Sour Apple
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lovin it! the checker is a nice touch! might have to try that if you dont mind.
lovin it! the checker is a nice touch! might have to try that if you dont mind.
Re: "Sour Apple"
I hope to get some finished shots of the bike this week. The bike tune up is supposed to be done some time this week. When I was biking home from work today I found some neat rustic looking backdrops for the finished bike pictures. I will see what I can come up with. I am getting pretty excited to drive this thing. I had a cool thought you can build a hot rodded bike and have the best gas milage in the world my kind of ride. I was at a huge car show on the lake with the mustang this weekend and there was a lady there selling old vintage license plates for cars and bikes. I found a 1974 one from the centennial year for canada and thought it would be sweet on the bike, I am thinking about painting the raised letters to match my bike frame. Not sure how it will look on the bike I will post some pictures yet.
I hope to get some finished shots of the bike this week. The bike tune up is supposed to be done some time this week. When I was biking home from work today I found some neat rustic looking backdrops for the finished bike pictures. I will see what I can come up with. I am getting pretty excited to drive this thing. I had a cool thought you can build a hot rodded bike and have the best gas milage in the world my kind of ride. I was at a huge car show on the lake with the mustang this weekend and there was a lady there selling old vintage license plates for cars and bikes. I found a 1974 one from the centennial year for canada and thought it would be sweet on the bike, I am thinking about painting the raised letters to match my bike frame. Not sure how it will look on the bike I will post some pictures yet.
No problem at all. If you have any questions on how to do it, Just give me a shout.stretch said:
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how long did it take to mask the seat?
how long did it take to mask the seat?
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and how DID you do that? ive been thinking about it.. and i cant figure it out! :|
and how DID you do that? ive been thinking about it.. and i cant figure it out! :|
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whoa.
whoa.
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So I decided to do a demo of how to make the checkers on the seat. here is how to mask it:
1.start with your object. for this demo I just drew a seat pan outline on a piece of paper
2: Then I took a roll of 3/4 inch 3m UV Tape
3. Next take and run the tape with wise across the seat make sure the first tape is run straight it will be your reference tape(if it is crooked you will see it later). Then run tape right along beside the first tape leaving no gaps or overlap.
cover your whole seat this way
4. Now over top of your tape you just put down run a single piece down the centre of the tape lengthwise. Make sure it is straight so that your squares are square and not diamonds. This is the second reference point.
then like in the second part of step 3 cover the whole seat this way
5.Now remove every other piece of tape that you just put down
6. Take an exacto knife with a new blade and cut along both sides of the length wise tapes. be care full not to cut into the seat it self just use enough pressure on the knife to cut the tape only
7. Remove the final length wise tapes slowly so that you do not remove the width wise ones
8. Now pull out every other square
when you are done you should have this:
now you can paint the squares and un-mask after. the checkers look crooked in the pictue because the paper is warped.
note: when you start and if you have a black seat pan and want black and white checkers you can save your self a step and time. Do this by scuffing the bottom with the less abrasive scotch brite sanding pad just till the shine is off but keep it black. then mask the checkers off, paint the white, then peal the masking off and clear coat it.
I hope this makes sence
This is my first time working on a bike and i just wanted to have the bike looked over to make sure i put it together rightdeorman said:
about 30 minchimichanga said:how long did it take to mask the seat?
stretch said:
So I decided to do a demo of how to make the checkers on the seat. here is how to mask it:
1.start with your object. for this demo I just drew a seat pan outline on a piece of paper
2: Then I took a roll of 3/4 inch 3m UV Tape
3. Next take and run the tape with wise across the seat make sure the first tape is run straight it will be your reference tape(if it is crooked you will see it later). Then run tape right along beside the first tape leaving no gaps or overlap.
cover your whole seat this way
4. Now over top of your tape you just put down run a single piece down the centre of the tape lengthwise. Make sure it is straight so that your squares are square and not diamonds. This is the second reference point.
then like in the second part of step 3 cover the whole seat this way
5.Now remove every other piece of tape that you just put down
6. Take an exacto knife with a new blade and cut along both sides of the length wise tapes. be care full not to cut into the seat it self just use enough pressure on the knife to cut the tape only
7. Remove the final length wise tapes slowly so that you do not remove the width wise ones
8. Now pull out every other square
when you are done you should have this:
now you can paint the squares and un-mask after. the checkers look crooked in the pictue because the paper is warped.
note: when you start and if you have a black seat pan and want black and white checkers you can save your self a step and time. Do this by scuffing the bottom with the less abrasive scotch brite sanding pad just till the shine is off but keep it black. then mask the checkers off, paint the white, then peal the masking off and clear coat it.
I hope this makes sence
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Man i like ittt. Beautiful bike. Nice demo, im about 2 do the seat on my spitfire like that. thanks.
Man i like ittt. Beautiful bike. Nice demo, im about 2 do the seat on my spitfire like that.
thanks.
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you are welcome, show me some picks when you get it donericksterr1221 said:Man i like ittt. Beautiful bike. Nice demo, im about 2 do the seat on my spitfire like that.
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Thank you for showing the masking trick. I've had it explained to me before, but it didn't make sense until I saw your photos. 8)
X2ricksterr1221 said:
Thank you for showing the masking trick. I've had it explained to me before, but it didn't make sense until I saw your photos. 8)
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awesome!ill have to try that.
awesome!ill have to try that.
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So I am getting pretty eager to ride my bike. I hope that it is ready to go for the coming weekend. There is a car show and I am planning on taking my bike there . I did a little research on how to make "Dice Valve Caps" for the bike and I found it was really simple. So I decided I would show you how I did it:
First I went to wall mart and bought a pack of Dice for under $2.
Here are the things you will need for the build: 3/8 drill bit, Tape (masking tape works the best the I found that the duct tape pulled the black dots off of the die), ruler, drill, vice, and 2 part epoxy glue.
Start by taping up the Die with your masking tape so just the #1 side is viable. wrap it a few times around with tape, this will prevent scratching the die. Then clamp it in to the vice with the #1 showing.
Now drill out the #1 on the die with the 3/8 drill bit. The way i figured out how deep to drill was to hold the valve cap up to the side of the die and then measure that amount. Then I measured on the drill bit and taped it at that point so once the drill bit went into the die up to the tape you went far enough.
now test fit the valve cap and see if it goes in far enough, keep in mind that the valve cap will have a slight edge sticking out:
Then take your 2 part epoxy glue and mix it up. Take a q-tip or Tooth pick and place a little glue in the hole and stick the valve cap in it. let it dry
Here is the final product:
So I am getting pretty eager to ride my bike. I hope that it is ready to go for the coming weekend. There is a car show and I am planning on taking my bike there . I did a little research on how to make "Dice Valve Caps" for the bike and I found it was really simple. So I decided I would show you how I did it:
First I went to wall mart and bought a pack of Dice for under $2.
Here are the things you will need for the build: 3/8 drill bit, Tape (masking tape works the best the I found that the duct tape pulled the black dots off of the die), ruler, drill, vice, and 2 part epoxy glue.
Start by taping up the Die with your masking tape so just the #1 side is viable. wrap it a few times around with tape, this will prevent scratching the die. Then clamp it in to the vice with the #1 showing.
Now drill out the #1 on the die with the 3/8 drill bit. The way i figured out how deep to drill was to hold the valve cap up to the side of the die and then measure that amount. Then I measured on the drill bit and taped it at that point so once the drill bit went into the die up to the tape you went far enough.
now test fit the valve cap and see if it goes in far enough, keep in mind that the valve cap will have a slight edge sticking out:
Then take your 2 part epoxy glue and mix it up. Take a q-tip or Tooth pick and place a little glue in the hole and stick the valve cap in it. let it dry
Here is the final product:
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Here is the old license plate that I bought at a car show. There was a lady there selling all kinds of old license plates. I am not sure of the year of my bike so i figured that this one from 1974 would work. and the other cool thing about it is, its a centennial year plate. I am thinking about putting it on the bike. I am not sure how to mount it yet.
Here is the old license plate that I bought at a car show. There was a lady there selling all kinds of old license plates. I am not sure of the year of my bike so i figured that this one from 1974 would work. and the other cool thing about it is, its a centennial year plate. I am thinking about putting it on the bike. I am not sure how to mount it yet.
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Today was exciting I got the bike back from the bike shop. So I took it for a spin it rides like new. The bike got 2 new tires the old ones were splitting so I picked out some new ones form the shop. The rear tire is a KnobJob 20X2.10 and the front is a 20X1.95 Kenda Kontact. Since the front fender was missing I asked the shop owner to see if he could locate a front fender for me and he found one it is really sweet too. The next thing I did was take it to my Fiancees farm yard for a photo shoot. here are the picks she and I took:
This Is me and the bike:
This is my Fiancee with the bike:
Me taking it for a spin:
Here you can see the die valve cap that I made for the bike:
Here is the sour apple parked under the apple tree:
Today was exciting I got the bike back from the bike shop. So I took it for a spin it rides like new. The bike got 2 new tires the old ones were splitting so I picked out some new ones form the shop. The rear tire is a KnobJob 20X2.10 and the front is a 20X1.95 Kenda Kontact. Since the front fender was missing I asked the shop owner to see if he could locate a front fender for me and he found one it is really sweet too. The next thing I did was take it to my Fiancees farm yard for a photo shoot. here are the picks she and I took:
This Is me and the bike:
This is my Fiancee with the bike:
Me taking it for a spin:
Here you can see the die valve cap that I made for the bike:
Here is the sour apple parked under the apple tree:
awesome! need grips? ive got some sweet muscle bike grips that are transparent antifreeze color.
Thanks for the complements
that might be cool, do you have any picks of them. I am still looking for grips.stretch said:
here they are. they're nos, so they are in awesome condition.
