Starter motor still there. James and Sid gave me a few pointers on removal in regards to what stays and goes after that I was set.

And its gone, the weight was the best advantage in this mod about 5ish KG’s were lost. It’s not 100% done yet as I still need to mount the clutch cable stop.

Ok, so even though this is a mock up I thought it would be cool to check out the fit of the pipes before I get the sealant and gaskets all pressed and set in place.

This photo is quite cool, and shows the pipes look from the front. All in all the fit it not bad.

After I got the bike back from Grant the next step was to try and waterproof the electrics as best I could. After I came to grips with the fact it’s never going to be 100% water tight I figured that this would still take some time even been less than perfect.

This is what we started with, I welded in this base plate before the bike was wired. In hindsight it would have been best to weld in a proper steel sealed box, however I am a novice! and also had no idea as to the wiring set up.

Small trip to super cheap auto and I had some silicon, the key here is getting the right style, and I had no idea there were so many. cost around $18 and we have lots to spare.

This stuff worked a treat and once all completed some black spray paint on the exterior finished it off pretty sweet.

Next was to secure all the electrics, superglue and velcro was the key here

This photo does no justice to the time I spent making this box to fit, I would think! at least 12 hours to shape it correctly and still it’s a little off. All the time did pay off as it acts as a perfect base for the tail section to sit on!

Hinges all placed and working sweet.

Here you can see two things one being the hinge system and also the old inner tubes I stuck on to act as a gap filler between the frame and the ply wood box. It’s not perfect but in some places it 100% sealed.

After the box was completed I quickly moved to mounting my seat section. The front was flexing left and right so I made this aluminum bar to help brace it, worked sweet. What you might notice in this photo it the Titanium bolt and race purple spacer.

After using some of Brian’s wise words I had a plan sorted for the seat to frame mount. The idea was using shortened axles to brace and hold it in place bolted to the main frame. Next was to dig up the bit’s needed to complete this. No thanks to Brian here but a major thanks to Teva as he has the workshop pretty organized and finding the parts was E——-ASY.

Cut the axles to the right length and ready for fiberglass

On a usual weekend trip to Bunning’s I stumbled upon this fiberglass repair kit $29, in the back ground you can see the jig I used to get the right placement for the bolts.

Fiberglass all done and starting to set, it was my first time using this stuff and it was pretty cool to try it out. After 5ish hours it set’s like a rock. One thing I did not plan was getting the angle on the axles just right as there was no way to measure this! and once you get to 11:30 on Tuesday night, high off resin of two types you just guess! some how the ruler laying along the seat was about 90% spot on! thank fuck.

Alright that’s it for now.

i found it on some website but can’t remember which!

edit: aha! got the info from http://cyclingwmd.blogspot.co.nz/

i knew it wasn’t so hard.

and never forget a little snack on the way too!

but do keep the mullets and the moustaches and the glasses and tshirt coming!

Here is the frame… the same as it was when it was given to me by T.White way back in the day. He brought the frame home from Vancouver for me. Thank you T.White.

The frame was originally polished aluminum, at some stage it was painted with a translucent blue. It has a few chips here and there. I’m thinking about stripping it back the the alloy and polishing it.. what do you think?

Some of the first parts I have for build are these 90′s race purple PMC hubs that I got from Justin H.. Thank you Justin!

The axles and cones on the hubs are a bit wrecked so I switched the front hub’s axle and cones with a NOS black PMC hub I already had.

Before Swap:

Axles:

After Swap: Looks tidy.

Rear axle needs some work so I took to it with a file and small saw and got the threads working again.

Made a new cone by cutting down the old one and using a couple of washers. Should work fine.

The fork I’m going to be using is this Marzocchi Sinister. It should match the 90′s race style well. Thinking of stripping the anodizing but sounds like dangerous work.

Control Tech Brakes.

Quick mock up.. looks tough!

That’s it for now, still needing a lot more parts to finish the build. If anyone has some killer midshcool 90′s race parts kicking around let me know!

Sorry about the shitty iPhone photos also.. will use my better camera next time.

In other news.. I managed to get the old SBC archive imported in.. so we have the archive dating back to March 2008. If anyone knows the password to the old old blog .. http://skullbikeclublog.blogspot.co.nz/ .. let me know and I will get it transferred over also. Rad.

go check hagan’s blog for a quick photo essay of half of the ckrazy evening

http://hdotdaily.tumblr.com/post/22612298146

I did not take many photos at Grant’s workshop but did snap up this photo of all the wires required to make this come to life.

Nothing to exciting just a working light!

OK, this is my next challenge. Somehow I need to cover this up! and also water proof the the steel box I welded in.  This might take awhile.

Rear tail light also all working.

Starting to get my polishing technique down and ripped into my forks last night.

Unlike Skulls Retro nightmare townie the Boss is comprised of all NEW top shelf components.
The Boss is equipped with the following.
Surly LHT deluxe frame (What make it deluxe is the s&s couplers under the inner-tubes so I can brake it in two and pack it into a non oversize flight case or soft bag).
Racks are Surly.
Bars are Jeff Jones design Titec H-Bar.
Thompson x4 stem with coloured faceplate upgrade.
Chris King Rasta Dreadset with Chris king Headset spacers.
Seatpost is Sars.
Seat clamp and skewers are Salsa flip offs.
Brooks flyer saddle.
Shimano 9speed cassette.
Tyres are Halo 2.3 Twin-rail.
Sks Cromoplastic mudguards.
Paul Moto Vbrakes and 2 tone Love levers (modded by swapping silver levers out with jammys black ones)
Shifters are the new 9speed thumb shifters from microshift.
Mechs are Microshift Marvo XE Limited coloured edition.
Rasta Cranks are Raceface Atlas AM with Blackspire outer and middle rings shimano inner. Running on a Chris King external BB.
Pedals are Onza with OG Powergrips (pins ground down).
Chain is a Titanium Nitrate coated KMC 9 speed.
Rear wheel is Chris King classic hub laced to Mavic 217 Ceramic, sapim spokes.
Front wheel is Son Schmidt 28 deluxe dynamo hub laced to Mavic 217 ceramic it powers my Schmidt edelux front light and my Supernova E3 rear light (with a joiner at the S&S, thanks Jammy)
It also powers my Tout terrain Plug 2 USB top-cap which can charge your ipod/phone/GPS or any other usb device while you ride! Making sure you always got some irie tunes jammin.

Peep the mesmerizing reggae pics below.

Damn this things an rasta eyefull.
Oh well keep irie dudes
Peace love skulls.