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1st there was Black Betty
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I found her on the side of the road and rebuilt her in about two weeks earlier this summer. Her story is found here
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I enjoyed the build so much I decided to build another :wink:
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I think I better have clean hands to use the white leather grips! :lol:
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This was the third paint job on the chainguard. Orignally after I stripped it the first time it was painted Chevy Engine Block Orange and I was going to paint blue flames on it, but I didn't like the color. So I painted it in Blue and White checks that were 3/4" in size. Took me 6 hours to mask off and paint. It looked good, then when I was putting the finishing clear coat, I grabbed the White Gloss by mistake :x Had to start over again, this time I chose an easier 2" Blue and White squares...liked it muy bueno 8)
 
Blue Bonnie cont...
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Gunky!
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Kind of based the whole theme on the tires. Saw them in Fleetwood's KitKat and really, really liked them and he had a rental bike that I really liked but thought I could improve upon his idea :wink:
Before, or rather what the bike looked like after I had torn everything down and forgotten to take real "before" pics :oops:
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After...coming soon :p
 
Looks good . I saw a guy on that indestructables site that did checks using those white 2'' stickers. They come on sheets and you get them in vinyl too. You can paint a base color and then stick them all on and shoot the other color. Your paint scheme looks really good. Its nice to see something outside the norm. :lol:
 
Uncle Stretch said:
Looks good . I saw a guy on that indestructables site that did checks using those white 2'' stickers. They come on sheets and you get them in vinyl too. You can paint a base color and then stick them all on and shoot the other color. Your paint scheme looks really good. Its nice to see something outside the norm. :lol:
Doh! I used masking tape and laboriously measured each and every piece w/ a metal "square" to make sure it was square :x :lol: Well, I guess I'll use that idea for the next bike :roll:
 
dragsterIII said:
next build I so doing checkers, were did you get those tires?
Fleetwood's KitKat....they don't have a phone number but they do have emai. They're here in Dallas, have a "boutique" store for cruisers. Very cool to look at...expensive bikes though :shock: Here's their link ...
http://www.fleetwoodskitkat.com/
Tires ran me about $42 for the set. Well worth it.
 
really cool!! did you unlace the wheels to paint them? Its kill me, I want to paint mine but im scared that once i take em apart they wont come back together the right way ... and bike shop wants to much to lace em back together.
 
Pawel said:
really cool!! did you unlace the wheels to paint them? Its kill me, I want to paint mine but im scared that once i take em apart they wont come back together the right way ... and bike shop wants to much to lace em back together.
I masked the spokes w/ green masking tape. Then sanded the rims, etched them w/ Bulldog metal etcher. Then I primed w/ Dupli-color White, masked off the white w/ blue masking tape and sprayed w/ the blue color. then clear-coated the whole thing. :wink:
 
StepChld said:
Pawel said:
really cool!! did you unlace the wheels to paint them? Its kill me, I want to paint mine but im scared that once i take em apart they wont come back together the right way ... and bike shop wants to much to lace em back together.
I masked the spokes w/ green masking tape. Then sanded the rims, etched them w/ Bulldog metal etcher. Then I primed w/ Dupli-color White, masked off the white w/ blue masking tape and sprayed w/ the blue color. then clear-coated the whole thing. :wink:


looks great man! after looking over my rims last night Im gonna do the same, theres enough room there to get a piece of sand paper in to sand so I wont have to take apart the rim.
 
UncleKudzu said:
does the sanding and etching under discussion take off chrome?
Not that I've noticed, but I always sand thoroughly and then etch w/Bulldog. And always clearcoat after it's all painted :D
 
Chekers, I´m so doing checkers next, probably with read primer, oh yeah I see it...
Great job so far, very nice colour combo.
 
Ok, she's mostly done but finances with a teacher's salary sometimes means some projects get put on hold until "She who must be obeyed' releases some more funds in a few weeks :wink:
Blue Bonnie needs a white leather seat, not the brown one (although that cheap brown WalMart seat really is pretty comfy!) and she needs some blue anodized valve caps and perhaps a chrome bullet headlamp to finish her off. :p
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The "V-Twins" (cantilever frames :p )
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I need to take a ride to a bteer location to take some pics w/ decent views but that will have to wait until I have more time...maybe this weekend. :roll:
 
I have those tires in Red on my cruiser and they roll awesome. Great choice. I was thinking about doing a blue bike as well just cause I like those tires so much. Your ride is sick and the checks set it off great. Killer build...
 

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