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The mystery Kink. Mystery solved...
Mikku:
Very cool! I like it in black and white too, as per my avatar. In any case, PM incoming! :daumenhoch:
Midschoolfool:
Nah those are just stencils for tracing with the plotter's software. Black traces best, but it's whatever you feed the plotter itself that denotes the colour.
I thought about the seat situ last night and wasn't too happy. I have two that would fit the scheme and the build. A Bone Deth Vibrator in stitched leather and a Savage. Problem is the BD is as hard as a rock (I took it off my metal after it hurt my ass on a ride) and the Savage is even smaller. I remembered I had seen one of these for 20 quid somewhere.
Which is half price. Sadly I couldn't remember where, and everywhere else it was 30 quid cheapest. Then I remembered, so I ordered it. It's tripod, which is good because I have a nice new United Tripod post I took off the Ruben.
The red parts order arrived today. Know that because it was too big to go through the letter box :LolLolLolLol: and so did the paint. Something else did too, but not sure what that is. Nick shipped out the decals for me today so they'll be there also soon.
Midschoolfool:
Empire decals were sent Saturday. Should be here soon. Other than that the best news is that the head badge has indeed shipped. That is the fourth order I have placed with that company now, and they actually had it. Stoked.
Midschoolfool:
OK. The good news.
- The frame has been delivered !
- I got the fireman badge too !!! HELL YEAH. (I'm such a child, but this bike has meaning, read on).
The bad news.
- The frame has been delivered. Roll eyes.
I hope it is still straight :(
OK. So, the next part was "Don't fall in love with it...... Don't fall in love with it". And what do I do? fookin fall in love with it :LolLolLolLol:
First thing I wanted was a better looking brake. Note looking. The Mission brake is quite crudely cast etc.
As such it looks cheap. So, I did what any one else would do. Bought a ?90 CNC Fly brake for 40 quid. Just one catch.
:LolLolLolLol: I will paint it black. Just a nice satin black to look like anno. I also bought tyres. FFS ! :LolLolLolLol:
They were on sale for 20 quid each. Again there were sound reasons behind it. Firstly I been riding my Fit TA (Traction advantage, haha right, but man it's fun getting the back wheel drifting) and I love them. Great in the dry, sketchy as fook in the wet. Secondly I don't want skin wall tyres on this build. I'm just not a big fan. And thirdly, those Fly Campillera are the most grippy noisy damn tyres I've ever ridden. They literally shake your teeth out, and have tons of rolling resistance. I suppose when you were Ruben and you were 40ft above a flyover doing a wall ride this is important. Me? I like my fat ass to be able to roll better when my legs give out :LolLolLolLol:
OK, so why I wanted the fire badge so bad. IDK if many of you know this about me. I don't usually talk about it much. My first wife was American. I met her in a Yahoo chat room in 1998 :LolLolLolLol: Any way, I lived in the USA for 10 years in New Jersey. Not the arm pit up in NY, but down south near Phila and Wilmington DE. As such I went to NY quite a bit. Here is a pic of my last trip there in 2008.
I was due to fly on the 13th Sept 2001. So two days after 9/11. Instead we were put in a tent at Heathrow for about 30 hours because of a bomb threat on the plane we were supposed to be on, and thus we ended up sailing over. It's all a very long story, maybe for another day, but I got to meet a couple of the fire fighters from NY. And it holds very happy, strong emotions for me. So does the place. And thus, that is why I have fallen in love with this. Always wanted a Kink, for those reasons. If you look at the EMPIRE writing there is a green silhouette of the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, and NYC skyline before 9/11 in the Kink ones. Hence why I wanted the fire badge, and etc.
Mikku:
Great backstory! :daumenhoch:
Fwiw I'm also a big NYC fan. Have been there 3 times, all pre-9/11, the first time being a three-week work placement at a NY law firm down near that black bull statue. I stayed in Tribeca, walked to work past the Twin Towers, then back to the apartment via Wall St. Thought I was the bee's knees!! :LolLolLolLol:
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