Recent content by The Renaissance Man

One word: InternalCableRouting. :D Nay

Accessories. (AKA doodads.)

Did you color match the burgundy or luck up and buy it off the shelf? Looks like a good match.

Excellent! Now repeat the process on the chainguard and your set!

So many cowboys and so few bikes. Not to be confused with the Hoss Cartwright mini-bike!

The force is strong with this one.

My opening salvo and the hint for a name was all I could offer. No October surprises for this one. I'm learning as much as I can about the Hoppy bikes. So far I haven't seen anything like those pieces. Do you have a picture of how they are used?

Awesome that you found the fenders! It looks great! Keep a close eye on the OA bath. If you leave it too long it will sometimes leave a yellow film on everything that is very difficult to remove.

There won't be any 'personal touches' on this one. The Hoppy belongs to a client and I'll be doing what I call a 'Legacy Restoration' on it. That means I will restore it to look like an original paint survivor. In other words, it will (hopefully) look like the original factory paint after years...

Here's the chainguard. It was almost dark when I took the picture so it's not the best quality.

Nothing like a cold one after grass cutting. :thumbsup:

This is Flea. I had him pose as a Halloween cat with a Schwinn pumpkin light about 6 years ago. He was not amused that I stereotyped him because he is black.

I took the chainguard out, rinsed, dried and WD-40'd it. There were a couple of spots where the rust was a little deeper and didn't dissolve completely. But I was concerned that the tape would not be a sufficient enough barrier for the plated bracket to chance leaving it overnight, so I went...

I'm very stingy about wasting anything. So it was very disappointing to discover that the garbage bag had a tiny pinhole somewhere in it. Fortunately, it didn't leak very much, but any at all is too much. Anyway, I got everything out and brought out a thicker piece of black plastic for the...

After around 2 hours I removed the parts and put them in the bath tub to soak in hot water and baking soda. (No photo as I didn't want any evidence that I couldn't deny.) :21: After a short soak, I took them outside, dried them with a towel, and immediately rubbed them down with WD-40 to...