Picked this up Monday.. unknown year Columbia Firebolt... now dubbed The Hadouken Project.. dubbed b/c of the whole Firebolt name and that me and my friends love some Street Fighter
overall projection:
springer fork.. not sure if i want a bent or non bent
nirve hello kitty white walls :mrgreen: done
cool grey frame done
black spokes and hubs done
the.. uhh... other part of the wheel painted orange.. maybe purple >
done
rust, plenty of beat up metal and rust :mrgreen: done
some sort of a thin leather saddle
other unknown tidbits that i dont know about for right now
bike's not bad, just came in some neglection, not the guy i got it from. the bike came with the schwinn typhoon tires.. and also looks like schwinn rims and saddle as well, but i could be wrong.. that happens. It is missing the original tank, fenders, and chainguard (which looks like a ward?). I'm satisfied overall b/c a lot of the original stuff i would have just ripped it off anyways (probably not the tank)
the day it came
day 1 (FIRST FIGHT):
tested a flipped handle bar
frame sanded and ready for a GOOD paint job
the parts.. took off the cover to the saddle, running a black all metal one for now >
these wheels are in suuuch bad shape, i thought the bumpyness was from the crap paint, but actually was from the wheels being neglected by someone.. this was after trying to strip them myself.. but theyre going to be sand blasted tomorrow and hopefully that should clean them up
and so Day 1 comes to an end, the bike gets better
i feel like i keep forgetting stuff, but anywho... to me.. Rat Rod is a huge clunker thats all rusted or rough original paint with a bomb motor or something that, not flat black with red wheels or nice paint and chrome (sorry fellas! dont shoot me), but i mean we all have opinions. Now Rat Stylz to me is a laidback, chill lifestyle. Now as you can see, the original paint to me was just EW.. i hated it.. it had to go, but i didnt want to run an all sanded down bare metal frame this time around as well (maybe one day >).. so for now...... well just proceed down
overall projection:
springer fork.. not sure if i want a bent or non bent
nirve hello kitty white walls :mrgreen: done
cool grey frame done
black spokes and hubs done
the.. uhh... other part of the wheel painted orange.. maybe purple >
donerust, plenty of beat up metal and rust :mrgreen: done
some sort of a thin leather saddle
other unknown tidbits that i dont know about for right now
bike's not bad, just came in some neglection, not the guy i got it from. the bike came with the schwinn typhoon tires.. and also looks like schwinn rims and saddle as well, but i could be wrong.. that happens. It is missing the original tank, fenders, and chainguard (which looks like a ward?). I'm satisfied overall b/c a lot of the original stuff i would have just ripped it off anyways (probably not the tank)
the day it came
day 1 (FIRST FIGHT):
tested a flipped handle bar
frame sanded and ready for a GOOD paint job
the parts.. took off the cover to the saddle, running a black all metal one for now >
these wheels are in suuuch bad shape, i thought the bumpyness was from the crap paint, but actually was from the wheels being neglected by someone.. this was after trying to strip them myself.. but theyre going to be sand blasted tomorrow and hopefully that should clean them up
and so Day 1 comes to an end, the bike gets better
i feel like i keep forgetting stuff, but anywho... to me.. Rat Rod is a huge clunker thats all rusted or rough original paint with a bomb motor or something that, not flat black with red wheels or nice paint and chrome (sorry fellas! dont shoot me), but i mean we all have opinions. Now Rat Stylz to me is a laidback, chill lifestyle. Now as you can see, the original paint to me was just EW.. i hated it.. it had to go, but i didnt want to run an all sanded down bare metal frame this time around as well (maybe one day >
).. so for now...... well just proceed down
