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I took a little time last night after work and tore my front wheel back down and added a little detail touch to the drum hub. Get a little balance between the front and rear.
Getting the bike tonight so I will get it torn down this weekend and start looking at what parts will be added from the super stash.
That had to be the easiest tear down on an older bike I have ever had a part of! Not a single rusted screw or nut, not even on the fender. Took an hour to tear it down. Now to clean up the frame.
1/17 UPDATE
Spent the day building a battery box to run the motorcycle headlight that will be going on.
I bought a box full of old license plates at a garage sale a few years ago and never found a use for them, until now.
1/19 UPDATE
I spent the better part of the morning building a lunch box, I liked the way the battery box turned out so I wanted one to take to work with me.
Also found a use for a couple of those pesky fender braces the mailman brought me. I beat them flat and used them as straps to mount the battery box to the rack. Only one left to find a use for. And that bobbed fender, the ones on the bike cleaned up nicely so I am going to use them, but that stubby one will find it's place in the world.
1/21 UPDATE
Spent the last two days polishing the chrome and preping parts for paint. The smaller stuff I brought to work and media blasted on my lunch break. I just wish I could smuggle my frame and fork in...
1/22 UPDATE
I got the frame and fork stripped and in primer (final color maybe). Just have to see how my secondary color looks with the brown.
1/25 UPDATE
Decided to do a mock up and see what happened while I wait to find some place to paint.
1/29 UPDATE
First coat is on the frame, fork and fender brace.
2/5 UPDATE
Painting is done, now if I can make myself wait a week or so to let the paint cure before I go to put it back together. This is the hard part.
The lighting in the basement doesn't do the paint justice, gonna have to wait until the sun comes out to get better pics.
Here's a couple pics of the Chainguard in it's finished state
UPDATE Early 2/6
Too excited to wait for the paint to cure so I laced up my drum hub to the front rim. Straight and true with no scratches to the fresh paint.
UPDATE 2/6
If you really knew me you would know that I can't leave all those parts sitting for a whole week.
Reassembly has begun.
From bobbed fender to head badge
UPDATE 2/9
Roller on the Ground.
UPDATE 2/12
First test ride today! Had some clearance issues with the rear fender, so off it came. The kickback wasn't shifting out of low at first, but after a few minutes it started shifting beautifully. Overall, it rides real nice and smooth. Still have a few small things to tie up before I can call it done. Here are a couple pics I snapped while out.