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New user / new resto project - Falcon Pro
abz2002:
--- Quote from: Deano on October 20, 2011, 08:56 PM ---Just caught up on this thread and for your 1st resto this is as good as it gets in my opinion :daumenhoch:
Great read from start to finish and detail is spot on fella.
Everyone involved has also done a great job ;)
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Thanks all for your compliments :)
Could use some advice, the cups and possibly bearings that pop into the wheels i.e. the axle is developing surface rust as is the freewheel. What are the chances of getting hold of some NOS versions of those?
The freewheel seems unique to the wheel as it has slots (i think five of them) that slot into the ridges of the wheel? :-\
abz2002:
--- Quote from: deeman on October 20, 2011, 09:00 PM ---forgot to say those mags look way better than my attempt to bleach some acorns!they just stayed beige!i had them in for 3 days and the plastic was getting soft so i gave up.yours look good though! :daumenhoch:
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yeah they are in pretty good shape, I had to buy a complete donor bike to get my hands on them, they seem to come up very rarely on the bay. The last set that came up recently went for nearly as much as I paid for the entire donor bike!
abz2002:
--- Quote from: SuperBikeDan on October 20, 2011, 08:41 PM ---awsome, proper resto :daumenhoch:
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;D and you had nothing to do with it! ;)
abz2002:
--- Quote from: deeman on October 20, 2011, 06:30 PM ---that looks absolutely lovely mate!A top restoration and big respect for bitd spec authenticity.It reminds me of my first freestyler,a DRAGON FREESTYLER in white,was very heavy though!how is the falcon weight wise?it doesnt look light!i was going to suggest a trik-top seat much like the one in ronsters pic.it would be very fitting with the bike,im sure they had something like that on originally'they are cheap on the bay.
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you're absolutely right, it's not that light, it wasn't a top end bike bitd but it was the bike that I owned and so I was driven by sentiment more than anything else!
The seat as I remember it was the same style as the Aeroyal i.e. had the slits as this one but I think had BMX written in the sides and was less bulky and square. Will keep and eye out for one.
superbikedan:
--- Quote from: abz2002 on October 20, 2011, 10:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: SuperBikeDan on October 20, 2011, 08:41 PM ---awsome, proper resto :daumenhoch:
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;D and you had nothing to do with it! ;)
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well i did and proud to be part of it ;) but the awsome resto for me is all the attention to detail, it's the
wheels, brakes, pads decals ect and the rebuild, that's the part i'm not involved in and always blown away
by the final build and the effort you guys make to get it as perfect as this child hood memory that drove
you, :daumenhoch:
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