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Poor man's DMC.

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Midschoolfool:
That's what the seller listed it as but tbh? if you rode a bash guard on this it would collapse lol. It's very, um, light !

Midschoolfool:
Wow, you were correctamundo !



I went back to Ebay and read the listing over again. Seller indeed listed it as a Villain Bashguard. I just thought he was talking poo tbh. Turns out there are honest people out there.

I bet that guard is like rocking horse shit  :LolLolLolLol:

Yup they are indeed rocking horse cack.



More than I paid for the whole bike  :LolLolLolLol:

Midschoolfool:
Fork and post cleaned up nice. Sadly the chrome is pretty badly peppered, but, only on the backs of the fork legs. So the bit you see is really nice.

Midschoolfool:
Been a while. Kinda shows how patient I am these days  :LolLolLolLol:

Obviously this one went on the back burner. Not quite sure what I am going to do with it yet, but it will be something. The chrome is wrecked, so it will probably get painted. No ideas on colour right now, but maybe green or orange (some sort of fake DMC? IDK).

This popped up on fleabay for 9 quid delivered.



I don't have a single lay back on any of my bikes, so it may as well be on one I won't ride. However, it wasn't the post that I wanted. No. It was actually the seat.



It's a brand new example of the seat that came on it. Only difference? this.



What I will do about that? again, no idea. It's just nice to grab these things super cheap really.  One other thing that was kinda getting me down was the head badge. Usually I wouldn't give a crap on a bike like this, but IMO it is one of the defining things about it. Mine has been ruined. In the same way the whole frame and fork finish has - with very rough steel wool. The badge has no definition left on it at all, and used ones in the USA go for USA prices (about 35 bucks).



12 quid. That I can live with.



See what I mean?



There you can see the manky old original seat, so those were good grabs.

Must be Mongoose month or something. PMed Del about some DMC decals but 35 quid. Not really sure I want to pay more than it will cost to refinish the parts tbh. Might knock up something custom when I get some more ink for the printer.

Midschoolfool:
Grabbed some cheap decals. Cost me ?11.



Will probably paint the bike leaving the back end chrome. Whoever attacked it with a harsh abrasive basically ruined any chance of it staying chrome. So I may as well do something custom, given I'm in no mood to spend 35 quid on decals.

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