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  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    Alright a rough month left, better pick them taters up and get to cookin'! Parts been trickling in, I got the new gears for the...
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  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    It's a rough weld not factory at all and I think it was adapted. The cog on the steering end seems of a different quality that the rest...
  • GuitarlCarl
    Thanks @Pondo I am very happy with it. It took a little surgery on the head tube to get there. This fork is only useable in combination...
  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    Napkin blueprint calls for a conversion to a standard bike chain and use two modern cogs for the rear steering. I've done this before...
  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    Poser. Sure would be fun to be a roller before Halloween and put a skeleton up front.
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  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    Drive donor and I've got to do some adapting... Modern drive on a turn of the last century bike... gonna need adapters.
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  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    Wanna see something cool I'm probably not going to reuse??? Bent and too skinny for my tires. Also the skip tooth gear is welded on...
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  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl reacted to metalchewy's post in the thread STBO Luck Be A Lady with Like Like.
    Picked up some coke bottle grips on ebay from @ifitsfreeitsforme These arrived in the mail today. Thanks Ian!! Will look at...
  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread Offshore Account.
    Ketchin'up post. KOTA bends look good. Chain stays at relatively level adds clearance too. Could bend a bit more for some rake but big...
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    GuitarlCarl reacted to hammer mechanic's post in the thread Offshore Account with Like Like.
    Fork bending exercise. Before During One bent, one to go Done
  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    Shot a coat of primer... Now it looks like a camel to me. Satin black eventually.
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  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    The original blend was a true penetrating oil and worked much better than any "Water Displacement" formula. (don't spray WD in a lock...
  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl replied to the thread STBO Hot Date.
    I did see that Aerokroil changed and is now Kroil. I haven't tried the new blend. They say it's the same...
  • GuitarlCarl
    GuitarlCarl reacted to ifitsfreeitsforme's post in the thread STBO Hot Date with Like Like.
    I used Aerokroil for decades. It works well. Last couple years I've switched to Seafoam Deep Creep because it works as well, maybe...
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