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40 yr Old Newbie's Firebird Project - FINISHED!

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BMX20:
First off, what a fantastic site!  I've barely scratched the surface yet it's clear this is a seriously helpful resource populated by very helpful people - so thank you.  Also, a big thank you to Firebird Steve for his help getting me onto here and for answering the myriad of little questions I've had for him so far.  Anyway, here are the pics of my Firebird to date:

 






White Skyways with a coaster on their way - looking at a white/black build I think.  Anyone know where I can get DP Ladder bars from?  I'll post pics as I build it up, in the meantime I'm off to prep the forks for lacquer.  Incidentally, I've ordered some decals from Firebird Steve - does anyone know if you can lacquer over them and, if so, what type of lacquer?

Cheers!

Mattdub:

Lookin' good so far  :daumenhoch: , welcome to RAD  ;)

brettypeeps:
Welcome to Rad.  I would be getting my chain as short as possible looking at the back dropouts to stop them from splaying even more :daumenhoch:

I would Laquer before the Decals personally

Nice build in progress there fella :4_17_5:

monkian:
Hello mate, welcome aboard. Great first project 8) :daumenhoch:
I'm sure you'll feel right at home in no time.

BMX20:
Yeah, the frame's near perfect apart from those drop-outs.  As it is, the chain that came with the bike is a perfect length and in good nick, so that's saved me some tinkering there.  Been reading about various methods of applying the decals - think I'll give the soapy water method a go!  Just finished lacquering the forks so the whole thing is ready to start building up once that's done.  Just need to find somewhere around Lincoln to ride it then ...

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