Blue bike

[MattiThundrrr]

"All the small parts have been cleaned and sprayed with rust prevention " ~ former two-time winner of the RaTisfied and RusTified OddJob Award.

Schultzie, has your beer gone stale?

OJ, what did your last BO bike look like? I remember all kinds of shiny! It was a gas!

 

[OddJob]

OJ, what did your last BO bike look like? I remember all kinds of shiny! It was a gas!

Yeah, but I'm not a 'two - time winner' of the OJ award. I just give em out. Just playin' with my buddy @idiotboy . He usually does 'rusty and crusty'. Just givin' him some heat.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I know, I'm just stokin' the fire

 

[idiotboy]

not to worry, it's just the fork pivot parts, headset and bottom bracket parts. That stuff and the chain are places I don't want rust, everywhere else is cool

 

[idiotboy]

Besides I like to switch it up a bit, the last build off bike I made was shiny, the one before that not so much

 

[OddJob]

Oooooo, I forgot about that shiny one! That was cool too. And yes, I really enjoyed my shiny GaSser build last year. It was a challenge, and a different twist on a build for me.

Keep those post coming!

 

[Captain Awesome]

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Still have that one saved in my inspiration picture gallery

 

[idiotboy]

Got some primer on the rims last night, with this humidity I’m gonna let them dry a day or so before I put color on them…

 

[idiotboy]

Sunday went to the Wethersfield swap meet, got to talk to Stevil and Alan, saw some cool stuff, and bought a chain guard I think might work on this bike, dude said it was off a girl’s monarch. The lighter blue matches the fork pretty well. Test fit the crank to check the guard, rear lines up great but the front mount is gonna have to be relocated, stay tuned…

 

[idiotboy]

Finally decided on a color and got some paint on the rims

 

[kingfish254]

I like the paint combo

 

[OddJob]

Feeling 'blue' lately? I'm not 'feeling' it here....

 

[idiotboy]

totally slacking on this build my friend, next thing I've gotta do is chop up the chainguard mount, then reassemble the fork, build some wheels, fit some parts, try to remember where I put the one good skiptooth chain I'm pretty sure I have...

 

[idiotboy]

Finally made some time to work on this thing, drilled out the spot welds and a little time with a dremel and I got the chain guard mount off, then some measuring, bending and a couple new holes and I’ve got this sitting where I want it

 

[idiotboy]

Got the fork back together tonight, greased all the pivots and the steering bearings, one small headset spacer got everything lined up

 

[Captain Awesome]

Got the fork back together tonight, greased all the pivots and the steering bearings, one small headset spacer got everything lined up View attachment 165279View attachment 165280

Looking good

Side note......... details on the sumo in the background?

 

[idiotboy]

Looking good

Side note......... details on the sumo in the background?

Built it in 03 or 04, 1999 YZ400F, 97mm bore 444cc, oversize intake valves, ported head, cams etc. Fast for it's day but a new stock 450 will kill it. Got a dual sport kit and a street title, it's also been set up as an enduro bike and a hillclimber at times, it's down right now with a leaking head gasket and I'll probably take the opportunity to put in the WR426 gearbox I've been wanting to do for 10 years. There are a couple bikes ahead of it on the list...

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

allow me to interrupt this build to tell you sir, that a NoHo ride is planned for Aug 28th. Not sure if any other NERRBs told you. Hope to see you there.

 

[idiotboy]

allow me to interrupt this build to tell you sir, that a NoHo ride is planned for Aug 28th. Not sure if any other NERRBs told you. Hope to see you there.

Yup Jane texted me, planning on going, last time was too much fun

 

[idiotboy]

Ran into a snag with the wheels, turns out the NOS Union hub I’ve had for a few years is a 28 hole, guess I shoulda checked sooner . Cleanest hub I have in the pile is this one, into the simple green bucket it goes…