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CB_Phil wrote:
What are the 5spokers offa?

I count six.

heres the heartbreaking pile of sh1t that it ended up

http://www.ratbike.org/pages/08ace_reaper.rat

Karlos, Have you got a before picture whe you owned it?...............would break my heart if a future owner did that to mine

It's gonna break more than that if he tries to corner it on the RH side, that plate'll hit the deck!

And his rear light won't be visible at all form the LH side, due to the blocked-in wheels.
Whatever floats your boat, I suppose, but that one's a Titanic effort.

Getting back on subject

Between working on the CB I messed around w/the VTR
sprayed the rest of the frame (swinger, top yoke & lower forks to go) & as I had the rear cowl off the CB I threw it on & looked pretty good I think




New exhausts soon hopefully too

KarlosVTR wrote:heres the heartbreaking pile of sh1t that it ended up

http://www.ratbike.org/pages/08ace_reaper.rat

"pile of sh1t " indeed ! why not get a standard bike and just take a lump hammer to it!

might win a turner prize though?

The survival bike / rat bike concept is not my cup of tea, and that VTR in the link is just wrong!

But this one from the same website almost makes sense...any bike fitted with an axe is planning ahead

For me the VTR is the perfect bike, especially mine as she was pig fecking ugly when I bought her. Lot of lads have really made some nice bikes outta theirs on here, but Ive done the shiny & its not for me

Got a decent bit done today....
Changed the bars to higher ones (feels so much better), blacked out the top yoke, made the rear rack (still in progress as I need to get the chrome off), the old dishwasher sides came in handy again, made a new screen for the retro screen body (if that makes sense) outta it, sprayed it black & topped it off w/War Pig
Finally heading up to Gizmos to talk bout the new exhaust system (nothing special, just outta stainless & to go w/the shorter cans I got) the cans will sit just behind my feet

Just got off the phone to Tina,

She said that sh1t should have been left in the 80's, Long gone is the road warrior

seb421 wrote:Just got off the phone to Tina,

She said that sh1t should have been left in the 80's, Long gone is the road warrior

+1000

CB_Phil wrote:No dead animals for me, Im more going for

That back end is lush!

It's been awhile...do you think it survived ?

WTF

I'm curious....how the heck do you get you get your right foot on the peg and use the brake.

(:-})

Cheers lad, Bike has now gone, never fully got her to how Id like her before getting an offer that that was too interesting for me to turn down
How she finished w/me


How she went to the new, happy (really, not taking the piss) owner



Ill still be popping in as there are some interesting projects by some of the lads, so thanks to all who gave advice & thanks to all who hated the build thanks for the motivation
Keep'er rubber side down