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hunterdubber:
Bloody hell Jiimbo , looks real tidy ,, no issues ?  :shocked:  :daumenhoch:

That lads gonna be gutted when he sees you  rolling round on his old frame  when you've finished  :smitten:

Quality frame ,,what size then ?  ::)  :)

Got an idea what you fancy , colour wise  :coolsmiley:


 

oldtired:
no issues that i can see aside from the dints on the seat/chain stays, nowt bigger than a 5p so no worries there

21"  top tube dubberdoo the only way  :daumenhoch:,  bonus that i thought , color wise realy liking the idea of the gun blue keeps the rust off ,and won't cover up the welds, so it'll be a dark blue ish finish ,  all depending if i botch up the hole for the bashguard on the bb  :LolLolLolLol:, if i do then i'll fill in the dinks on the chain/seat stay and do it  :Great_Britain: racing green simply because i've got two tins of spray n half of tub of Hammerite in said color , like i said no fasion here  :LolLolLolLol:

Betty:
Real good strong frames those, don't leave it un lacquered though





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oldtired:
      sometimes i wonder if there is something fundamantally wrong with me  :LolLolLolLol:  why i bother doing stuff like like this when ns bits just bolt together with no grief , i think it comes from way back when my Team Murray broke in half and i ended up with a better frame that was the the first complete factory spec bmx i had,    from getting  the new frame i followed the usuall course of swapping and upgrading , the other complete was a Freeagent Eluder in 2006 that lasted 10 mins in the house before the spanners were out and bits getting swapped,     i just can't resit fiddling with the bits , probably why i don't build the show bikes i'd never be happy with one as factory spec is just not right to me  :LolLolLolLol:


right to the fiddling about ,  took a couple of hours to do,  keeps me out of trouble i suppose,  on today's list fit the Bashy  :daumenhoch: ;D

seems simple enough drill n tap a hole bung in some bolts , :daumenhoch:      had a bit of concern about the thickness of the bb tube and threading it , not actually seen one but i assume the Luna frame it was meant for has some extra material in the bb for the thread , any how drilled n tapped the hole and as suspected the thread started to get that spongy feeling when the bolt was nipped up ,  that'll not hold fook all that ,  mmmmmm....... i'd already binned the hardware that came with in it for something a bit more reliable (old stem bolts  ;D ) so was just a case of  a nut on the inside ,  welder out ..........  at this point i must apologise for the terrible weld i couldn't find my mask so did it with my eyes shut  :LolLolLolLol: blobby but solid  :daumenhoch:  trimmed down the bolt and it leaves about 2mm gap when the bearing tube is in,  result    :daumenhoch:

just so happens that the nice chaps at Mutiny saw fit to bung a hole in the chainstay bridge ,  perfect , a couple of washers to fill the space under the bashy and the bottom of the bashy sits snugly on the chainstays  :daumenhoch:  result,     looking at the spacing the edge of the bashy is about a mill inside the inner edge of the bearing so there shouldn't be a problem with the bashy deforming the bb tube ? 

also mocked up colour scheme,  quite like the idea , anyone know of a clear coat that will stick to bare steel? 

Bashy / cigar holder  :LolLolLolLol:

hole



nut inside  :LolLolLolLol:










possible colour scheme just do the welds n clear coat the rest ?  :-\  opinions appreciated  :daumenhoch:

GavinDavis:
That's turned out great! Youve put that bash guard to good use without drilling your own frame  :daumenhoch:

Not too sure if im feeling the coloured welds but hey....its different and might look sweet when its finished  :)

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