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You mean like this one?  It's funny you ask because that's exactly why I bought it after you finished your '07 Haro.  I remember asking you where you found it then saw them all over eBay.  My plan was to use it on my Lamborghini bike.  Unfortunately, the cranks I chose have a built in spider so it'll go on Lambo #2...



So, I went through trying out four different tires on two different rims before I nailed the look I was going for.  These tires look brand new but came off a Craigslist bike.  There were thorns all through both of them (look at the lower left corner of the pic).



When I was out and about last week I forgot to pick up those little rubber donuts that go on the bare brake cable to keep it from banging and rubbing against the frame.  So I started looking around the house for a substitute.  Here is what I found and it works and looks pretty cool.





I started digging through my bin full of new and used seats looking for the right fit.  I had three or four picked out and thought this looked best.  The gold lightning bolt just didn't match the colors on the rest of the bike so I started experimenting with ways to remove it but not hurt the plastic beneath it.



Five minutes on each side and they were gone and still looked like pristine plastic underneath.



The seat didn't come with guts so I dug through another bin of seat guts and picked one to experiment with.  I think Calismooth showed one of his seats with chrome guts for the build off and I loved how they looked.



So I washed the parts off with soap and water.



Then I took them to the buffer.  Pretty close to chrome and it only took about an hour.



They look pretty good installed.

Its a shame the FSA wont work on this build..........im sure you have something cool in mind anyway.

Hmmm.  I don't know what Dirty Harry levers look like but I do like the name.  I'm almost done - just putting the final touches on it now.  I should be taking pics this weekend then I'll share.

Personally, I liked it better glossy.  Nice work though.

Yeah gajin, it was nice but I was fighting too many issues.  Thanks Oldschooldude72.  Now I recognize those levers.  That film is wicked cool - too late for this one but maybe down the line.

Any updates?

Friday!!! Aw, man!  

This is so sick..I always love looking at your finished stuff here on craigslist. Now I know how its done...AWESOME!!!

wired wrote:

Hey all.  Yes, I'm stalling until I can shoot the final pics - but it's finished.  It is a very tight and fast feeling bike and I've had it out for a couple short rides.  All the neighborhood kids love it.

Until I get the final shots posted, here are a couple things I tried that I didn't like.  I tried several wheel and tire combos until I found the right one.  Here are some nice new silver 36's with red and blue walls.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/ … bo_053.jpg

Then I tried a tan wall with a white rim.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/ … bo_054.jpg

Then I tried the red walls on the white rims.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/ … bo_094.jpg

None were combos I liked.  Then I nailed it on the 4th try.  I should have them posted by Friday.

Kelly, where did you find those tires? The red walls. They have given me an idea for my current build.

The red wall/white rim combo looks cool. I like that combo.

I hate when I submit final pics at the bottom of a page, so I'm gonna bump this along a couple steps to get you to the top of p.5. 

One more, then we're on to page 5.....