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Well picked up the wheels from the powder coater today.........had them blasted but no powder as I cant find bearings for the rear and they are good still..........so decided on clear........after doing two bikes with black wheels I had to go another direction..........

 

Was planning on going to work on the frame tomorrow but those dang Japs on ebay sent me the wrong shit...............

 

 

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1 hour ago, spectra said:

Well picked up the wheels from the powder coater today.........had them blasted but no powder as I cant find bearings for the rear and they are good still..........so decided on clear........after doing two bikes with black wheels I had to go another direction..........

 

Was planning on going to work on the frame tomorrow but those dang Japs on ebay sent me the wrong shit...............

 

 

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I like the clear...... maybe do the frame and tank in a pewter or nickel?

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1 minute ago, jack1978 said:

I like the clear...... maybe do the frame and tank in a pewter or nickel?

 

Probably black as the wing arm is already in black now.......hell I wasn't simple :lol: looking at only a few colors........black, natural and polished aluminum and chrome.......hell cant go to wild on it..........

 

Pewter would be different and kind of like it but I want something I can fix really easy.......that is half the reason I have went black on everything until now. Hell I can mess things up and have and a quick spray and it looks good again ;) 

 

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1 hour ago, spectra said:

 

Probably black as the wing arm is already in black now.......hell I wasn't simple :lol: looking at only a few colors........black, natural and polished aluminum and chrome.......hell cant go to wild on it..........

 

Pewter would be different and kind of like it but I want something I can fix really easy.......that is half the reason I have went black on everything until now. Hell I can mess things up and have and a quick spray and it looks good again ;) 

 

Compromise... charcoal grey.

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On 9/22/2017 at 3:03 PM, jack1978 said:

I was hoping so....but still not mobile....its like she's paralyzed at her tail end.  Haven't sen her eat.....guessing she'll slowly starve to death.

 

 

Oh no jack ?

On 10/18/2017 at 9:05 PM, jack1978 said:

 

This looks beautiful 

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7 hours ago, jack1978 said:

Compromise... charcoal grey.

 

I am actually thinking of painting the tank and fender a gray color. I have always liked a dark silver gray metallic.......will see what happens. So many ways for this to go right now as its in the early stages of life......

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Picked up a new softie yesterday.  Bright green flesh with purple fuzzy polyps.....probably white polyps that look purple under the lights.  We'll see how it does. 

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3 hours ago, ReefWeeds said:

Oh no jack ?

This looks beautiful 

Yeah....its sad to see her like this.  Not sure what she's been eating.....maybe pods and left over mysis? I haven't seen her take anything out of the water column.  She seems to scooter around in the early morning while it's dark.....maybe she feels more secure as her movement is totally off?  She's like a drunk bumping in to everything.  During the day she hitches onto the bottom and just sits there. :(

 

The Ethereal is doing ok.  I figured out the most basic of settings .... so, Im leaving it alone for now.  Looks good.

 

What's new over there?  

29 minutes ago, spectra said:

 

I am actually thinking of painting the tank and fender a gray color. I have always liked a dark silver gray metallic.......will see what happens. So many ways for this to go right now as its in the early stages of life......

This is the Kimber, right?

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20 minutes ago, jack1978 said:

Yeah....its sad to see her like this.  Not sure what she's been eating.....maybe pods and left over mysis? I haven't seen her take anything out of the water column.  She seems to scooter around in the early morning while it's dark.....maybe she feels more secure as her movement is totally off?  She's like a drunk bumping in to everything.  During the day she hitches onto the bottom and just sits there. :(

 

The Ethereal is doing ok.  I figured out the most basic of settings .... so, Im leaving it alone for now.  Looks good.

 

What's new over there?  

This is the Kimber, right?

Awww I bet. I can’t believe she is still hanging on. My Bangaii male bullied the female to death and did the same to three chromis. I hate that fish.

 

things are good! We need to catch up. 

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21 minutes ago, jack1978 said:

Yeah....its sad to see her like this.  Not sure what she's been eating.....maybe pods and left over mysis? I haven't seen her take anything out of the water column.  She seems to scooter around in the early morning while it's dark.....maybe she feels more secure as her movement is totally off?  She's like a drunk bumping in to everything.  During the day she hitches onto the bottom and just sits there. :(

 

The Ethereal is doing ok.  I figured out the most basic of settings .... so, Im leaving it alone for now.  Looks good.

 

What's new over there?  

This is the Kimber, right?

 

Yes the Kimber bike :lol: 

 

Hell Stells just popped in and will be MIA for another month.........she has me on ignore now on her phone I think :unsure: 

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Just now, spectra said:

 

Yes the Kimber bike :lol: 

 

Hell Stells just popped in and will be MIA for another month.........she has me on ignore now on her phone I think :unsure: 

Nooooo!!! I texted you last you never answered!! I miss ya! 

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7 hours ago, ReefWeeds said:

Nooooo!!! I texted you last you never answered!! I miss ya! 

Better check the bat phone I texted you a picture on Monday............that's 6 days ago.........:P 

 

 

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Well Kimber got violated today :lol: took her to work and cut off a few not so needed pieces............... heading back in the morning to figure out the rear shock as I am putting a R1 mono on it that I picked up.......beat the hell out of a tank I had today and think it may work........the backbone on the frame sucks ass for trying to get a decent looking tank to mount up........picked up the wheels today and new shoes are mounted but in the back seat of the truck as its like a cow pissing on a flat rock outside here :lol: 

 

 

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28 minutes ago, spectra said:

Well beer run....................so just for you Jack.................

 

 

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Not really a fan of the mag wheels in general.....but this is pretty cool....I like the raw metal look.

2 hours ago, spectra said:

Well Kimber got violated today :lol: took her to work and cut off a few not so needed pieces............... heading back in the morning to figure out the rear shock as I am putting a R1 mono on it that I picked up.......beat the hell out of a tank I had today and think it may work........the backbone on the frame sucks ass for trying to get a decent looking tank to mount up........picked up the wheels today and new shoes are mounted but in the back seat of the truck as its like a cow pissing on a flat rock outside here :lol: 

 

 

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How are you mounting the monoshock?  Take pics of that along the way, please!

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1 minute ago, jack1978 said:

Not really a fan of the mag wheels in general.....but this is pretty cool....I like the raw metal look.

Me either but trying to find wire wheels for one of these things id like finding a ####ing unicorn :lol: 

 

That's why I said next bike will be a 650 and one that has wire wheels..................I am so tired o the mag wheel...........

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5 minutes ago, jack1978 said:

Not really a fan of the mag wheels in general.....but this is pretty cool....I like the raw metal look.

How are you mounting the monoshock?  Take pics of that along the way, please!

 

Mono mounts to the back bone and then to the swing arm.....I am heading into work tomorrow to mock it up on the table will tack it all together and snap a pic and you will go oh that's simple.........you cant see but the frame has a mount at the end of the back bone where it flares out.

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3 minutes ago, spectra said:

 

Mono mounts to the back bone and then to the swing arm.....I am heading into work tomorrow to mock it up on the table will tack it all together and snap a pic and you will go oh that's simple.........you cant see but the frame has a mount at the end of the back bone where it flares out.

Nice, I'd like to see it.

It'll provide the right geometry? 

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Remember I said I found a web site and the next build would be well way to expensive :lol: you said not a fan of mag wheels................well this is one wheel :o

 

https://cognitomoto.com/collections/hubs-wheelgoods/products/100-bolt-on-laced-wheel-for-cbr600rr-2003-2006-fork-complete?variant=728767113

2 minutes ago, jack1978 said:

Nice, I'd like to see it.

It'll provide the right geometry? 

 

Here is a pic of what is factory on the bike. Not mine but the same bike.

 

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47 minutes ago, spectra said:

Remember I said I found a web site and the next build would be well way to expensive :lol: you said not a fan of mag wheels................well this is one wheel :o

 

https://cognitomoto.com/collections/hubs-wheelgoods/products/100-bolt-on-laced-wheel-for-cbr600rr-2003-2006-fork-complete?variant=728767113

 

Here is a pic of what is factory on the bike. Not mine but the same bike.

 

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I like it.....what year and model? 

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8 hours ago, jack1978 said:

I like it.....what year and model? 

That's the same bike I have but think its an 82 mines a 83. Both the Maxim and Seca had the same frame and mono set up for a few years.

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35 minutes ago, spectra said:

That's the same bike I have but think its an 82 mines a 83. Both the Maxim and Seca had the same frame and mono set up for a few years.

.......only a 400 though, correct?

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