Iron Horse Yakuza

[Long&Black]

Picked this thing up today. Previous owner didn't like the factory gray, painted it white, and got overzealous when it came time to reassemble...messing up the paint.

Has a massive 26x2.65 up front and a 2.35 in the rear. It's 42lbs of mountain-pounding fury. :lol:

I'm going to strip it to raw aluminum and clear it.

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

diggin it

 

[outskirtscustoms]

can't wait to see it in it's new raw form, I think it'll look sweet.

 

[Long&Black]

:mrgreen:

 

[Long&Black]

can't wait to see it in it's new raw form, I think it'll look sweet.

Here's the main triangle.

 

[Long&Black]

Didn't stay raw for long. :lol:

Broke out the HVLP and primed it. Color should go on tomorrow.

 

[Long&Black]

Base coat is on.

 

[Long&Black]

Got some clear on it and it's back together.

 

[Long&Black]

A few updated shots.

SRAM XO rear derailleur to replace the X-4 that was on it.

Troy Lee Designs ODI lock-ons

Eight inch (203mm) Avid Elixir CR hyraulic disc brakes.

On the trail.

Ditched the 2.65 front tire and 2.35 rear for some 2.1 Fire XC Pros. Shed 5lbs in weight with a simple tire/tube change. It was 43.5lbs when I picked it up, it's down to 37.1 now. :mrgreen:

 

[ratina]

Sweet!!

 

[rydr1]

Dude, what did you use to prime and paint?
this paint job looks sweet. I specially like the way it looks in the pic below.

 

[Long&Black]

I used Dupli-Color's Paint Shop stuff from Auto Zone. Shot it with HVLP that my wife bought from Sears - link

Primer, base, clear.

 

[rydr1]

I used Dupli-Color's Paint Shop stuff from Auto Zone. Shot it with HVLP that my wife bought from Sears - link

Primer, base, clear.

Thanks man. Time to get my materials together for my felt speedway. :mrgreen:

 

[Long&Black]

I used Dupli-Color's Paint Shop stuff from Auto Zone. Shot it with HVLP that my wife bought from Sears - link

Primer, base, clear.

Thanks man. Time to get my materials together for my felt speedway. :mrgreen:

No problem.

If I wanted to spend a bit more time on it I could have wet-sanded the clear and made it REALLY smooth.

As it is what you see is just primer/base/clear with NO sanding.

I got lazy, but it still looks great. :lol:

 

[Long&Black]

ryder1,

Since we've had nothing but rain and ice lately as far as weather goes I decided to break out the 1000 grit and polishing compound.

It's lookin' awesome now. :mrgreen:

I'll get some pics up soon.

 

[Long&Black]

XO triggers went on last week. :mrgreen:

Put a Tioga Spyder TwinTail saddle on it as well.

It's down to 36lbs.