Author Topic: 1998 Hoffman Evel Knievel no.580 more original parts sorted new wheels (Read 12114 times)

Blacky · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2014, 11:14 PM »

Quote from: EDBANGER on April 22, 2014, 11:12 PM

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That's a big ten 4 good buddy

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 27, 2014, 07:26 PM »

Bit of an update on this i picked it up from my mates paint shop the other day hes done an awesome job of it
Even tho we were strugling to find out what shade of white it should be,

when i got it i noticed straight away it had been painted but it just didnt look right it was just too bright plus it was done badly,
so after searching the internet and finding nothing we worked out the chainring must be the original paint so colour matched that which came back as ford diamond white
It looks loads better now just waiting on a few more parts to come this week then i can get it finished

Blacky · « **Reply #27 on:** April 27, 2014, 08:05 PM »

Jelouse

brakedancer · « **Reply #28 on:** April 28, 2014, 04:45 PM »

looking tight....

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 03, 2014, 04:36 PM »

Update

The EVEL is very nearly done spent today getting the decals on im very happy with how its looking now

john4130 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 03, 2014, 07:11 PM »

looks ace.

Blacky · « **Reply #31 on:** May 03, 2014, 09:41 PM »

I hate you rite now

EDBANGER · « **Reply #32 on:** May 04, 2014, 12:28 PM »

It looks awesome! Blacky, is yours sold yet? It's not too late

Betty · « **Reply #33 on:** May 04, 2014, 01:06 PM »

Nice, we need the previously mentioned car jumping pics

rodriguez · « **Reply #34 on:** May 04, 2014, 01:19 PM »

looks great

grabbing the seat was a major bit of luck/skill

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 04, 2014, 02:15 PM »

Quote from: Blacky on May 03, 2014, 09:41 PM

I hate you rite now

Ha ha ive only got it looking as good as your complete one

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 04, 2014, 02:17 PM »

Quote from: Betty on May 04, 2014, 01:06 PM

Nice, we need the previously mentioned car jumping pics

Once ive built the ramp im going for it lol

newlovetattoos · « **Reply #37 on:** May 05, 2014, 10:31 AM »

looking great man! the wheels are a proper success too.

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #38 on:** May 05, 2014, 11:04 AM »

Quote from: newlovetattoos on May 05, 2014, 10:31 AM

looking great man! the wheels are a proper success too.

Cheers dude
I haven't actually had the wheels built yet as i want to get another set of girthy hubs to build the NOS rims onto so i can have 2 wheel sets one as a rider set and the other as a mint set
So if you see any for sale give me a shout

newlovetattoos · « **Reply #39 on:** May 05, 2014, 06:15 PM »

Good idea! Ive got a front gack hub here that ive been meaning to build onto a super7x both are survivors but good quality survivors. im not sure what im goin to do with them to be honest. Want me to let you know if i decide to sell?

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 05, 2014, 06:24 PM »

Quote from: newlovetattoos on May 05, 2014, 06:15 PM

Good idea! Ive got a front gack hub here that ive been meaning to build onto a super7x both are survivors but good quality survivors. im not sure what im goin to do with them to be honest. Want me to let you know if i decide to sell?

Cheers dude but id need a pair
Ive got a pair of hoffman rise above hubs which are the same as the girthys but there black! Im hoping to get them polished silver but then id need the decals for them

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #41 on:** June 02, 2014, 02:06 PM »

So my luck continues on this build as ive got myself a NOS og seat!
Big thanks to beaterman for the heads up on this and also thanks to gordy for shipping it out too me from australia!
Just need some grips to get it full factory spec now!

He is a shot of it on display a few weeks ago at a local transport show with a few of my other bikes

Beaterman · « **Reply #42 on:** June 02, 2014, 03:40 PM »

yeah man! that seat looks fking awesome

We want to see the cape matie! - thanks for the shout btw!

Blacky · « **Reply #43 on:** June 03, 2014, 11:47 PM »

Nice seat you fecker

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #44 on:** June 10, 2014, 07:43 PM »

I honestly don't know how I do it but some how my good luck on this build continues again!
A friend of mine who used to have an Evel found this leaflet/hanger that would have been on the bike when new and gave it too me

It's a shame the hook was damaged and has been cut off but it's still a cool feature to go with the bike,
just need a box it came in now ha ha

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #45 on:** July 03, 2014, 05:28 PM »

Bit of an update on this

I've been looking for some girthy hubs for awhile so I can build my NOS super 7x rims on them and keep the other wheels as a rider set
This way I can ride it with out worrying about damaging the NOS rims
But I haven't seen any for sale anywhere then the other week I saw a Hoffman taj on eBay which had a good set of girthy hubs but the generator rims were knackered
So I did a deal on the whole bike lol
It was for sale on here awhile ago but i thought it had been snapped up,
But TBH it's that nice I'm going to build up another wheel set for it and keep it in my collection

So I stripped the wheels down cleaned the hubs and got them to my wheel builder

Then last week I spotted a Hoffman George going cheap with the original grips that I need so I bought that too and in between that I found an old skid mark tyre

So yeah I think I've pretty much nailed it now,once the wheels are back il get some better pics together and I'm hoping to get it too MK

EDBANGER · « **Reply #46 on:** July 03, 2014, 06:36 PM »

Nice Taj bud. You're scoring some nice bikes. How much did you pay for it?

rodriguez · « **Reply #47 on:** July 03, 2014, 10:48 PM »

Fook that's dedication bordering on obsession, is there a support group for Hoffman EK builders $:-\$

Great work

Blacky · « **Reply #48 on:** July 04, 2014, 12:01 AM »

Sweet

Dodge-13 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 04, 2014, 10:23 AM »

Quote from: rodriguez on July 03, 2014, 10:48 PM

Fook that's dedication bordering on obsession, is there a support group for Hoffman EK builders $:-\$

Great work

Ha ha yeah man
its just that i think it is such a cool bike it deserves to be as original as possible so ive done my best too get it right all part of the fun of collecting really