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Manuel The Bandito. 2001 S&M Dirt Bike NG
Midschoolfool:
It was cheap man ! I paid ?130 for all of it.
1995 poor man's DMC :LolLolLolLol:
I've got everything I need to turn it into a bike.
NOS pair of those and a 3pc. It should polish up nice, but I love the originality. I mean, nearly all of it is there.
It's you guy's fault ! I didn't have a chrome bike until I came here :LolLolLolLol:
Oh yeah a tiny update on Manuel.
Last night I put the grips against the bars. I really like how they look. Let me explain the method to my madness.
There is one thing that worries me about this bike a bit. With all of the black parts it looks like a complete bike you would have bought. Does that make sense? I don't really like that. I want it to look like a custom ride.
With the pads on there the yellow grips pop. Like, really nicely. So I think I am definitely going to use them. The fact they will make it pop will take away that pre built look I don't like.
bobafett:
Nice little project :daumenhoch:
And... I hear you on the grips... at the end of the day its your build mate so fook it, you gotta build it your way :4_17_5:
Midschoolfool:
OK so now I literally have one thing left to do, fit the grips. I will get that done tomorrow.
When I did the headset something up front was rattling. Turns out it was the front wheel. Sodding loose ball bearings ! Thankfully I bought a set of cone spanners a few years ago and had only used them once (I hate loose ball bearings). So I just took the wheel off, sorted that, fitted the Props decal (the 1998 one) and put on the frame whip girl pad.
So that literally leaves the grips. All of this ends right in time for the Mongoose, so that will be next.
Midschoolfool:
The grips are actually two colours. They were absolutely filthy. Seems like some guy got them out of the packet every now and then for a fondle with filthy hands, then put them back. Gave them a good scrubbing with some washing up liquid, then cut and reassembled them. It went spiffingly well, now they actually fit without having the ends missing. I had the idea due to my obsession with water cooling computers and having custom blocks made (and thus having to make custom orings)
She's done. Oh, you will notice I put on a red ODI cock ring to stop slippage. Nothing pisses me off more than grips that don't stay put. I will do the spec tomorrow.
Cheers all, and thanks for following along/posting motivating etc.
Picklez:
Well done buddy, turned out great. I'd have probably stuck with black grips too, but your ride, your choice, and you do have to go with what makes you happy, not others. :4_17_5:
Outside pics look great too, but I only realised how small those bars do actually look when you posted up the garden pics, see what you were saying about them earlier now.
Looking forward to tracking your work with the goose too.
Keep safe bud.
And Barnham, we're quite near each other, I'm up Midhurst way.
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