BO15 RaTs GaSs...Great year all!...pg 26
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Great looking details! Taking it to the next level, as usual.
That gass capp is perfect and the lights really came out great!
Digging the seat too. Much better than the white.
Keep on rolling brother!
Digging the seat too. Much better than the white.
Keep on rolling brother!
That seat looks amazing! What is this magic product you use for that? Share, share!!
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What kind of clear coat? Flex Seal clear, or regular spray paint?
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Fore and aft beer cans. Nice. 
Soul-G, it' Flex Seal black in a spray can. Goes a really long ways. Put it on lightly, in a couple coats; even more lightly than reg spray paint. It is thick and comes out in droplets almost. Let dry over night and then coat with a couple coats of clear.
It's durable, water proof, and has a great texture that looks like a faux leather.
It's Rustoleum Universal Clear in the Dead Flat. Don't get the gloss, it's way too shiny.
One's for be-fore, and the other is for aft-er.Fore and aft beer cans. Nice.
So, not ONLY does it repair boats, it also finishes bicycle seats! They should add that to their adds.
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Is dead flat duller than really ill flat?
I bet it finishes bike seats better than it repairs boats.
Try to imagine the front fender without its rear part. Only the front part from the fork to the end of the fender. Like an enduro motorbike.
But then it would look more like an enduro motorbike. It's a gasser car, in bicycle mode.
Thanks Sharp! Few more fun things coming down the pike, before the coups de gras.
You mean ‘Coups de GaSs?’
RaTs GaSs build Day #25
Sometimes you have to take the long route. On our trip up to the campsite this weekend, my son and I encountered some construction, which is normal in our shortened road work season here in the north country. It wasn't bad, as we got to take some of the back roads we hadn't been on for awhile. It gave us a renewed perspective of that beautiful lake country in NW Wisconsin where we've been hanging out for 31 yrs now.
^ Mood setters^
So, after trying a few different options with that 'space' in the main triangle of my RG frame, I finally came around to a solution that I really like. On my shopping trip to gather supplies for our setting up of camp, I ran across a couple of items in the aisles, and the idea formulated from there. The first was a Cold Air Panel used to access your forced air conditioning system.
The second item was one I had used before, only not exactly the way they were intended. I had purchased these stainless steel zip ties previously for my Mesa Buggie Wuggie build in the winter of 2017. Of course, I was only building 'rusty' bikes then, so I had to RaT-ina the stainless steel to make it fit the build. As @LukeTheJoker said when he saw my post of those,
"Rusting stainless steel? Any other forum in the world and you would get laughed at... "
The ones for RaTs GaSs will stay shiny, of course.
I was able to cut two pieces out of the Cold Air panel, and then used my tried and true 3M Super Adhesive spray to bond them together to get a rigid single piece.
For test purposes, I used some nylon ties to mock up the GaSs hole panel , and took it to a local park for a test ride to ensure it's stability and 'no vibration' status. Worked like a charm!
The moral of the story is, sometimes we have to change our perspective to see things from another point of view.
Sometimes you have to take the long route. On our trip up to the campsite this weekend, my son and I encountered some construction, which is normal in our shortened road work season here in the north country. It wasn't bad, as we got to take some of the back roads we hadn't been on for awhile. It gave us a renewed perspective of that beautiful lake country in NW Wisconsin where we've been hanging out for 31 yrs now.
^ Mood setters^
So, after trying a few different options with that 'space' in the main triangle of my RG frame, I finally came around to a solution that I really like. On my shopping trip to gather supplies for our setting up of camp, I ran across a couple of items in the aisles, and the idea formulated from there. The first was a Cold Air Panel used to access your forced air conditioning system.
The second item was one I had used before, only not exactly the way they were intended. I had purchased these stainless steel zip ties previously for my Mesa Buggie Wuggie build in the winter of 2017. Of course, I was only building 'rusty' bikes then, so I had to RaT-ina the stainless steel to make it fit the build. As @LukeTheJoker said when he saw my post of those,
"Rusting stainless steel? Any other forum in the world and you would get laughed at... "
The ones for RaTs GaSs will stay shiny, of course.
I was able to cut two pieces out of the Cold Air panel, and then used my tried and true 3M Super Adhesive spray to bond them together to get a rigid single piece.
For test purposes, I used some nylon ties to mock up the GaSs hole panel , and took it to a local park for a test ride to ensure it's stability and 'no vibration' status. Worked like a charm!
The moral of the story is, sometimes we have to change our perspective to see things from another point of view.
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This is so epic. Super nice touch And detail.
