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simon h

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GT VERTIGO ALL DONE
« on: August 03, 2012, 12:06 AM »
IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING A 98 PERFORMER LOOKED BACK ON OLD PHOTO'S WHEN I GOT IT , TURNS OUT ITS A VERTIGO.
THE STORY SO FAR

HAD THIS LYING ABOUT LOOKING A BIT TIRED SO WENT TO WORK. HAD IT BLASTED AND POWDERED.THEN CLEANED UP ALL THE BITS I COULD SAVE.
HAD AN OLD SET OF GT TAN WALLS THAT HAD SEEN BETTER DAYS(PLENT OF TREAD , BUT A BIT FADDED ) SO I DECIDED TO HAVE A GO AT WHITE WALLING EM. CAME OUT OK FOR ARIDER.
HAD SOME NEW DECALS DONE .
NEW NOS SEAT , BRAIDED BRAKE CABLES.
MANAGED TO SAVE AND CLEAN THE REST OF THE PARTS. STILL HAVE THE AIRBAGS FOR IT TOO.
AND MANAGED TO PUT IT TOGEHTER ON A BUGET OF £174.99, PITY IT WASN'T A BIT OLDER EH  ;)
PICS SO FAR .......
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HOW TYRES  USED TO LOOK.....
« Last Edit: August 16, 2012, 06:01 PM by simon h »

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2012, 08:59 AM »
Nice work, I like that!  :daumenhoch:

M5AT

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 09:15 AM »
Smick as fuck !!!!

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 05:42 PM »
Smick as fuck !!!!

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Smick indeed
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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 06:47 PM »
So what did you use to white wall the tyres?  ???

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2012, 06:51 PM »
 :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :'( :'( :'( CANT believe you painted them tyres  :'( :'(

simon h

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2012, 08:13 PM »
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :'( :'( :'( CANT believe you painted them tyres  :'( :'(
To be honest steve didn't want to paint them , but spent hours trying to get the side walls clean and wasn't happening.
Managed to get proper tyre paint off the bay as recommended by old school hod rod fella's.
And seeing how much a good set of tan walls sell for , was probably more than the bike is worth..

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2012, 07:03 PM »
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :'( :'( :'( CANT believe you painted them tyres  :'( :'(
To be honest steve didn't want to paint them , but spent hours trying to get the side walls clean and wasn't happening.
Managed to get proper tyre paint off the bay as recommended by old school hod rod fella's.
And seeing how much a good set of tan walls sell for , was probably more than the bike is worth..


Them race patern sidewalls were never as bright as the freestyle tab walls :(

What paint did you use anyway?

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Re: GT VERTIGO ON A BUDGET
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2012, 07:49 PM »

    :smitten: :smitten:   that looks really well  :4_17_5:
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simon h

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Re: GT PERFORMER ON A BUDGET
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2012, 08:10 PM »
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :'( :'( :'( CANT believe you painted them tyres  :'( :'(
To be honest steve didn't want to paint them , but spent hours trying to get the side walls clean and wasn't happening.
Managed to get proper tyre paint off the bay as recommended by old school hod rod fella's.
And seeing how much a good set of tan walls sell for , was probably more than the bike is worth..


Them race patern sidewalls were never as bright as the freestyle tab walls :(

What paint did you use anyway?
Not sure the name of the product dude ,got it off ebay.The brightness wasn't the issue they had dried out .

simon h

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Re: GT VERTIGO ON A BUDGET
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2012, 08:16 PM »

    :smitten: :smitten:   that looks really well  :4_17_5:
Thanks Brother .Turned out better than I expected .One of my first resto's was one of these mainly because you can pick Em up cheap ,but it was a 2000 a weighed a ton,so I moved it on.
This one is 4130 cr/mo so much lighter.

simon h

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Re: GT VERTIGO ALL DONE
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2012, 06:03 PM »
ALL DONE AND NEW SNAPS.
GOT RID OF THE STUPID FED'S DECAL , LOOKED SHITE , NO IDEA WHAT I WAS THINKING. :-[

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