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STA upgrades.
Midschoolfool:
Seems I have a sick pitbull :(
Look at the back of the cam pins. Something missing.
Only way I can think to fix it is to get my buddy to machine new pins with screw on ends. Bastard ! I was so close to putting it away too :(
Midschoolfool:
It's not over. Is it ever?
So the other week I was bumming around on Ebay, with money. A dangerous combo. That said I did run into these.
And had a double take. Eh? are you telling me those are original mid school Standard Strip bars uncut? If you thought that the S&M CW was rocking horse poo then I assure you it's nothing compared to an original set of mid school bars in one piece still.
I had to. I just had to. Bye bye vocal, hello Standard.
Of course this created a dilemma. I cut the grips down for those heavily cut Vocals. So I bumped into these on Source yesterday and were part of a very large order.
All I need to do is reproduce that reproduced decal, throw on some black after a light sanding and we're good.
Midschoolfool:
Now we're on a roll. I decided I wanted the micro gearing gone. Along with the blue wheels and parts. I have a black headset I bought for the T1 and didn't use so I will fit that. I bought this wheel earlier. Same 48 quid as the one on the T1 (same place).
And will get a front black wheel soon. They are the easy bit. Then a mate of mine had this, and did me a super deal on it.
I want to replace the junky fork on this. Have a couple of ideas though...
Midschoolfool:
Found a Alex Y22 on a sealed hub for the front.
Also figured out which fork I want on there. The ones on there were ?14. Mongoose shite, not long enough for a gyro. So the stem isn't attached very well right now :LolLolLolLol:
Midschoolfool:
Yeah this one is deffo next. I cleaned up the sprocket with Gunk.
It looks new. Yesterday I started work. First I changed the back wheel, chain and sprocket. Profile pain :rant: Man getting them off is a pain, even with the tool.
I then embarked on a three hour session in the loft. It was a total nightmare. I changed the fork (you will see that at some point today) and then realised to get the stem on the correct way up I had to cut the top plate for the XUFO. That took over 2 hours with a junior hacksaw and belt file. At which point not only did I smash another knuckle.
Which turned blue over night, I also decided my finger may be a bit too fat so I would take some off with the belt file :LolLolLolLol:
OK so joking aside I am paying for it today :LolLolLolLol:
Parts coming off.
The Vocal Neptune bars. Being replaced with 8.75" Standard Strip bars. I need to paint them black.
The black Mongoose fork is gone. Replaced with the one you will see shortly.
The blue wheels have gone.
The blue pedals are going, to be replaced with these, the last set on Ebay.
The cheapy Tektro levers are going, being replaced with these. NOS Fishbone skull levers.
Bike needs a black 990. Went cheap.
Want chrome pegs. Bought 4 of these Pazzazz pegs from the late 90s. Why do I know they are NOS? because I used to sell them at my shop :LolLolLolLol:
I also had a problem with the lower gyro cable. When the Pitbull broke I had to remove it from the bike to fix it. Thus, the lower single gyro cable got chewed to F. That tends to happen on Pitbulls. So basically if you look at this pic here you can see there is a grub screw on the silver block where the cables attach.
Inside you find that there are three channels. They use "D" type ends.
However I didn't have any. So this came out.
And worked beautifully. Just note, don't hold the lug in your fingers they get awful hot :LolLolLolLol: Whilst there I realised that rectangle flat ones would actually fit better so that is what I made. With grips holding the lug :LolLolLolLol:
I then had one job left to do. Draw this.
And then cut one for the bars. Will get some pics of the progress later :) I also need to drill a hole through the seat tube because I have had enough of the way the Pitbull sets up. F that.
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