off the bike I was wearing my new Schuberth helmet and took the opportunity to get a matching copper stripe down the back. There is a minimum order of the vinyl wrap and there was plenty to do this small job as well. If you get a chance take a look at the House of Wraps Facebook and Instagram (House.of.wraps. co) pages as they have done some nice work recently on an S1000RR, wrapping a matte black over the red – very nice effect. So the cost you ask? It was a very reasonable $250 and the impact to the look of the bike certainly far outweighs this expense. The whole process took less than 2 hours which I used to wander the Moss St establishments and have a wonderful coffee at Extraction Artisan Coffee Roasters on the main drag. By the way, they also wrap cars so I was thinking of having my boring white one blinged up with some gold trim - or copper to match the bike.....