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My new Baby ! Baby Blue PK Ripper !
superbikedan:
--- Quote from: pickle on May 28, 2007, 09:05 PM ---that was in one hell of a state mate! great job there!!
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now thats an under statement ;D this frame was nearly two weeks in the making
first of when i stripped it it looked bad but i powdered it anyway and when i opened the
oven door i was horrified to see all my work look like an aero chocolate bar >:(
i phoned matt and told him the frames fooked, the alloy is so corroded that it will not take the
heat of the oven, next step was to have it blasted and paint it two pack, this is where the hours of work
kick in, when i collected it from the blasters it looked like it was covered in 80 grit paper so after around
two hours of flatting the blasting down the primeing began, all last week was priming, flatting,priming flatting
and so on till i built the frame up smooth, about 5 man hours later it was ready for top coat and now you see the
finish :coolsmiley: ;)
daz bmx it!:
Dan,you is the Paul Daniels of the paint world :daumenhoch: "Now then,Thats magic!" :2funny:
SteveG:
Thats a real nice job, it's nice to see the before as well then you realise whats gone into it. :smitten:
What head set are you using though ? I fitted my Landing Gear forks and there is only just enough thread sticking out to put the locknut on. I did think the forks had been cut down but couldn't see any marks. Are they all quite short ?
brass monkey!:
--- Quote from: SteveG on May 28, 2007, 09:47 PM ---Thats a real nice job, it's nice to see the before as well then you realise whats gone into it. :smitten:
What head set are you using though ? I fitted my Landing Gear forks and there is only just enough thread sticking out to put the locknut on. I did think the forks had been cut down but couldn't see any marks. Are they all quite short ?
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just a cheap DB headset, just to put the forks on, didn't even stick the top nut on,
forks seems std size 4" thread
SteveG:
Oh ok. I reused my old Tioga Beartrap one and it seemed a bit tall. Perhaps the threads on the forks have been trimmed a bit. No worries just interested thanks.
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