Author Topic: RON WILKERSON HARO SPORT....FINISHED!! (Read 46187 times)

deeman · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2016, 07:02 PM »

Quote from: CustardLips on February 15, 2016, 04:00 PM

Quote from: deeman on February 15, 2016, 03:16 PM

the only thing holding me up now is I am waiting for the bars which Parcel Farce appear to have lost!!

Sounds about right. I posted a f&f the other Saturday... got home from work on tuesday to find the fookin thing stood in the hallway of our house.

did you put the return address on the back?!
It started when I got a delivery of something very large , flat and very cardboard...which I knew couldn't be for me as I hadn't ordered anything which looked remotely like that, which is what I told the driver..but it had my address on it!
Upon opening it turned out to be a point of sale display stand for....Galaxy easter eggs!
I rang Parcel Force who sent the driver back an hour or so later to collect it upon which he found my address label had been stuck OVER the correct one! O.k I was thinking...so where is the parcel which should have had my label on it?? ( at the time I didn't know it was the bars, as I had a few bits on order)
That was 4 weeks ago and a nice woman at Parcel Force has managed to track the parcel to Reading (I am in Watford) and the last I heard another nice parcel force man called Sanjay was looking for it in a warehouse with 10.000 other parcels...that was a week ago. Tbh I think they have lost the fookers!

CustardLips · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2016, 07:17 PM »

Quote from: deeman on February 15, 2016, 07:02 PM

Quote from: CustardLips on February 15, 2016, 04:00 PM
Quote from: deeman on February 15, 2016, 03:16 PM

the only thing holding me up now is I am waiting for the bars which Parcel Farce appear to have lost!!

Sounds about right. I posted a f&f the other Saturday... got home from work on tuesday to find the fookin thing stood in the hallway of our house.

did you put the return address on the back?!
It started when I got a delivery of something very large , flat and very cardboard...which I knew couldn't be for me as I hadn't ordered anything which looked remotely like that, which is what I told the driver..but it had my address on it!
Upon opening it turned out to be a point of sale display stand for....Galaxy easter eggs!
I rang Parcel Force who sent the driver back an hour or so later to collect it upon which he found my address label had been stuck OVER the correct one! O.k I was thinking...so where is the parcel which should have had my label on it?? ( at the time I didn't know it was the bars, as I had a few bits on order)
That was 4 weeks ago and a nice woman at Parcel Force has managed to track the parcel to Reading (I am in Watford) and the last I heard another nice parcel force man called Sanjay was looking for it in a warehouse with 10.000 other parcels...that was a week ago. Tbh I think they have lost the fookers!

Yeah was partly my fault... my address was partially exposed on the side of the box.

But isn't that why they have these barcode readers to avoid these sort of mistakes.

Tbh never had any issues in the past with Parcelforce... so i guess I've gotta take a little responsibility.

deeman · « **Reply #27 on:** February 22, 2016, 11:58 AM »

Got the confirmation I was expecting this morning....Parcel force have lost the bars! A large compo claim will be filed soon....

ED209 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 22, 2016, 12:20 PM »

Quote from: deeman on February 22, 2016, 11:58 AM

Got the confirmation I was expecting this morning....Parcel force have lost the bars! A large compo claim will be filed soon....

NOOOOOOO!

pickle · « **Reply #29 on:** February 22, 2016, 01:00 PM »

what a cynt!

ED209 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 22, 2016, 01:38 PM »

are these right?

http://bmxmuseum.com/forsale/181806

deeman · « **Reply #31 on:** February 22, 2016, 06:25 PM »

Quote from: ED209 on February 22, 2016, 01:38 PM

are these right?

http://bmxmuseum.com/forsale/181806

Yup, they are right Ed...many thanks for that, I have pm'd the seller...hope he will ship to uk.
More bits arrived today...

I always thought it was strange Ron rode a different brake pad combo, Tuff pads on rear and DC up front . I thought both were pretty rubbish with mags $:-\$

chubby · « **Reply #32 on:** February 24, 2016, 10:32 PM »

Missed all this so far Damo

Gonna look ace when your finished, shame about those fookin bars , least you can look at them wheels to cheer yourself up

deeman · « **Reply #33 on:** February 24, 2016, 10:38 PM »

Quote from: chubby on February 24, 2016, 10:32 PM

Missed all this so far Damo
Gonna look ace when your finished, shame about those fookin bars , least you can look at them wheels to cheer yourself up

A part of me wants to sell the rest and just hang the wheels on the wall they are that pretty!!

chubby · « **Reply #34 on:** February 24, 2016, 10:41 PM »

Quote from: deeman on February 24, 2016, 10:38 PM

Quote from: chubby on February 24, 2016, 10:32 PM
Missed all this so far Damo
Gonna look ace when your finished, shame about those fookin bars , least you can look at them wheels to cheer yourself up

A part of me wants to sell the rest and just hang the wheels on the wall they are that pretty!!

Make nice clocks

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deeman · « **Reply #35 on:** February 25, 2016, 08:20 PM »

Apart from the bars which I am trying to score at the moment, I got the last 2 bits needed today. The correct(ish) Dk headlock and a pair of Haro pegs....If you look carefully at the pics you can see Ron ran one blue Haro peg on the front left so tonight Matthew...I will be mostly sanding and having my first play with plastikote blue glass spray....which on an initial tickle looks great! results to follow...

Here is the headlock, it is the 1.5" version so I have sent it home with my mate who is going to get his dad to turn it down a bit on his lathe to get it to look a bit more like a 1" version.

Pegs, one of which I had a quick flick of the glass spray..

McQUEEN · « **Reply #36 on:** February 26, 2016, 06:32 AM »

loving the details on this one!

deeman · « **Reply #37 on:** February 27, 2016, 01:23 PM »

I initially painted one peg but made the mistake of using primer. The second time round I thought would try a different approach and polished the peg beforehand...then painted the blue glass straight on and fook me what a difference, it looks like anno! laqeured it afterwards....

deeman · « **Reply #38 on:** February 27, 2016, 09:37 PM »

I scored some bars on ebay today so this will be back on track soon, as long as Parcel Force don't lose them !
Off to see SBD with any luck next week

Taipan · « **Reply #39 on:** February 28, 2016, 10:55 AM »

I'm liking this build very much

deeman · « **Reply #40 on:** February 28, 2016, 03:35 PM »

After much debate, I decided to paint the crank black today as it is clear that Ron was running one on this bike. I prefer the look of a chrome one tbh but for the purpose decided it had to be black......

deeman · « **Reply #41 on:** February 29, 2016, 10:16 AM »

A pic of the headlock being turned down on lathe....

and with it's new lower profile, ready to prep and paint....

and painted.....

deeman · « **Reply #42 on:** February 29, 2016, 02:38 PM »

In preparation for powder I dulled all the chrome which is to be covered with a red scotch pad so that the powder will adhere slightly better. There is a bit of old powder in the head tube which suggests this frame was originally blue to begin with...

factory pilot · « **Reply #43 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:21 PM »

I'm loving this thread Damo... Quality ups and downs!
Those wheels are a real thing of beauty though... They'll definitely 'make' the build

deeman · « **Reply #44 on:** February 29, 2016, 05:23 PM »

Quote from: factory pilot on February 29, 2016, 05:21 PM

I'm loving this thread Damo... Quality ups and downs!
Those wheels are a real thing of beauty though... They'll definitely 'make' the build

Nice one Ant, nice to know people appreciate the effort!

I agree about the wheels, just wouldn't be the same

deeman · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2016, 10:55 AM »

FFS! The bars arrived this morning but they have been cut by just over 1/2" each side which will never do. Back to the drawing board.......

BrianP · « **Reply #46 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:07 PM »

This build is going to be sweet, love it all so far

Hey I know where there's a pair of those bars, Deeman, appear to be uncut and are stamped Anlun 4130 below the grip area - the right ones?

Brian

CustardLips · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:15 PM »

Quote from: deeman on March 01, 2016, 10:55 AM

FFS! The bars arrived this morning but they have been cut by just over 1/2" each side which will never do. Back to the drawing board.......

Get a bar extension kit Damo... I'll post a link later if you need one mate.

deeman · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2016, 01:38 PM »

Quote from: BrianP on March 01, 2016, 01:07 PM

This build is going to be sweet, love it all so far

Hey I know where there's a pair of those bars, Deeman, appear to be uncut and are stamped Anlun 4130 below the grip area - the right ones?

Brian

Good to hear from you Brian, glad you are enjoying the thread

They sound like the right bars to me, where can I find them?! I really need to sort a pair now!
Damo

McQUEEN · « **Reply #49 on:** March 01, 2016, 02:18 PM »

Quote from: deeman on March 01, 2016, 10:55 AM

FFS! The bars arrived this morning but they have been cut by just over 1/2" each side which will never do. Back to the drawing board.......

Shysters! Really enjoying this thread!!