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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Clean on July 07, 2012, 04:30 PM
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I am enjoying the sourcing, restoration etc. for my current build so much I really do not want to build her up and end it! :idiot2:
1983 Kuwaraha Nova, looked like this when I picked her up:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x71/rkw1971/KuwarahaNovaSurvivor4.jpg) (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x71/rkw1971/KuwarahaNovaSurvivor3.jpg)
Spen got hold of it briefly:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x71/rkw1971/IMG-20120602-00176.jpg) (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x71/rkw1971/IMG-20120602-00177.jpg)
And now looks like this after a sprinkling of magic powder to the Frameset by SBD, Del's Decals, some collecting of parts, and a trip to the chromers for the bars:
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/282692_10151082985019808_1251975794_n.jpg)
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Kuwies :smitten:
Look forward to seeing it finished.
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That's gonna look killer Rich :daumenhoch:
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Looks like it's going to be a cracker Rich :smitten:
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Looking Good Cleany 8)
Just put it in a glass box with a little hammer on the side " Incase of riding emergency" :D ,,,, if you don't want to finish it :-\ ;)
What did Spen do to the OPC :shocked:
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aaaghh
painted frame and forks
touching concrete
thanks for setting off my OCD Rich
now make sure as soon as you've built it you turn it upside down so the grips and saddle are rubbing on the ground
nice bits BTW
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:LolLolLolLol:
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aaaghh
painted frame and forks
touching concrete
thanks for setting off my OCD Rich
now make sure as soon as you've built it you turn it upside down so the grips and saddle are rubbing on the ground
:2funny:
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awsome resto Ricardo dib dobs the two piece crank :LolLolLolLol:
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Nice!! Starting to think there's a bit of a kuwi craze going on at the mo.. I've just bought a laserlite and a minty black comlpete nova in the past few weeks :daumenhoch:
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Get it built! This is going to look awesome, and there are plenty more out there to build when this one is done.
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Looking good Rich :daumenhoch:
Got a Black Laserlite on the go myself , love a nice Kuwi 8)
Spen's a fookin butcher though >:D :crazy2:
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just trying to get my head round the sawn off crank :shocked: was the pedal seized ?? :LolLolLolLol:
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looks great Rich , well the left hand side does , right side slightly scratched ? :LolLolLolLol: will we be seeing her on RADTOR or M.K. ? ::)
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just trying to get my head round the sawn off crank :shocked: was the pedal seized ?? :LolLolLolLol:
Totally. Welded in. We tried a lot of techniques / spanners / hammers etc. and the fooker wouldn't budge. The Crank was fooked beyond use anyway, and the spindles looked like the metal on a WW1 shipwreck up in Scapa Flow! :shocked:
Nice!! Starting to think there's a bit of a kuwi craze going on at the mo..
I wanted one because where I lived as a lad people rode PoS, Burners, DBs or Kuwies, and that was about it. :daumenhoch:
Funnily enough I had never seen a Haro or SE Racing bike in the flesh until my return last year, and I had never even heard of Robinson or Torker! :shocked:
I am convinced of the regionality of brands BITD; must have been a result of where the agent / importer was based. :daumenhoch:
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looks great Rich , well the left hand side does , right side slightly scratched ? :LolLolLolLol: will we be seeing her on RADTOR or M.K. ? ::)
RADTOR, Lennie! :smitten:
Can't go to MK this year; up diving around the Shetland Isles for a week in August and with MK date moving back three weeks I am jiggered. :'(
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looks like when you got it all it needed was a 'CLEAN'..... ;D
pun intended!
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That's gonna look Ace Rich ... :daumenhoch:
The best tool for the job got the seat post out then .. :)
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Beautiful richy lad! :smitten:
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Fookin NOS merchants...... Clean it, grease it, ride it...... ;-)
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I like the way spen is so please of the feck mess he's made ;D looks like he's got the touch of a baby elephant ;D spen you sure you know what your doing ?
looks like it's gonna be a sweet build >:D
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Nope, been making this shit up for years Andy ;-)
We soaked that pedal in diesel, shocked it and nearly bounced the spanner through the winsow of my brand new motor before I got a new blade in my hacksaw and cut that opc off. It was minging though and not stamped or branded so not worth saving.....
And the seatpost? It had swollen over the 30 years it had been in there so I drilled it out with three sequentially bigger bits. But I still tried to save it first with all kinds of ideas. No luck.
I do like making a mess though and Rich hates getting dirty bless him.
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I do like making a mess though and Rich hates getting dirty bless him.
Errrrmmmmm.... my online name is "Clean"? :daumenhoch:
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get the stickers on it at least.
best bit of a build if you ask me 8)
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I do like making a mess though and Rich hates getting dirty bless him.
Errrrmmmmm.... my online name is "Clean"? :daumenhoch:
:LolLolLolLol:
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were you this messy as a kid spen ;D
RICH :daumenhoch:
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I never knew Mothercare made power tools :shocked:
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I never knew Mothercare made power tools :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ad120/gr1ff1ngton/spensworkshop.jpg)
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I never knew Mothercare made power tools :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ad120/gr1ff1ngton/spensworkshop.jpg)
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: the time bandit's gona love that Griff :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
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I never knew Mothercare made power tools :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ad120/gr1ff1ngton/spensworkshop.jpg)
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: the time bandit's gona love that Griff :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
I think he looks very smart :daumenhoch:
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Funnily enough I had never seen a Haro or SE Racing bike in the flesh until my return last year, and I had never even heard of Robinson or Torker! :shocked:
I am convinced of the regionality of brands BITD; must have been a result of where the agent / importer was based. :daumenhoch:
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Don't you have a WHSmith round your way ;D ;D
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(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/483122_10151083580939808_1185400297_n.jpg)
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where did you get them champion decals from?
looks really nice that :smitten:
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where did you get them champion decals from?
Hahahaha! That would be telling! :-X
::)
Our very own Decal magician Del made them up for me from an old one I peeled off the bike pre powering. ;)
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Thanks mate :daumenhoch:
where did you get them champion decals from?
Hahahaha! That would be telling! :-X
::)
Our very own Decal magician Del made them up for me from an old one I peeled off the bike pre powering. ;)
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Thanks mate :daumenhoch:
I agreed a 2 year exclusivity deal with Del, though, mate; you will need to pay me Royalties! :2funny:
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:'(
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Thanks mate :daumenhoch:
I agreed a 2 year exclusivity deal with Del, though, mate; you will need to pay me Royalties! :2funny:
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Lookin good fella ;) Get it built :daumenhoch:
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And relax.......
* 1983 Kuwahara Nova Frame & Forks - tidied up and powdered by SBD
* WIN Stem - restored, then powdered by SBD
* Kuwahara Laserlite Bars (unstamped, unknurled) - rechromed
* Suntour Seatclamp, rawed and cleaned
* Brake Stays - restored
* NOS Tange MX2 Headset
* NOS Suntour Locknut
* NOS Kuwahara Tange Grips
* NOS Dia Compe 890 cabled to a used Tech III
* NOS SR 175mm Chro-mo OPC
* NOS Tioga Bottom Bracket
* NOS ODI Musroom BB Boot
* NOS KKT AMX
* NOS Takagi Spider with 44T Takagi Chainring
* NOS Sugino Chainring Bolts
* New KMC Z410 Chain
* Lazer-Post (genuine)
* New Kashimax Aero Saddle
* NOS Kashimax Saddle Guts
* Suntour Alloy Axle Nuts
* New Dropout Savers
* New Plastic 10mm Washers
* NOS Front Wheel Security Tag Washer thingamajigs
* NOS Alloy Valve Caps
* UKAI Speedlines laced to Suzue Looseball Low Flange Hubs wearing Cheng Shin 1.75 Comp IIIs
* NOS Suntour Freewheel
* Del-Cals Frameset Decal Set, including the extremely elusive "Championship Chro-Moly" decals............ cheers, Del.... Champion! ;D
* Retrospect decals
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/282692_10151082985019808_1251975794_n.jpg)
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/483122_10151083580939808_1185400297_n.jpg)
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/552029_10151153780969808_539289970_n.jpg)
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/417329_10151153783524808_2077030669_n.jpg)
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/417289_10151153782194808_713763049_n.jpg)
Almost 100% factory specification, save the odd colour deviation and repop. :angel:
Just awaiting some DC Cable Clips (the Top Tube is fatter than the usual 1") and some Stainless Steel Cap Heads for the Stem. ::)
Fooking lush to ride, if a mote heavier than my other love, my DB Pro Large. :smitten:
Can't wait to to roll her around Wigan and scratch her! :idiot2:
The love has seriously been found this Spring and Summer as I dumped all the stuff I bought when I was noobing and focused on a build that took me back to the day.
Right..... what's next?
Finally, I need to big up the real heroes of this build; Olympic Gold for each and every one! :Great_Britain:
* SuperBikeDan
* Del
* mattfx81
* skywaaay
* nickswan1
* J.T
* Diggler
* Senzo Milano
* meticulous
* mongoose72
* oldschoolace
* brummie
* bodamus
* bullseye
* kuwahero
* A selection of great eBayers (they do exist)
And last, but absolutely not least, my personal RAD Coach, Spen69! :4_17_5:
Goooooooooooooo on! :daumenhoch:
*ps* Apologies to anyone I forgot to thank :-[
*pps* The as-built piccies are from my Blackberry; better quality piccies will follow when she is finished, cleaned and polished! ;)
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So you've given up pedalling for polishing eh Rich?
That is fookin ace. End of.......
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As I put on your FB page Lush Mr Clean very Lush :smitten:
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That is super sweet Rich, top work mate. :smitten: