Dyno NFX for my daughter... * FINISHED *

[ED209]

Inspired by the various builds you lot do for you kids ( especially Norty40's christmas Olsgoose and the look on his daughters face ) I decided to do something for my 8 year old girl Issy 

I'd recently done what I could to her mini mtn bike to 'bmx it up' and she took it to Boleshill track in Sheffield and was very into razzing it around the jumps...

I brought a Specialized Vegas for 50 notes off ebay aka. The Pig ... stuck it up on here for opinions and got told... "if it falls on her it will kill her" ... "leave it on a roundabout somewhere" ... cheers fellas!

But as a result I got talking to James ( Heywood BMX ) and he said he had an old Dyno NFX, which was a suitable sized frame, knocking about... to cut a lot of PMs short, James got a bikes worth of bits together for me with the frame and sent them over... for the price of postage... 



Izzy was blown away by James's generosity, as was I ... he is a fooking star and will be treated as royalty in my house if he ever stops by 



So by nicking the decent bits off of The Pig, the mini Powerlite bars and range Ame's off the mini mtn bike and James's donations ... it was game on.

Purple and orange is the colour scheme and I'm at it right now... stinking of pear drops!

- Thanks to Norty for the inspiration.
- Thanks to Franz for the info on NOT using car lacquer over the Plasti Kote
- Thanks to munnyella for flowing a smaller crank ( see you down the Boardroom on the 3rd dude )

and THANKS to the power of INFINITY to James for his generosity  you a star dawg.

PS. My youngest daughter just walked in my my paint mask on saying 'I am Darth Vader' she then walked out and there was a massive crash and screaming... I went out and asked my wife what had happened.. "I don't know" she said "all I heard was a little voice saying 'I AM DARTH VADER' then she fell down that hole"   

19.03.10 Finished...







Dads TO DO list :
- Get some decals down... looks like being some Dyno crossed with a dragon ( Issy's idea )
- Might end up dyeing the suede on the seat black as its not quite a colour match on the purple ( RADANAL syndrome )
- Think I need some orange on the back end so I need to spray the seat post orange again.
- a nice early 90s chainwheel - maybe orange.
- orange brake cable... longer than the one on it.

...my daughter fooking loves it though  and I'm a bit jealous... its a skid machine! I had a raz this afternoon and got back to my youth doing drifiting step-through skids  luv it.

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Oooh I`m blushing! A few people on RAD have helped me out loads-Big Sam to name one,just thought I`d try and do likewise,Karma and all that :LolLolLolLol:Sure the little lady will love the finished product.

[ED209]

blush away dude ... you are a great role model 

paint is done 



( quote from my 4 year old 'why is that woman dancing with a fish' ...  )

[ED209]

nice purple  are those forks orange?

yep - plastiKote fluro orange... mmm

[firebird4130]

looks sweet mate 

[ED209]

nice purple  are those forks orange?

yep - plastiKote fluro orange... mmm

sweet, are the bars going orange too 

nearly were but they are nice alloy Powerlite mini bars... too good to paint... plus I've got orange Ame grips.



I've doing the seat post and crank orange to match 

[ED209]

Started getting it built tonight... 'certain people' are getting excited already.

Got to add an orange seat post with back seat, black GT pedals, silver & black GT chainwheel and spray the 1pc crank orange.



Hopefully the weather will be ok to hit the Ruddington track on Sunday 

[Munnyella]

looking good.

that crank looks long though, is it staying?

I have a 6 1/4 (about 156mm) that you can have. its a steely, but might be  better suited to your daughters legs!

You may be already on it, in which case, ignore this!

Mark M

[ED209]

looking good.

that crank looks long though, is it staying?

I have a 6 1/4 (about 156mm) that you can have. its a steely, but might be  better suited to your daughters legs!

You may be already on it, in which case, ignore this!

Mark M

its all good man! these things are often missed... I was going to use the steel one thats in her mini mtn bike but shes riding it everynight at the mo.

If you don't need it I would deffo be interested - will happily pay postage or whatever you need!

cheers dude LMK.

[Munnyella]

pm you address, i'll post it tomorrow, just stick a couple of quid in a `help for heroes' or kidney charity box.

Mark M

[ED209]

pm you address, i'll post it tomorrow, just stick a couple of quid in a `help for heroes' or kidney charity box.

Mark M

amazing... cheers dude.

We are running a sponsored walk for the Haiti disaster on Saturday so I'm stick an extra 5iver in that 

[Tim38]

looks good mate,i remember my old man spraying my chopper when i was a kid he didnt even take it apart ,just  masked it up and let rip with the paint metallic blue frame and theels where luminous green ,the green was some sort of paint used for signs,it was like the only fools and horses episode,im inspired ed might have to give the haro mirra im building for my nephew a new colour.

[ED209]

i remember my old man spraying my chopper when i was a kid

...and with a combination of councilling & drugs... you have manged to get over it.

 
( thanks for making me laugh before bed Tim  )

[NORTY40]

Good on you Ed , top Dad  

Glad 'Olsgoose' inspired someone because I don't think the purist's liked it  

The bike is looking great mate , sure Izzy's friends are going to be so envious of her new ride  
Look's like you have got the 'Rattle cans' of to a T  

Very kind gesture by James too , he has helped me out in the past with some bits and pieces and all for the cost of postage    He is also always one of the first to answer technical queries on here I have noticed  . Top RADster !

Looking forward to seeing it finished Ed .  

[Tim38]

i think you should ride this bike on the 3rd of april mate

[Mattdub]

Great thread & even cooler bike , James is one of the old timers on here and an all round good egg   

He's almost part of the furniture 

[ED209]

Great thread & even cooler bike , James is one of the old timers on here and an all round good egg   

James is king 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

 :)Mmmm,King James...Makes a change from being called Miserable B*****d by the wife

[ED209]

Finished it... will try and get some outdoor pics tomorrow

[HUTCHMAN]

bar the rear dropouts,looks a bit like a Nomura.

[sweetbeats]

Get some decals on it you tight sod 
Cool little bike 

[ED209]

Get some decals on it you tight sod 
Cool little bike 

Cheers dude... gimme a chance though eh  only just finished it.

+ Im not too sure what to do with the graphics...

a) go for new versions of the originals coloured to match the frame - not very new school + my daughter isn't that bothered and would rather have dragons on it  so worth the cost?
b) go for some classic orange dyno logos in a new school style and fashion
c) let her have her way and 'dragon' it up - shes thinking japanese style dragons running down the frame  not really my steez but... its her bike.... children!

[sweetbeats]

Get some decals on it you tight sod 
Cool little bike 

Cheers dude... gimme a chance though eh  only just finished it.

+ Im not too sure what to do with the graphics...

a) go for new versions of the originals coloured to match the frame - not very new school + my daughter isn't that bothered and would rather have dragons on it  so worth the cost?
b) go for some classic orange dyno logos in a new school style and fashion
c) let her have her way and 'dragon' it up - shes thinking japanese style dragons running down the frame  not really my steez but... its her bike.... children!

Sure some of the lads on here will have a few Dyno decals for the project Ed...icing on the cake 
A couple of dragons as well 

[ED209]

...all done now.



Daughter was not impressed with crank (too long) seat (too small) brakes (only one) gearing ( too high) 

( had to go walk the dog to chiil out ) ...then came back and stripped th crank out and replaced for her mini mtn one ( only 140mm ) that also had a smaller chain ring. Another part arrived from James ... an almost new Gusset seat! and we got it all sorted before she caught the taxi for school so she could have a little ride ... she was like  I got big hugs and felt like  dada

Job well done I reckon... off to Rushcliffe Track on Sunday 

[NORTY40]

Get some decals on it you tight sod 
Cool little bike 

Cheers dude... gimme a chance though eh  only just finished it.

+ Im not too sure what to do with the graphics...

a) go for new versions of the originals coloured to match the frame - not very new school + my daughter isn't that bothered and would rather have dragons on it  so worth the cost?
b) go for some classic orange dyno logos in a new school style and fashion
c) let her have her way and 'dragon' it up - shes thinking japanese style dragons running down the frame  not really my steez but... its her bike.... children!

Looks good ED  

Why not incorporate the two , Dyno and dragons         'Dyno the Dragon' springs to mind         I can see a few PM's flying back and forth to Del