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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:29 AM
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Default Frame stripped

Everything is off the frame and it's ready to be cut. It's gonna be hard not digging into the motor for a total refresh, but it runs great so I'll fight the urge as long as I can
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:34 AM
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Lol...damn. You really tore in to it. I left the motor in my wife's when I hardtailed one of hers.









 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:38 AM
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Lol...damn. You really tore in to it. I left the motor in my wife's when I hardtailed one of hers.
Yep, gonna powdercoat the frame white, so had to get it all the way down to the nitty gritty.

Nice shop you have there. I could really do some damage in a shop like that









 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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Thanks. That's my garage but I'm proud of it. My shop, however, is a windowless brick dungeon. Cold, damp. Sucks on my sould if I spend too much time in there.



If you get a Led Sled or Kansas tail you'll want to weld or bolt in a fixture so the frame doesn't spring when you cut it apart. That's why I left the motor in hers. With the way the Road 6 kit is designed you won't have to worry about it.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 09:03 AM
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Thanks Mreed, I hadn't even thought about the frame springing when cut...
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mreed
Thanks. That's my garage but I'm proud of it. My shop, however, is a windowless brick dungeon. Cold, damp. Sucks on my sould if I spend too much time in there.



If you get a Led Sled or Kansas tail you'll want to weld or bolt in a fixture so the frame doesn't spring when you cut it apart. That's why I left the motor in hers. With the way the Road 6 kit is designed you won't have to worry about it.
That's your personal garage with your projects in it?!? Adopt Me!!
 
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:37 AM
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Default Decided to clean the fork legs

Not much time this weekend for my projects due to a HUGE honey do list, but I did get one of the fork legs cleaned in between the 10 hrs of caulking an painting crown molding. Here's pics of they looked like before and then after.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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Default triple tree cleanup

top is clean and lower is next up
 
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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I'm looking at picking up these for the build, so pls let me know whattcha think?
 
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