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Well today I think I can claim a first. I mean, who else has had AI draw stickers for their bike?  I think it got confused at first with GI Jane.  But we got there in the end.  I then used AI to upscale it to life size so at least I will get some nice clear stickers. Will fire them off to my mate with the print shop tomorrow.
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OK so the last of the parts for now. Still need some pedals but other than that I am good. When I finished the Barcode the other day I harvested this wheel that never looked right with the all black rear.  The skin wall tyre doesn't help it, but the fact it is black with shiny sides and black spokes did not help it either when paired up with a black rim with chrome spokes. I thought I would never find anything to put with it to make it look good but hey, I found it. For 27 quid delivered.  It's a Weinman (sic) 48 (Araya clone) with shiny side and black spokes. It even has chrome nipples.  I think that is the cheapest wheel I ever bought tbh. Good thing is it makes a pair for Jane.  Hub is a bit pony (well, the fact it is not sealed) but at that price I am not complaining at all I also bought a seat. Good thing is that those gay ass wheelie bikes basically use heavy padded mid school seats. You just need to find one without any stupid branding on.  Jungle Jane, camo green right? perfect.   Etch primer is arriving later today. Got it cheap on Amazon, so have to put up with their slow ass shit sometimes. Will get back on the frame tomorrow, as I had a load of chores to do. Oh yeah almost forgot. I dug out the 4/4 and put the green Profile stem on. Again, perfect. Need a good buff and wax but they are brand new. 
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OK so this is very quickly turning into a killer bike. They all start out cheap I have wanted one of these for absolutely forever. AD 999. It is a revised, modern version of the 990 only it is CNC. Why they made them in green is a mystery, and probably why they were on sale. Course I needed a pair...  They are nice though. Even the pads are green !. I got one of these for the 4BC last year. It cost a lot more than this one !  And three SLIC cables. Two for the lower gyro, one for the front brake.  Have stuck in offers on other parts, now we wait.......
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Still deciding on paint. I'm injured too... I put a different wire brush in the drill (sorta donut shaped) and it bit into my trousers with the drill on lock. Thankfully managed to save my leg (could have been horrific tbh) but the drill span around the shank and when I removed it.....  So my finger is kinda rock hard today. Problem is that will need to be popped, leaving raw skin, leaving open wound for a few days. Not terribly painful now, but yeah will take some healing. So I treated myself to the most expensive set of forks I have ever bought I am 99% certain I have never spent more than this. Not for anything. They were 115 quid delivered.   The thing is? I know it was cheap. Anything FBM is now fetching a fortune. Like, stupid money. A seat clamp sold for 130 quid the other week. These are almost mint too.   So just need a good cutting and some minor paint repair. Which is what will pay for them tbh. IIRC my Kink Empire fork was 80, but it was shot and I had to do days of work on it. These are pretty much there. I also won't be using those T1 bars as again, they need refinishing. I would probably go through the pain of that, if it wasn't for the fact that these are literally hanging in the rafters.  Odyssey 4/4. So the front end will be those, green Profile stem, green Eco headset and the FBM fork. Pretty killer stuff for a Jane, but hey I already had most of it. I found a perfectly servicable NOS rear wheel last night too, will order that in a bit. Nothing special, but perfect for the bike (you'll see why later).
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OK. So between getting caught up in the loft conversion sorta I haven't had much time. Any spare time has been devoted to my track bike. However, I decided on the colour for Jane.  Which is really ironic, because it is the colour the Barcode should have been. Talking of that...   Will finish it later tonight. This has liberated parts for Jane. And.  The bars need refinishing. Any way, I also did a thing.   That is for Jane also. Well, when I get it drilled to work with these. 
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OK so I got it done quite a few days ago. However, I have pulled a muscle bad in my left arm so I have been sulking. This is it, almost there. I cleaned off all of the greasy prints on it after so it looks a bit bad. The frame pad is not wide enough for the TT, so it has come back off. I may try and extend the velcro with some brown, we will see.  The first time I got some actual sunlight on it the fireball effect worked. Amazing.    It is now ready to ride. Sadly on the day I was going to do that I had some errands to run in town, and when I got back to change the clouds came over and it then proceeded to piss down for two days since. Also during that time I pulled a muscle in my left arm and can not even lift it above my tits now.
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« Last post by Mikku on May 01, 2024, 01:14 PM »
Monday was a national holiday here and also the opening race of the JBA race series at Joetsu in Niigata. A low turnout of riders but nice weather, so it was a relaxing way to return to a track that I haven't visited for 9 months. There were only 3 riders in the over 30s class, one of whom is a regular rival that I've had some good dices with over the past couple of years. That proved to be the case again, with him taking the first moto and me the next two. That gave me the first gate pick in the main. I'm quicker out of the gate but he often gets me back by the first berm. If I can beat him into the berm then I have a chance of holding him off, which is exactly what happened in motos 2 and 3. I therefore picked gate 3 and he went for 6. That proved to be a smart move on his part as he was able to avoid my blocking tactics, staying high around the berm and coming out in front. I didn't have the legs to challenge him thereafter, so finished second. Not a bad result, but it would have been nice to have got the top spot. With the benefit of hindsight, I should have concentrated more on my line into and through the first berm rather than thinking about his position, as doing that compromised my exit speed and with it my chances of fighting for the lead. Lesson learned and one to remember if I find myself in a similar position again.  There was a gate session after lunch, so I fuelled up and stayed on for that. I normally do a dozen or so gates before calling it a day but this time took the opportunity to try out all the various things that I've been wondering about - different pedal position, leg position, arm position, upper body position, head position, etc, etc. I therefore kept going for the whole session, losing count of the number of starts I tried but definitely 20 plus! Worth the effort though, as I felt that I was making some progress by the end. Hopefully I can put some of that into practice next time out. My next race should be on 26th May, either at Joetsu or Oizumi, as they've both scheduled races on the same day. I'll therefore have to see what the weather's looking like nearer the time before deciding which one to attend.
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« Last post by SDF on April 28, 2024, 09:14 AM »
There would be loads more posts on here if you could still load the pics dir from your I pad etcetera. Me for one lost my pics when photo bucket did the dirty. My lesson learned there, so I won't use any other sites such as imigur. Can this system be fixed , so you can load directly again.
Steve👍
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