stevotivo12
06-22-2019, 08:47 AM
Hey guys! As the title states, this will serve as my build thread for my most recent custom build. First, a story:
Many years ago, I was offered the opportunity to buy this:
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=794
A then-just-barely running Honda Met, for the going price of the front frame/title. I had a bunch of GY6 parts sitting around at that point, and jumped at the idea of getting a second GY6 swap on the road. Over the course of the next few months, my fiancee Nicole and I slowly compiled a parts list of everything we would still need to turn the Ugly Duckling into what would become the Blue Flame.
Next summer, I went to work ordering the parts we needed and working on assembling the bike as it would ultimately sit (I thought):
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=793
And the day I put all the parts together: http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=788
This was far from the end of the build, as fate would have it. I got the plastics painted with some high end model paint with nice metallic flakes in it, and color matched the frame as best I could with plasti-dip because the model paint was only good for the plastics. Overall, I was not nearly as worried about the finer points of the aesthetics, so much as the visually striking stance and chrome accents to give the bike a rat-rod sort of look.
Anyway, one day I was riding around testing my recently completed and painted bike when I hit a bunch of headwind and was swept into a pothole and sheared off my rear shock mount: http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=790
and royally screwed my exhaust as well:http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=791
It sacrificed itself to save my motor, which turned out to not really matter as I used the downtime to get the motor built with quality, performance parts that hopefully will last (TY David Bullock, awesome job):
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=789
This is the blue flame as she currently sits, EFI and all:
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=787
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=786
Thanks for reading my build thread, dawgs! Much appreciated, hope you enjoyed it and if you want to know anything about the bike, the parts I used, or anything else feel free to ask!
Many years ago, I was offered the opportunity to buy this:
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=794
A then-just-barely running Honda Met, for the going price of the front frame/title. I had a bunch of GY6 parts sitting around at that point, and jumped at the idea of getting a second GY6 swap on the road. Over the course of the next few months, my fiancee Nicole and I slowly compiled a parts list of everything we would still need to turn the Ugly Duckling into what would become the Blue Flame.
Next summer, I went to work ordering the parts we needed and working on assembling the bike as it would ultimately sit (I thought):
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=793
And the day I put all the parts together: http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=788
This was far from the end of the build, as fate would have it. I got the plastics painted with some high end model paint with nice metallic flakes in it, and color matched the frame as best I could with plasti-dip because the model paint was only good for the plastics. Overall, I was not nearly as worried about the finer points of the aesthetics, so much as the visually striking stance and chrome accents to give the bike a rat-rod sort of look.
Anyway, one day I was riding around testing my recently completed and painted bike when I hit a bunch of headwind and was swept into a pothole and sheared off my rear shock mount: http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=790
and royally screwed my exhaust as well:http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=791
It sacrificed itself to save my motor, which turned out to not really matter as I used the downtime to get the motor built with quality, performance parts that hopefully will last (TY David Bullock, awesome job):
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=789
This is the blue flame as she currently sits, EFI and all:
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=787
http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php?albumid=133&pictureid=786
Thanks for reading my build thread, dawgs! Much appreciated, hope you enjoyed it and if you want to know anything about the bike, the parts I used, or anything else feel free to ask!