WAL Riot resto

[ED209]

Thanks to Olly MBDH I finally got my sticky hands on a WAL  

Its in real good condition apart from a few rust spots and needing a good clean ...

Don't want this to be an immaculate show pony ... I want to ride it but most of all use as many parts original to the bike ... but with a bit of a twist to make it mine  

Arrived like this ...  ( just stuck my OGKs on to wheel it around )













I've got some decals and a bashguard direct from Ron W. ... WAL San Quentin bars from Joe HBoost ... so its on the way already.

All the other parts will come from my semi built Big Boy  

[ED209]

Stripped it and hit the spray oil and fine steel wool last night ... then peeked it for a good hour 

Finally got to put these decals on as I have wanted to stick them on my Big Boy for weeks ... glad I waited 

[Robbo]

Get the bashguard on Ed, the black will tie in nice with the forks. 

[ED209]

Well Rob... been thinking about the colourway driving to and from Cov. today  

Was going to go for black forks and black bars but thought it might be nice to go for :

Red forks
Chrome bars
Red Dominator
Red grips
Red Shimano Dx
Chrome bars
Black cables

What ja reckon?  

[sparkysx]

Looks well nice, couldn't wait till November then  Don't blame you, I would have opened it straight away aswell!

[ED209]

Looks well nice, couldn't wait till November then   Don't blame you, I would have opened it straight away aswell!

no.. I was weak   I did wait 24 hours though... ish 

Loving the red seat on Rad Bandit's one  

[trickydeno]

Mid school mid school 
Looks top mate!
Also looks heavier than my van 

No rearly it does look cool mate,and something very different 

[TwoBobRob]

Twist lace SuperPros for that proper Wilkerson touch 

[midschooljon]

Looking good. Just chrome the forks and be done with it. RS do an awesome job and the cost wont be that big a deal when you take into account the cost of the entire build (well at least thats what I always tell myself).  

Seriously though, before you spend loads trying to find all kinds of coloured parts you need to at least get a price on chroming the forks. Cant hurt to enquire, and will open up a lot more options in the build IMO.  

[Robbo]

Looking good. Just chrome the forks and be done with it. RS do an awesome job and the cost wont be that big a deal when you take into account the cost of the entire build (well at least thats what I always tell myself).  

Seriously though, before you spend loads trying to find all kinds of coloured parts you need to at least get a price on chroming the forks. Cant hurt to enquire, and will open up a lot more options in the build IMO.  

What Jon said. 

[Discostu]

Got to agree on chroming the forks. It's coming up a treat already ed. 

[GavinDavis]

Was going to go for black forks and black bars but thought it might be nice to go for :

Red forks
Chrome bars
Red Dominator
Red grips
Red Shimano Dx
Chrome bars
Black cables

Sounds awesome Ed!!  I reckon thats gonna work out real nice!

[rollin72]

that looks indestructible Ed, should be sound when its done, you'll have thighs like Chris Hoy after a session on that


nice1

[ED209]

Twist lace SuperPros for that proper Wilkerson touch 

I wish Rob... you don't have a pair tucked away then? 

[griff]

Chrome forks ftw 

But doowutchalike

[deeman]

Got to agree on chroming the forks. It's coming up a treat already ed. 

x3 chrome all the way baby!can't wait to see this!

[Spen69]

Ed. Just wondering if you've thought of getting a price to chrome the forks....

[ED209]

never thought of that... cheers Spen  

 

gonna try black, then red, then maybe chrome if nought else works.

Not sure how perfect chrome forks would sit on an imperfect frame though.

I've got most of those parts Jon so its just a question of building  

Working on it now...



( PS. need to speak to you about fixing bolts for the bash Jon   )

[kev-s]

looking very nice

not keen on that seatpost ohh and that chainring needs sending to me

[midschooljon]

( PS. need to speak to you about fixing bolts for the bash Jon   )

I used a coach bolt for the front mounting. A regular bolt (as was originally supplied) kinks the cable pretty bad so I didnt want to do that. The coach bolt sits pretty flush so works perfect.



For the rear it was an absolute nightmare. The thread in there is US thread and absolutely no where had a bolt that fitted. I had to dig in 3 mates garages until I found a bolt that went in there. Id suggest digging out all the US made parts you can find like stems, seat clamps, etc, that have US sized allen heads and go from there. Hopefully one of them will have a matching thread.

PS: Everyone needs to back away from those cranks and chainwheel.     

[kungfunky]

You'll need more than 1 pot of Pot of peek to make the forks look chrome Ed.
Looks pretty cool though but can't decide if I like this or the Big Boy more 

[Robbo]

Looking good Ed, black forks dont look so bad with the black decals and bashguard. 

[Discostu]

I've just had a thought looking at your wal frame and forks with the decals on. You could always get del to make you up some custom decals that are similar to the downtube design. But with chrome stripes Instead of black. Still have the wal in yellow though. A bit of a cheat but you will lose the colour change. And it wouldn't cost a fortune to try. Anyway I might be wrong what do you lot think? 

[GavinDavis]

I've just had a thought looking at your wal frame and forks with the decals on. You could always get del to make you up some custom decals that are similar to the downtube design. But with chrome stripes Instead of black. Still have the wal in yellow though. A bit of a cheat but you will lose the colour change. And it wouldn't cost a fortune to try. Anyway I might be wrong what do you lot think? 

I think that would look sweet!  They also did a variant with red stripes and yellow text didnt they?  That'd look cool too

[midschooljon]

I've just had a thought looking at your wal frame and forks with the decals on. You could always get del to make you up some custom decals that are similar to the downtube design. But with chrome stripes Instead of black. Still have the wal in yellow though. A bit of a cheat but you will lose the colour change. And it wouldn't cost a fortune to try. Anyway I might be wrong what do you lot think? 

I think that would look sweet!  They also did a variant with red stripes and yellow text didnt they?  That'd look cool too

They were yellow and red stripes with white text.  Would look good on those black forks for sure.