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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Wow.... /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1329762773 Message started by Retread on 02/20/12 at 10:32:53 |
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Title: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/20/12 at 10:32:53 I am finally able to post here? Ok after four months, my build is done.. |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/20/12 at 10:37:12 Started with a 88 Savage.. Poor condition.. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7183/6910983317_86ee5b34ce.jpg Finished... http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6910983449_e4632985a2.jpg Have build pics, and part list, will never get the money I have in this bike out of it... But a fun build... |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/20/12 at 10:43:06 Wow,, quite a change & probably a good sized lump of change, Vera Weldon, |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/20/12 at 12:46:46 Yes it was, but I did everything but the upholstery, it was fairly cheap at $90.. More pics of the build... http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7183/6911048291_ba75e6cf7d.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6911048299_5e743eb847.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6910983421_2a0b4252f3.jpg |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Serowbot on 02/20/12 at 13:38:11 Huh... You can make a silk purse out of a sows ear... :-?... ;)... |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/20/12 at 14:44:43 Thanks to all here.. Really folks, I have been spying for four months, pilfering info from this site.. 8-) I am an old retired fart who does a bike a year during the winter. Build list on this one includes (front to back), new front fork seals, new front brake pads, new LED turn lamps and lens, drag bars and risers, web cam, cam chain, adjuster, upholstery, progressive shocks, LED brake lamp, and several other small items.. I did a BMW last year, and an old Suzuki GSL1100 the year before.. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5269/5686665435_2ca9d7da74.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5059/5526585890_3a7d45ba26.jpg Its all about the bike, aint it? |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by DNSavage on 02/21/12 at 12:55:09 Wow...really great work! |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by x1karr0usx on 02/21/12 at 12:59:50 that is a beautiful paint job! great work! |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/22/12 at 07:59:19 Thanks for the compliments.. The paint is a two stage with clear coat, a mettalic gold mist color from Dupont.. It does have flaws, I have to remind myself all I have to paint in is a 100 year old garage. I can clean and prep for days, and when I break out the gun, a group of millers hiding in the rafters takes off, or the wind picks up and blows through the old doors, just too much fun.. :-? This has been a fun build though, actually had the funds from last sale to do as I wanted.. Thought of cafe, but everybody does cafe's or bobbers, just wanted a good town bike out of her.. It is just a good hobby, been working on bikes for 45 years, can finally relax and do it right, instead of fast.. |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/22/12 at 12:17:50 Ive seen some pretty low buck paint booths made with pvc & drop cloth type plastic. Wouldnt have to be big, but youd sure have to wear protection. I built one in my shop by using parachute cord & the rails the big door goes up on, but I doubt youve got one of those on a 100 year old barn. Bamboo would work, it grows in the ditch around here. |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by x1karr0usx on 02/22/12 at 12:40:42 +1 for the protection.. i spray bombed my tank and fender, and ended up throwing up for a few days! a week later, my dad (who gave me a hand) said he finally can tastes things again :D |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by arteacher on 02/22/12 at 13:22:22 I painted a van in an old garage once- without a mask. I was in there all day putting on coat after coat. I was cleaning out the gun (just fried) and remembered I hadn't painted the door sills, so I go back in, open the doors and paint 'em...... and the seats and the dash and the windshield etc. and I had restored the interior first. :-? |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/22/12 at 16:48:14 Oh yea guys you have to have a good mask.. I am fortunate to have worked for major oil company for many years, they would update any respirators over three years old, toss the old (still good) masks in the trash (back of my pickup).. Getting hard to find filters for them though.. Can still get them through Lab Safety.. I usually just wet the floor down, crack the front door and open the large door enough to put my large window fan in and turn it to medium speed.. I made a tent type once, it didn't work, now I just don't have the room in my old shop anymore, "My name is Retread, and I'm a toolaholic!".... :) |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/22/12 at 19:07:41 Retread,, sounds like a name for someone who throws nothing away if it can be rebuilt or repurposed, |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Savage_Rob on 02/22/12 at 19:12:59 46595F5845427343734B59551E2C0 wrote:
Yeah, let's go with that. It presents a much nicer visual than someone who leaves pieces of himself all over the blacktop. |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by Retread on 02/23/12 at 07:06:08 I am old enough that I have done both guys... ;D |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/23/12 at 17:59:50 1725322523211B162B26440 wrote:
Yeah, let's go with that. It presents a much nicer visual than someone who leaves pieces of himself all over the blacktop.[/quote] Hoooo Crap! Laffed till I coffed,, |
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Title: Re: Wow.... Post by ohio thumper on 02/25/12 at 06:59:29 killer work on the scoots 8-) |
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