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Good morning Ratters!

Bubba laid down some bubba gum. I would clean that up for inspection and most likely weld it proper. Looking good on the parts that are finished!

Rims. I got an e-mail: The rims you ordered are currently on backorder. The eta we have for them is 8/29/22 I bought them on a 1/2 off flash sale. Maybe, just maybe, I'll get back on this build in September.

The wear is evident so pick your best pieces and roll with it; that is just a fact of life when dealing with vintage parts most of the time.. As to grease, pack the bearings and races well. Use a thin grease coating on the outside of the brake shoes and the inside diameter of the hub. Adjustment...

When laying down your pinstripes, don't let a gaping hole stop you. When you have momentum, you've got to keep rolling. Now I've got to make lemonade from a lemon. The solution is some prevention. I don't want The Man hassling me because I don't have a taillight so I might as well put that...

I didn't find the hubs I thought I had. I don't think I would use a powered wire brush to clean them, there is the risk of rounding over knurled or ribbed edges. I have some brushes that look like a toothbrush with metal bristles I use for chores like this. I get mine from NAPA. I did find a...

Looking goooood. If you have an OG SA shift cable to rob the threaded barrel from, I have ferules and a crimping tool to reuse them. The Launching Pad in Wilmington would be a most excellent spot to get some photos of your ride.

That headset install doesn't look right. The gap between the cone and cup should be somewhere around 1/16". With cleaning the hard grease out of the bearing races I use a round toothpick to flick it out, overnight soak in penetrating oil to soften it up, a mild acidic mixture in the ultrasonic...

Ouch, tough break. I just scrolled through your build again and there is some cool steam punk vibe oozing out of it.

In a way I'm glad the end is near but at the same time I've been looking at my future projects and thinking about what I need to round up for them. Madness, sheer madness.......

I used a set of pinstripe decals on my shop "truck" bike Toad a few years ago and they are still looking great. I feel better hitting them with clear coat just as insurance to keep them from lifting.

Thanks! Not much left to do on it, just grips and the front axle tribars. I'm going to have to figure out a photo location, probably next weekend.

Doesn't look like much but plenty got done today. I finished everything out back, installed the brake strap,adjusted the chain, all the usual. Installed the kickstand but discovered it was borked so I installed a different one because by now I was getting good at it. Installed the seat binder...

You're just a few pie cuts away from making it work. And yep, my workspace needs some housekeeping too, funny how that happens.

Tank pins. They will get graphited and cleared after I roll it outside. In this shot you can see a bondo blob, a dent, and how much forward I need to roll the fender.

The more I see it, the more better I like the apes. The stem is a Huffman item that is bead blasted and clear coated that I bought for this frame a couple of years back.

Yep, the headlight ain't cutting it. A bobbed ducktail fender out back could bring it up a notch.

Now that I've got to see the whole mess assembled and had time to stew on it, there are some mild things that may need addressing. Firstly, the headlight seems to be pointing upwards towards Jupiter or Uranus so I'll rotate the fender slightly forward while I have the front wheel out for the...

A handlebar swap. This looks much better to me, it might get to stay.

The first full view of the kinda, almost, finished Ne'er-Do-Well *Deluxe*. There was some serious KungFu fighting getting the hind end put together but man and machine have finally come to an honorable truce. The blackwalls get to stay, plenty of room now. I'm RRBO17 tuckered out; time for lunch...