Project "Cheapskate"
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From: Ontario, Canada
I took the forks apart, gave them a good cleaning, installed new fork seals in my eBay chrome lowers. Then spent Sunday doing a little body & spray paint work. 1 coat of PPG DP90 epoxy primer over the scuffed cowbells and fork tin, wait 60 minutes, then two coats of PPG Deltron Synergy color, followed by 3 coats of PPG concept 2021 clear. Let her dry over night then did a little re-assembly work.
Next weekend I'll start smoothing the front fender and doing a Native Custom Baggers dropped fender kit.
I need some suggestions for a cheap exhaust solution. Thinking of re-baffleing the stock pipes. I'd like to do tru duals and Rineharts but that's an extra $1000.00 that won't fit into this winters budget. Maybe next winter.
Also ideas for air cleaner/intake system.
Remember "Cheapskate".
Next weekend I'll start smoothing the front fender and doing a Native Custom Baggers dropped fender kit.
I need some suggestions for a cheap exhaust solution. Thinking of re-baffleing the stock pipes. I'd like to do tru duals and Rineharts but that's an extra $1000.00 that won't fit into this winters budget. Maybe next winter.
Also ideas for air cleaner/intake system.
Remember "Cheapskate".
Last edited by ultra_classic; Feb 14, 2012 at 08:14 PM. Reason: add something
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Joined: Sep 2011
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From: illinois
Great thread Batman! Thanks for showing all of us wanna be cheapskates how to do it properly. +5 for wild pigs. Awesome mufflers for the price.
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From: Tennessee
Pigs sound nice if you get the right baffle. Several guys around here use them.
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From: Iowa
Holy Winter Projects Batman!! Sorry, I couldn't resist, SOMEONE had to chime in with it sooner or later...haha
Subscribed as well, been following, I'm planning on painting mine next winter and I'm down to something similar to your color, or maybe something along the lines of the Tequila Sunrise, I haven't decided.
Anyway, yours is awesome my friend, love all the little money saving tips here and there, and Slyder was dead-on with painting those controls, if the green alone doesn't set this bad boy off, that will certainly help.
Subscribed as well, been following, I'm planning on painting mine next winter and I'm down to something similar to your color, or maybe something along the lines of the Tequila Sunrise, I haven't decided.
Anyway, yours is awesome my friend, love all the little money saving tips here and there, and Slyder was dead-on with painting those controls, if the green alone doesn't set this bad boy off, that will certainly help.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: along the Front Range in Colorado
....... i think this is the 1st 14 page thread i've read all the way thru ..... and loved every page !
............. great looking project, Batman. Serious skills in evidence ............. & cheap too, what a bonus.
.....as is everyone else, i'm lookin' forward to seeing it complete !
............. great looking project, Batman. Serious skills in evidence ............. & cheap too, what a bonus.
.....as is everyone else, i'm lookin' forward to seeing it complete !
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