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How Does It Ride? Were you able to get the spin tech dialed in? I know they can be tricky.

Awesome Build Cail!

Thanks guys, yeah, he knows I built it, also shared it with some of the other guys he used to ride with.

Now, looking at the pics, I did add a couple things.  GT Hollow pegs on the back, and GT aluminum pegs for the front..  again, just from what I could tell, that's what it looked like.  I also cut the damn zip ties.. 

SpinTech..  what a pain!  haha!  Yeah, got it dialed in pretty good.  I think I need some better pads, it's pretty tight, but pads aren't as sticky as I hoped.  Used old GT pads, might have to find some better ones.

It's smooth, and nice, and roomy... 

Last edited by five (2012-06-04 12:00pm)

Love it Cail!  You don't waste any time do you?  You put this together right quick...!

@chromey - Thanks man!  No future mullet, but I'd rock some short Vision shorts, and would kill for a fanny pack right now!  Haha!

@kmpap - You know it man...  messing around is not my style! 

@gustafa - Yeah, did some riding this weekend actually.  It's a very nice ride.  I'm not terribly good at anything, but it was fun to mess around, of course after I took off those worthless RL pegs in front, and added the GT pegs on both ends.  Made life a little easier.  Gets off the ground pretty well though.  Wheels, and HP tires are so nice in the parking lots by me.  Very fun bike!  Just need to get better brake pads, and get the SpinTech tuned up a little better.

Me likey a lot!  Great build brotha... if you do ride it, be careful on those tires... the sidewalls and real flimsy.  I blew out a couple of sets

Very nice! But where are the front/rear axle pegs? looks like GT shotgun shells in the rear, and maybe Odyssey ones up front?

That bike is awesome! I love how it looks like a well preserved rider and not a show piece.  I had an older kid like that in my neighborhood, his bike was an 85 Master.

That's nuts! Love that you ride it, too! Good on ya!

Gotta be my favorite Redline color scheme. Black and chrome with pink lettering, so awesome.

Sweet Build!!!! 
Personally, I would bet against it being a GT seat, in the 3rd pic it sure looks like the nose of the seat has a "sharper" look to it, like an elina flyte tech or elina made peregrine seat.  or maybe even the same seat that's on my rl20b in my bikes.  I think its a viscount made seat, but come to think of it, I think they did use that same seat model for a few brands and just stamped the side, or the back (in the case of the redline ones)
Awesome tribute bike!!  It looks like a killer ride!

Sweet build Cail!!
Did u ever ask your friend what ever happened to the original rl 22??

sweet build!

Thanks JT, addie, Paul, vt102, Polanco, whitebread..  appreciate it!

@quick2 & chromey - I thought the seat might be an Elina by that 3rd picture as well, but looking at the 1st picture, it looks like the 87 GT with the groove on the top.  Also, I'm pretty sure I saw one of the pics that I don't have scanned in, that there was a pretty clear GT Wing logo.  The only think I do know, is that it's not a dominator!  Hahaha!

@Hermes33 - Yeah, I asked him a few years ago, he said he gave it to a kid years back.

@JAMMJ - Hells yeah, it's a very nice survivor.  The paint on these things were very fragile.  Most were stripped, at least the top tubes (I know Chris eventually stripped most of the black off his, and stickered it up, like it was common to see in 88-90ish.

Thanks again guys..  Pretty cool bike for me to have.  Also, a nice transition from doing something Haro..  even though all the parts are from one..  baby steps!