maxlee
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Sept 17, 2009 16:27:09 GMT
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right I am helping my friends son build a bmx he is doing the hard work of rubbing it all down etc and the deal is I will spray it for him. he is a bit off a wheeler dealer and always have has 1 or 2 bmx's nocking about. long story short after we have finshed the 1st one I was explaning to him about rubbing all the paint off onther one then letting it rust then lacering over it maybe even putting some stickers on it the when its rusty taking them off etc has any one got some pics of some rust rat look bmx's I have done the normal google surch with no real luck  thanks in advance and sorry for the curse word spelling |
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Last Edit: Oct 5, 2009 20:45:43 GMT by maxlee
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qwerty
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Sept 17, 2009 16:46:21 GMT
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 Thats mine. Erm not a very good pic of not a very good BMX haha Its a lot rustier now. |
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Last Edit: Sept 17, 2009 16:46:54 GMT by qwerty
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Sept 17, 2009 17:04:19 GMT
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I got a rusty rat go-ped.... well bare metal one, it wont rust! lol
Good project tho get some pics up ;D I'm really fancying a BMX now
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will
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Sept 17, 2009 22:36:15 GMT
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This belongs to one of the lads at work, seat post way to high for serious action but lovely gheto paint job, runs n all. Like the way he painted the seat too, as the paint scuffs off the red seat pad leaves lovely patina  Phone pic ain't to hot for detail, but ya get the idea  n.b. my pretty ratty Honda peeks out from behind bin |
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maxlee
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Sept 18, 2009 16:07:18 GMT
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thanks guys I showed him the pics got a "don't like that reply" sure he will if he sees one in real life. we are spraying his bmx bright pink  coz pink bmx's are cool wtf is going on there any way I am on a mishion now to get one and do it so he can see what I ment, my dad won't let me hang a bike frame off his boat sadly  but I have a plan involving the sea to help it rust quicker just got to find a bmx now hitting the local tips monday after I have done my jobs. will take some pics if you guys want to see progress? the black bmx reminds me of my gt bike started as this   paint ended up looking like this   looks sad and sorry for its self now i must get round to putting in on the bay done a few from this  to this  from this  to this  bmx i built for my girls brother  every thing thats not crome i painted including the blue alen key bolts and latest clordbutler that i am 10% away from finshing  i enjoy building them more then using them i have a crearra that i use to run the dog might get the satin black treatment geven a few more miles and a few more scratchs  |
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2009 16:26:11 GMT by maxlee
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Sept 18, 2009 23:59:57 GMT
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Sept 19, 2009 7:29:38 GMT
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that GT reminds me of my old one, GT Palomar IIRC? Was same frame set up but came in this cool Satin Black Metalic from the factory.
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Sept 19, 2009 11:55:08 GMT
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I fished this Apollo Vortice out of the river in town. This pic is of it on the day that I got it home from Police lost property.  Its an ok bike. I worked at Halfords and my boss said they were an ok bike. But had problems with the brakes. Cant see how as its got alloy Vs with a gyro. Ive set them up ok. The bike was matt black as standard. I had a Mk1 Raleigh Burner a few years ago. I panted it matt black. I fitted a MTB steel stem to it. I fitted a seat tube from an old bike into the frame. Mk1 Burners have 28.6mm seat posts. Instead of the more usual 22.2mm BMX seat post. I wanted a military theme. I made seat and handle bar clamp bolts out of old wheel axles. So to reduce the amount of spanners I needed to build the bike. It was my yard bike. I left it in the yard, so it was always out and ready for me to pop down the shops or whatever. Instead of getting the key for the garage. I sold it when the weather was too cold for getting on a bike that was outside all the time. I was demontrating it to the person that had come to buy it. I slide on ice and nearly hit there car.  |
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maxlee
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Sept 20, 2009 0:05:00 GMT
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don't raleigh burners pull strong money now on ebay?? thanks for all the pics guys i foregot youi could get white wall tyres  on the list after i find a bmx |
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Sept 20, 2009 2:13:48 GMT
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odyssey footprints
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Sept 20, 2009 17:13:48 GMT
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Here's my effort, picked it up for 50p on eBay! Gave it a satin black with red scallops paintjob and some whitewall 'shopper' tyres to finish it off.  |
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lae
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Sept 21, 2009 18:26:02 GMT
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Some cool bikes in this thread, I really like the matt black GT.
Must get a mountain bike some day (got four customised/home built roadies but nothing with tyres wider than 23mm!).
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Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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maxlee
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Sept 22, 2009 16:25:14 GMT
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the gt and butler are both on ebay at the moment mate just spent 2 hours rubbing out all the dinks in the paint work off his bmx sprayed it in 3 coats of filler primer loads of runs hung it wrong in a badly lit garage  and no heat so back to the way I normaly do it heater ;D heat the frame up and the piant then spay, hang it in the middle of the ladder with the heater blowing on it to dry should have trook some before and after pics but got a little carryed away will post up a finshed picture hit 4 tips yestoday and didn't find one compleate bike looks like they are going strate in to the metal bins at the mo  |
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Last Edit: Sept 22, 2009 16:28:04 GMT by maxlee
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lae
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Sept 22, 2009 17:25:26 GMT
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^ curse word, I was in Bournemouth until a few weeks ago but have now moved to Essex/Coventry. A bit too far for me to go but I hope the sale goes well anyway, it'd be a perfect bike for me to start mountain biking with.
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Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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maxlee
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Sept 22, 2009 20:20:40 GMT
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epic fail lol has done me well running the dog thats for sure  took me alot longer to clean the dog then it did the bike |
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~Heres my old bmx red oxide ftw  |
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will
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Like the idea of red oxide for a bike frame, have a pic of another matt black, again belongs to one of the lads at work  |
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TS
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where do you work where everyone has a BMX?
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maxlee
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thanks for the pics guys newest update on the bmx storry my friends son swapped his freshly primered frame for a close to mint pink Mongoos bmx that needs a innet tube my friend sorted me out a frame from his garage the other day he hasn't told me what he wants for it yet or what it is just handed it over wile passing i'll go get some pics any one fancey a game of guess the bmx as i haven't got a clue on what makes and modles there are |
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Last Edit: Oct 5, 2009 20:28:18 GMT by maxlee
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maxlee
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n.b. my pretty ratty Honda peeks out from behind bin
coz pink bmx's are cool wtf is going on there 
but I have a plan involving the sea to help it rust quicker just got to find a bmx now hitting the local tips monday after I have done my jobs. 
on the list after i find a bmx 
and no heat so back to the way I normaly do it heater ;D heat the frame up and the piant then spay, hang it in the middle of the ladder with the heater blowing on it to dry 
