Drawing from styling cues he acquired from his street-rod experience, Mark modified the bottom of the Xtreme gas tank to flow continuously from front to rear without exposing the mounting brackets. On top he reconfigured the tank to flow uninterrupted into a recessed seat from Rich at Bitchin' Seat Company in Anaheim, CA. Rich covered the custom seat pan Mark fabricated with three different types of foam, then shaped the black upholstery, finishing it with a graphic insert matching the bike's graphic designs. Notice in the photographs how the seat recesses into a molded pocket? In search of a means to create the appearance of a fender-hugging rigid-frame bike, Mark fashioned the seat pocket and installed a Legend air-ride setup. With the air ride laid out, take note of how nicely the Thunder Struck custom fender conforms to the radius of the rear wheel.

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Custom Design Studios handled the molding and painting of the bike. After serious discussion with the other builders, they decided to paint the bike gold after the tattoos that Johnny had on his knuckles-Stay Gold. Kirk Taylor, owner of Custom Design Studios, shot multiple layers of House of Kolor Pagan Gold mixed with thick rainbow metalflake. Then he used gold leaf to spell out "Stay Gold" on both sides of the gas tank and striped it to keep clean edges. All that remained was a seat to match the rest of the bike. Bitchin' Seat Company designed a seat with a chromed seat pan stitched to a tooled white leather top cut so the edges of the pan are left exposed.