Good From Afar

[SwissGuy]

gonna try and make it happen this evening

Looking forward to it!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Shakedown. It's a riderView attachment 171266View attachment 171267View attachment 171268View attachment 171269

Looks good man. Love the stance

 

[MattiThundrrr]

10 mm socket, ground to fit for the spacer, because these things are precious around here. Always good to keep one handy, even if you need a 15 mm wrench and a 4 mm hex to get to it

*What the heck is that thing in the bottom left corner?

 

[The Renaissance Man]

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I never understood that, I have like 8 of them. Canadian socket sets come with multiples. I also ground down a 3/8ths so you imperial folks wouldn't feel left out. Didn't use, so I have a shorty for the box

 

[The Renaissance Man]

*What the heck is that thing in the bottom left corner?

Looks like an outdoor spigot handle.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Indeed it does.

Covered in clear coat. I had a hole to fill. There is an access hole in the lower wishbone to get at the kickstand bolt. It used to have a cheap plastic plug, bar end type. It was ugly, but not GFA ugly. My beast needed a crown.

Cork stolen from a glass hummingbird feeder

Thought it was appropriate to make cuts using Richard, the guinea pig for my Wet Black paint tests.
Voila, plug

and crown!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Then there's this guy

Bikes seem to need openers nowadays. Falcon reaction arms are ugly.

Kinda stupid, but I bought matching bolts. One behind here, two inside the fenders, one hidden behind the front of the guard. One of the few parts I bought for the bike, and I hid em all but one.

This guy matches the invisible. Fancy, huh?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

And it is raining out. No shooting tonight, putting all my photo eggs in tomorrow's basket

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The forecast lied. It's in the can

*The can is metaphoric, of course. Does anyone use film anymore?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Another casualty on the shoot:

I dunno if sunglasses are tools or not, but I'm taking no prisoners

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Finished thread is up
https://ratrodbikes.com/forum/threads/good-from-afar.114538/

Lemme just say, finished, but maybe not complete? Going to have to fix the BB situation when Dr T's special remedy arrives in the mail. Plus, the black isn't perfect, I'd like to touch a few little areas. The rear hub needs some love too,works, but for how long? I also got a few ideas for paint embellishments, staring at the pictures all day today. Thanks for reading, people. Have fun with bikes.
MattV

 

[GeePig]

Rideable, yes. Rideability, not so much.
Elbows, meet knees. Not taking any 20k rides on this one.

Same with Ten Turing, which will be receiving different bars later....

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I never understood that, I have like 8 of them.

I was only guessing. Now, I've I counted

And I found one more when I was putting them all away. That's seven total when you count the spacer.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

So... your the guy that ends up with all of the lost 10mm sockets!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Posting results so I will remember later:
GFA received 9 votes, three way tie for 34th out of 41 entries. Thanks for the votes folks.