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ironpan65

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #45 on: April 22, 2010, 08:06:25 PM »
 :D...Depends....have you any time on your hands in order to do it?? :o

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Rusty Bucket

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #46 on: April 23, 2010, 12:53:19 AM »
trapped in the past
surrounded by evil
low on gas... ;D

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Fritz

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #47 on: December 19, 2010, 10:31:13 AM »
Hey Rusty.....Did you get that Frame Painted yet.....?  Or has that Guzzi taken all your time away..... ;D
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Rusty Bucket

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« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2010, 09:57:54 PM »
Um, no;  still sitting there waiting for, you know, the stars to line up correctly.  As I was telling Wayne last night, I have been working on the Guzzi, and the project is proof I am not a one-note cafe-racer production unit:  on the Guzzi I am de-cafe-ing a bike that came from the factory with clip-ons, rear-sets and a 1/4 fairing... :D
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Fritz

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2010, 09:05:30 AM »
De-Cafe-ing a Bike.....What's Happening there Rusty... ???...Mid Life Crisis  :D

I would like to Paint another Frame now also....Maybe after Christmas we could Talk that Stuntman Dude into Splashing some colour onto them in one Blast.....You did say that you wanted Ducati RED...... 8)  Thinking about it now....there is a GS "G" Frame there also that needs some colour.......

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supdve

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #50 on: December 21, 2010, 06:52:26 PM »
No problem!!!  I can blast them both at once!!!

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #51 on: December 22, 2010, 06:50:06 PM »
Hey, only thing more fun than shooting and riding is. Oh ya, shooting and riding more.
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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #52 on: December 23, 2010, 04:12:22 PM »
yea, I would like to have more shooting and riding.  Both would be nice but as of late riding will have to suffice.

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Fritz

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #53 on: December 29, 2010, 09:59:39 AM »
Took some pics of Stuntman and Rusty's Frame all Dolled up.....Looking forward to seeing the bike go back together there Rusty Bucket..... 8)







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Rusty Bucket

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #54 on: December 29, 2010, 09:48:48 PM »
Neat.  I dug through the 650 Yamaha wheels around the shop, and found two I think would be good enough to powder-coat (meaning solid, but not such good chrome).  Now, more colour questions;  semi-gloss or gloss black rims?  The gloss matches the frame and looks clean if it IS clean;  the semi-gloss matches the tank (a whole other question) and doesn't show dirt as much.  I guess I could continue on with the chrome rims, which are different from the ones I would powdercoat, and decide about whether to colour the rims later...
  Thanks Fritz for the process pics and thanks StuntmanFubar for the frame paint!
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Fritz

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #55 on: January 01, 2011, 11:37:13 AM »
Can't go wrong with Black...
Always could put the Chrome Rims on for now and Ride the bike....then Powder later if need be....That way you could keep working on the Guzzi.... ;D
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Rusty Bucket

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #56 on: January 02, 2011, 06:23:49 PM »
  Yeah, but I only have one new set of spokes for '70-71 Yamaha, and I doubt if I'd ever get around to swapping them back around... I don't know.  One of the '71 front rims I've got is completely hooped, way beyond saving, and I only ever had two chrome-rimmed rear wheels... I would like to figure a way to get red pinstripes on the sides of the rims, but no way to powdercoat THAT in.  If I got the rims sandblasted and then painted, instead of powdercoated, I could change my mind about the semi-gloss and go with gloss black.  I guess I will look at the computer again and try and use that to make up my mind;  it was helpful with the frame.
  For the time being I need to concentrate on clearing some workable space out of the massive clutter the Xmas flood caused at the shop.
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supdve

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #57 on: January 02, 2011, 07:36:30 PM »
The pinstriping is the easy part. The decision you have to make in your mind on the sheen of the black is your biggest decision. Do you have a couple of rims that I can quickly paint one shiny and one satin black?I have pinstiping wheels for painting pinstripes easily. See no problem.
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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #58 on: January 03, 2011, 04:54:30 PM »
Rusty

Saw this Cafe Racer on Kneeslider and it has red pin striping on chrome rims.  Looks good but I am sure black would look great also.
http://artemiophoto.com/Motorcycles/1978-Honda-CB-550-custom-cafe/14869043_g99cw#P-1-15

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Rusty Bucket

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Re: Fort Ware Bobber
« Reply #59 on: January 04, 2011, 10:02:01 AM »
Very nice bike;  the rims on this Honda are similar to the deep-shouldered Exel's I laced for the Sportster, and you're right, they look good with the accent stripe.  I am trying to do things on the bobber in the complete opposite way from all the other bikes I have, so, since I would never change any of their rims away from more-or-less factory finish, I'm figuring the bobber is asking for it (by being what it is) Guilty of one count of being a bobber, and of one count of being an accessory to being a bobber.
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