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09-07-2009, 07:48 PM
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09-07-2009, 07:57 PM
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I agree with Mark... stock is better ... 
The problem that allot of guys have when choosing what to do , is that street fightering them is usually cheaper, because of the way most of the pretty bits just get chucked to the chit house ...
Taking a bit longer to clean them up back to stock makes for a nicer looking bike IMO
The problem that allot of guys have when choosing what to do , is that street fightering them is usually cheaper, because of the way most of the pretty bits just get chucked to the chit house ...
Taking a bit longer to clean them up back to stock makes for a nicer looking bike IMO
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09-07-2009, 08:20 PM
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I'm certainly the wrong guy to ask (just about the laziest guy here I'm guessing) but I'm scared for you.
For a brief moment, when I thought my kid and I were going to have a lot of time on our hands, I considered buying something to make a "rat bike" out of. I thought it would be cool to paint everything flat black with temperature resistant paint out of a plane old spray can, and wrapped the pipes in that cool gausey insulation stuff (see, that's how much I know) and then buy whatever cheap part I could find and not care what it looked like because it was going to be flat black and hacked up anyway. And maybe just a few giant chrome pieces here and there for a start contrast. A sleeper, that looked bad (in both senses of the word) and ran good. Very macho.
But then I laid down, and the feeling went away.
Take a look at what your artistic expression can do if you really let yourself go.
http://www.ratbike.org/a_readers.php#910
For a brief moment, when I thought my kid and I were going to have a lot of time on our hands, I considered buying something to make a "rat bike" out of. I thought it would be cool to paint everything flat black with temperature resistant paint out of a plane old spray can, and wrapped the pipes in that cool gausey insulation stuff (see, that's how much I know) and then buy whatever cheap part I could find and not care what it looked like because it was going to be flat black and hacked up anyway. And maybe just a few giant chrome pieces here and there for a start contrast. A sleeper, that looked bad (in both senses of the word) and ran good. Very macho.
But then I laid down, and the feeling went away.
Take a look at what your artistic expression can do if you really let yourself go.
http://www.ratbike.org/a_readers.php#910
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09-07-2009, 08:25 PM
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Have you got all the old parts .... or was she missing stuff when you got her ??
I would be cleaning her to death first thing in any case ...
With projects like this one , you would be amazed at how much more enthusiastic you will be if you spend quite a few hours just cleaning her up first by hand ...
( with her pulled apart I would not use a pressure washer or drown her !!)
Have you got a garage of any kind to do the work in ?
I would be cleaning her to death first thing in any case ...
With projects like this one , you would be amazed at how much more enthusiastic you will be if you spend quite a few hours just cleaning her up first by hand ...
( with her pulled apart I would not use a pressure washer or drown her !!)
Have you got a garage of any kind to do the work in ?
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