Some of the most passionate people out there are those who love their classic motorcycles and those who love their classic signs. Combine these two interests, and to quote a vintage candy bar adage, you’ve got two great tastes that go great together.
一群最有激情的人，不仅喜欢他们的经典摩托车，还有那些经典标识，结合这两种兴趣，引用一句古老的糖果格言，你有两个伟大的口味，一起去伟大吧！
Flying G Vintage Motorcycles in Joaquin, Texas specializes in classic motorcycles. Owner Luke Garrett collects, rides, and restores vintage motorcycles, particularly those in Indian® lineup (Chief®, Scout®, etc.). When Garrett needed a new sign to place above the front door canopy at his shop, he wanted something colorful that would stand out, something iconic that is associated with motorcycles, and something classic-looking that emphasizes the past.
德克萨斯州华金市的飞度G老式摩托车专营经典摩托车，店主Luke Garrett收集、驾驶和修复老式摩托车，特别是那些印第安®系列摩托车（Chief®和Scout®等）。当加勒特需要一个新的标识放在他店里的前门顶棚上方时，他想要一些色彩鲜艳、引人注目的东西，一些与摩托车相关的标识性东西，以及一些强调过去的经典外观。
the Garrett hooked up with Jay Gordon, owner of Blackout Signs & Metalworks in San Marcos, Texas, for this sign request. When it comes to custom signage, Gordon’s shop does it all—conception, design, hand painting, fabrication, install, etc.
加勒特和杰伊·戈登（Jay Gordon）在得克萨斯州圣马科斯市的金属标识制品公司老板联系，提出了这个标识要求。当涉及到定制标牌时，Gordon's shop会提供所有的概念、设计、手绘、制造、安装等。
It really helped that Gordon is a die-hard fan of classic signage, particularly the “old-school method” of sign making. Blackout Signs & Metalworks eschews technologies like computers and CNC routers when it comes to production. “Most everything we do is done by hand—using tools like grinders and welders,” he says.
戈登是经典标牌的铁杆粉丝，尤其是标牌制作的“老派方法”，这确实帮了大忙。标识牌和金属制品公司在生产过程中不需要使用电脑进行绘画设计和数控雕刻机。他说：“我们做的大多数事情都是用手工工具，比如磨床和电焊工。”。
His shop favors creativity and artistry over cookie-cutter jobs, which is one of the reasons they enjoy working with the classic style of neon for their clients. This aspect was also one of the things that attracted Garrett to reach out to Gordon.
他的商店偏爱创意和艺术性，而不是饼干切割那种标识制作的方法，这是他们喜欢与霓虹灯的经典风格为他们的客户制作标识的原因之一，这也是吸引加勒特联系戈登的原因之一。
Gordon is a self-professed “gearhead” as well, so he approached this project as if it was something that he would hang on the front of his own shop.
戈登也是一个自称“完美主义”的人，所以他对这个项目的态度就好像他会把它挂在自己商店的门前一样。
“I love all things old and engine-driven,” he says. “And it really helped that [Luke] came to us at the start with a great-looking logo for use as the centerpiece of this sign.”
他说：“我喜欢所有老款发动机类的东西，卢克带着一个漂亮的标识出现在我们面前时，作为这个标识的受益者，这真的很令人兴奋。”
Gordon and his crew at Blackout Signs and Metalworks (Gabriel Hedrick, Jason Lambert, and David Perez) used plenty of neon colors for this project—Novial Gold, Horizon Blue, Cobalt Blue, Orange, and Off-White.
戈登和他公司的工作人员（加布里埃尔·赫德里克-12289詹森·兰伯特21644大卫·佩雷斯）在这个项目中使用了大量的霓虹灯颜色诺维亚尔黄金、地平线蓝、钴蓝、橙色和灰白色。
While the art for the logo was one pre-selected color, Garrett gave the shop free rein on which other neon colors they could use for the sign. “We wanted the wings and outline of the sign to ‘pop’ and draw one’s eye inward,” says Gordon.
虽然开始定制这个标识的时候，客户已经预先选定了颜色，但是还是给予客户可以自由控制的其他霓虹灯颜色，在他们想要的情况下可以自由的切换颜色氛围。戈登说：“我们希望标识的翅膀和轮廓“弹出”并吸引客人的眼球。”
The sign features an inner-welded one-by-one-inch aluminum frame. The faces and returns were built out of .063 aluminum. “We used One-Shot lettering enamels, spraying the can and hand-lettering the logo,” says Gordon.
该标识采用了一个内部一英寸铝框架焊接，面部和背部由0.063铝制成。戈登说：“我们用了一次性刻字搪瓷，喷涂罐子，并手绘标识。”
The finished neon sign consists of roughly sixteen to eighteen units. It measures five feet tall, nearly seven feet wide, and six inches deep.
完成的霓虹灯标识由大约16至18个单位，它有五英尺高，近七英尺宽，六英寸深。
Blackout Signs & Metalworks was able to knock this project out within five weeks. Gordon says that the biggest challenge wasn’t the build but rather the delivery and installation. “It was a five-hour drive from our shop to his, and the whole backseat of our truck was stacked with glass,” says Gordon. “The drive out there was nerve-wracking.”
我们公司在五周内就完成了这个项目，戈登说，最大的挑战不是制作，而是交付和安装。戈登说：“从我们的标识商店到他的店有5个小时的车程，我们卡车的整个后座都堆满了玻璃霓虹灯管，开车出去真是伤脑筋。”
For this storefront wall-mounted sign, Gordon and his installers used ladders to climb up onto the metal canopy, where they bolted to the building a bracket they had fabricated. “On that bracket, we had threaded 1/2-inch studs that line up with the frame of the sign,” he says. “Doing this makes mounting easy, as long as the frame is square in the sign and you level out the bracket.”
对于这个挂在墙上的店铺标识，戈登和他的安装工们用梯子爬上了金属雨棚，在那里他们用螺栓将自己制作的支架固定在建筑物上。他说：“在那个支架上，我们用1/2英寸的螺柱与标识框对齐。”这样做使安装变得更加容易，因为标识中的框架是方形的，这样你很容易让支架保持水平。
No exposed clips or brackets can be seen by onlookers. “We fed the wire through the building with weather-tight conduit and tied it into a junction box that was already in place,” says Gordon.
戈登说：“我们用防风雨导管将电线穿过大楼，并将其绑在已经就位的接线盒中
这样人们就看不到裸露的夹子或支架了，外观很完美。
Garrett found Blackout Signs & Metalworks via their Instagram page for this job. Gordon shares that their photo- and video-sharing Instagram account has proven a boon to business. “We like its ‘gallery’- style layout and its ease of use,” he says. “You can write as little or as much as you want about the project, but visually, it’s always very effective.”
戈登分享说，我们的客人通过他们的Instagram账户，对于这次新的标识照片和视频进行了分享，这足以证明这对他们的店铺是非常有帮助的，我们喜欢它的“画廊”式布局和易用性，关于这个项目，我们希望客人可以写多少就写多少，从视觉上看，这个标识真的很漂亮。”
The timing of the install was perfect, as the client was hosting a big party at his shop later that day. “[Luke] told us how happy he was with the sign and showing it off to his guests,” says Gordon. “I imagine having that warm neon glow lighting his shop really makes him smile.”
安装的时机也相当的完美，因为客户当天晚些时候，在他的店里举办了一个大型的派对，戈登说：“卢克告诉我们，他很高兴看到这个标识，并向客人炫耀，我想有温暖的霓虹灯照亮他的商店门口，看到他就会令人产生自豪的微笑。”
