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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: ED209 on August 12, 2011, 07:19 PM
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My youngest daughter Maddie has been on a mission to get a scooter after having a go on a neighbours one... she wanted a razor one but I showed her some pics of a bmx style scooter and she thought that looked pretty cool. I'd already done a bike for her birthday but she hadn't really gelled with it and the last thing I wanted was to push her into it.
I put a post out on here to see if anyone had an old bmx style one and James 'Voivod' said I could have an old Mongoose one he had in the loft. I knew James is an old school skateboard fan so I dug out a Thrasher book and sent it over so we did a swap.
When it arrived Maddie was keen to get on it and we happened to be in Market Harborough on Wednesday and found a park with some big grassy hills and she was whizzing down on the scooter and loving it!
She had already been to B&Q and chosen some cherry red paint. She wanted silver stripes then we found some pink vinyl flowers I had left over and I showed her Stodgys red & pink Hutch in Classic BMX and she loved the colourway... so we got on a 2 day resto... stripped & sprayed it yesterday and got the vinyl on and rebuilt it today.
She's out on it now LOL... loves it. She is keen to come to the skatepark when we do our first T1 session so that could take her to the next level.
Massive thanks to James 'Voivod'... you're a diamond sir :-)
Pics that James sent me... freshly pulled out the loft.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/SCOOT003.jpg)
Me & Maddie getting busy with the sanding.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/10082011_001-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/10082011.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/11082011.jpg)
All done :-)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/P1010924.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/P1010926.jpg)
One Happy daughter
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/P1010927.jpg)
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Thats cool :daumenhoch:
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Nice one :) what did you do with the original bars mate?
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Nice one :) what did you do with the original bars mate?
hanging in the shed... :)
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:) Looks like it`s gone to a deserving home.Cracking revamp :daumenhoch:
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trippy hippy scooter ED, nice1, bet your daughter loves it and good to see her helping out :daumenhoch:
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Nice one :) what did you do with the original bars mate?
hanging in the shed... :)
Wanna part with them? ;)
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well done Ed looks sweet :daumenhoch:
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Cool as :daumenhoch:
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nice work and one happy girl :daumenhoch:
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Nice one Ed, Are you going to put some brakes on it?
1st dib dobs when she out grows it :)
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Nice one Ed, Are you going to put some brakes on it?
1st dib dobs when she out grows it :)
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just put a DC Bulldog on the back for some stopping power :daumenhoch:
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looks great Ed , Maddie did a great job :daumenhoch:
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Looks fantastic, my daughter would love that !!
A job well done :daumenhoch: :)
Lee