*GULP!* 'Paint' ?!?
*GULP!* 'Paint' ?!?
That's exactly how most of my builds start out.. I may buy a smalls or two, but most of the parts come right out of my cache of accumulated parts.. RaToN....
They used to sell these as the El Toro wingnut. I used them to hold the side covers on my 76 KZ900. This is a fuzzy photo from 1982, but there they are on the custom side covers.
BLO might look great on your ride. In Bali it is quite humid and the BLO coat on my bike is holding strong, although I'm happy to re apply once a year!
You bunch those yourself? What kind of tools you use? Handtools or machine?
Dimpled speed holes have a long hot rod history so they fit in pretty good with rat biking. They add rigidity to a panel while lightening it. Lay out and spacing is critical to get right because they are kinda permanent .
Tribars started out as wheel knock offs on sports cars and found their way onto several other applications by hotrodders. Very traditional touch to add to a traditional style build. May they never go out of style.
I have a couple of my rustorations in BLO and may try a product called Gibbs metal Protectant for this build if it stays raw. It's claimed to be long lasting and they say you can paint over it later if the urge hits. The boys at The HAMB swear by it.
Yep. The tool and process is at post #23 in this thread.
The dimple makes a big difference. I did speed holes with a only drill, and the integrity of the parts were severely compromised
What are the bars off of? They do look familiar but their hard to place.. Great looking bike so far... RaToN.....Spent a little time this morning trying out some other junk I have laying around. A goal I have set for myself is to just use parts from my stash. If I can get this build done with buying nothing more than some rattle can paint and a fresh tub of bearing grease then I done real good.
First up is a lucky 7 seatpost and a really boring white seat. I added a crash rail but it needs to go away. I have couple wimmins long spring seats that might get their sproingy parts added to this seat.
Next up are the bars and stem. Stem is a low rate vintage BMX part but it's red so how can I say no to it? Bars are from a 1989 SeaDoo personal water craft. They are heavy wall stainless with some deep knurling. The grips are grips and they are red. These parts will stay.
Next next up I swapped out the wheels for a different other set. They need to be ratified and probably will stay.
Next next next up I swapped out the sheet metal for a set of peaked fenders and a big honkin chain guard. I could maybe punch this tin chock full of dimpled speed holes to get it looking proper and add an element of making more work for myself.
'Nuff prattling, I took some pictures!
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I've been calling them Lighting Holes for years.. First time I heard them called dimple's... To each his own I guess.... They look really COOOL any way... Great job.....
They are from a late 80s Seadoo XP personal watercraft. They would have had dense foam padding on them. You have to use a BMX stem to mount them.
