TRADITIONAL Hops and Gnarly

[The Renaissance Man]

So many cowboys and so few bikes.

Not to be confused with the Hoss Cartwright mini-bike!

 

[Uncle Shish]

So many cowboys and so few bikes.

Not to be confused with the Hoss Cartwright mini-bike!

That was a lot of man on there!

 

[Chad T]

My opening salvo and the hint for a name was all I could offer. No October surprises for this one.

Really got my hopes up when @marshall hudson posted those fender thingies. Could have been a good mystery tracking down the jewels or trying to replicate them.

More of a job for Banacek though if you remember that one.

Pic of Haus Cartwright on that tiny plastic mini bike is gold.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Accessories. (AKA doodads.)

 

[kingfish254]

These models had the geegaws for sure

 

[SoulGarageOH]

My entry for last year’s build ( which I did not finish ) was Sheriff Woody inspired. I was on the hunt for a cowhide pattern saddle, but was unable to locate one. I think Origin 8 made one a while back, but like I said, I couldn’t get my hands on one; it would have made my bike for sure.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Happy Father's Day y'all!

(Page two slacker bump. lol)

 

[The Renaissance Man]

It's been over two weeks since I've touched the bike but I made a little progress today. Since today is a holiday I had some time to take the frame and fork to the media blasting cabinet and take them back to bare naked metal.

Before:

After:

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Here's a full picture of both.

I always love seeing these restorations at this stage! It so cool to see the brazing and naked metal! It's a little disappointing when I have to break out the primer gun.

 

[Pondo]

Looks so cool in bare metal!

 

[kingfish254]

Here's a full picture of both.
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I always love seeing these restorations at this stage! It so cool to see the brazing and naked metal! It's a little disappointing when I have to break out the primer gun.

I agree. I think that is why I like @Dr. Tankenstein 's Bare Flyte build so much.
Looking forward to your work on this one too. Glad that one has the fork blades that are open at the bottom. They can still be a bear to work with wheel installation though.

 

[Chad T]

That fork is wild. Don’t recall seeing one like that before. Does the axle actually travel in the long slots?

 

[The Renaissance Man]

That fork is wild. Don’t recall seeing one like that before. Does the axle actually travel in the long slots?

Yes.
Notice the short swing arms. They along with the springer fork bolt over the axel and the fork has bushings that slide up the slot as the springs compress. Cool design!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

No more bare-naked metal.

I unfurled the Delta paint frames yesterday and shot some lacquer primer over all of that nice clean metal.

Before:

After:

I forgot to get a picture of the fork that was not in the paint frames.

 

[Chad T]

Love those painting frames. Reminds me of a model kit with the parts still on the trees.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Never thought about model kit parts, you're right! Same principal, I used to paint the parts before cutting them apart.

 

[kingfish254]

Always cool to see those A-frames roll out. I can't remember how you support them when you are painting. Do you have a tree to hang them from? or something you prop them against?
They do kinda look like unassembled model parts

 

[The Renaissance Man]

They are just propped against the wall for the photos.

I always lay them flat while I'm painting. I have used 5 gallon buckets, bar stools. garbage cans, etc. for each corner to rest on. Anything of equal size will work. The last few times I used traffic cones only because we have some old ones at work that I can use. They are at a good height (about 30") to reach over while spraying. Plus I used long machine screws centered in each corner (picture hub axels) so that the extra length drops in the top of the cone to keep it from sliding off.

As I'm painting I sometimes lift one corner with my spare hand and hold it up to get to difficult spots. The frame just hinges up from the remaining two corners. I can hinge it from any corner which means that there is nowhere that can hide! After I paint everything visible I park my paint gun and flip the delta over and repeat the process. If you look closely at those pictures you will see a little bit of black primer showing around the edges. I took these pics at the halfway point right after I flipped them.

I actually dropped it off one corner yesterday and it just hinged to the ground with a bang but nothing was harmed. I just set it back in place and kept painting!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Another thing worth mentioning is that if I accidentally get a little heavy-handed and a run develops, I have been able to eliminate it using gravity. Since I can pick the delta up without touching the paint, I'm able to turn any run upside-down so that it will reverse direction and level out the paint! That has actually happened a couple of times in the past.

I can move a paint run in any direction like those old ball maze games!

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Another thing worth mentioning is that if I accidentally get a little heavy-handed and a run develops, I have been able to eliminate it using gravity. Since I can pick the delta up without touching the paint, I'm able to turn any run upside-down so that it will reverse direction and level out the paint! That has actually happened a couple of times in the past!

I'll have to remember this technique when I start painting my bikes. I've just been using my dad's powder coating racks by hanging parts off of that to paint.