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She's finally arrived - Changa Build
Midschoolfool:
I know how you feel believe me I do.
Couple of years ago mum had a fall and broke her leg. It went on for over a year. Toward the end of it my uncles cancer returned and eventually took him.
Sometimes it just all seems never ending. Like, you end up just sitting there hoping the silence will continue and the phone won't ring.
Life can be amazing sometimes, others it just keeps putting the boot in ffs.
Picklez:
So, took a little longer than anticipated, but finally got around to finding a little time.
You may recall I originally fitted a set of nice polished MX1000's front and rear to her, but that I wasn't overly happy with how they looked - the brake pickups just hung too low into the wheels. So, those were sold and a couple of MX900's were sourced.
These arrived NOS, but the late-ish 80's (86) painted ones, on this occasion white & lavender. After listed them as trade bait, not wanting to really strip NOS painted items, but getting no takers the paint stripper came out:
And that's how they sat for eons, whilst I was trying to find the final parts, and then got distracted with a Vdub.
Well, not my best job, but time of the essence, so a few hours of gentle polishing yesterday:
Still need to clean up the adjuster for the rear but that can happen in the next day or so.
Cable was already run for the front brake, so that will be an easy reinstall. However, rear cable hadn't been mounted yet. Not to worry, I bought a pair when I got them originally, so, rear...
A NOS clear 84 DC (same as the front obviously) and date matched: 14th Feb 1984:
As for brake pads, well that's been a ride since the beginning. Managed to source NOS black Skyway freestyle, but only ever found 2. Others came up from time to time, but kept missing them for whatever reason. Then acquired 4 x black std skyway blocks in great used condition. Then 4 x nos Eagle Freestyles (same as Skyways), but in all this time I was really trying to find 4 good Skyway Pro Freestyle's (the round finned ones), but at sensible money.
Well, in the end I found a pair of nos and a pair of used.
So, the used ones first:
Here they are as delivered (not quiet the condition of most parts on this build, but would do to start with, and they had a cool previous owner)
So, a little cleanup was needed for them to be accommodated on this build, ta dah:
So, that's it for today (well yesterday), spanners coming out, and some brakes to be mounted next.
See you soon.... :daumenhoch:
Picklez:
So, having the bug back I was able to carry on tonight....
The NOS skyway pads to go with the restored ones.
Note the black fins, I'd have loved to source some good used ones to polish up to match the others, but time doesn't allow and I'm not stripping these, so we'll have polished fins on one set and black ano on the other.
Then back to that Weinmann adjuster for the rear calliper. Well a bit of a cleanup tonight:
Then we were ready for a brake mounting session (again). The rear
And the side view, showing much less overhang into the wheels now, much happier:
And the front
And the last bits that had been slowing this build to a stand still:
The nos Black Oakley B2's :smitten:
[img width= height= alt=NOSBlack-B2s" border="0]https://i.ibb.co/6s4pkhw/NOSBlack-B2s.jpg[/img]
And, OG Profile crank bolts (the originals were a little shabby, and so I'd fitted repo's, which always niggled me, so NOS OG were located and purchased)
and
NOS Black-White Veltman Hutch RadKAps (originally fitted Veltman NOS Black-White Die RadKaps)
So, fitted the grips after mounting the brakes, adjusting them, and tightening the levers in position.
But that's all for tonight. Final chapter tomorrow, time allowing.
:radbmxsmilie:
Midschoolfool:
Woo bling on bling!
Picklez:
--- Quote from: Midschoolfool on March 20, 2024, 10:36 AM ---Woo bling on bling!
--- End quote ---
Thank you :daumenhoch:
So, tonight's instalment.
Those crank bolts, the repos:
Finally replaced with NOS OG variants
Then those Veltman Dice (Die?) RadKaps (love this picture :))
Replaced with NOS Veltman Hutch RadKaps
Wow, that's nearly it, one minor job left and it'll be time to get some final photos...
That is, the seat guts, off to find the allen keys. I've flipped these seat guts one way then the other, never content with either setup, but I'm leaning back towards reverse fitting the (hidden up in the seat body), for that cleaner overall look. Well that'll be it for me.
TTFN
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