Author Topic: At Last!! First Build completed What do think?? (Read 2748 times)

youngy · « **on:** August 15, 2008, 01:52 PM »

At Long last my first build to show off!!

(Hope you like it

First one of the Trilogy, will post more pics later photobucket is playing up

Tried to keep it era specific except for twin pinch flights

Kuwahara Replica N0.17. Can someone tell me why you have loads of bits spare with the flights?? Or is that just ME

DIRTBIKER250F · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2008, 01:56 PM »

Very nice, if thats your first build then looking forward to the next

MartyC · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2008, 02:00 PM »

Sweet looking build, good job

ron burgundy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2008, 02:13 PM »

Nice 1st build

If you're not fussed on the flights, sell them and put a nice OPC on it.

motomagII · « **Reply #4 on:** August 15, 2008, 02:15 PM »

must admit that is nice except i think they look better with one piece cranks .thats my own opinion though .cracking first build though will take some beating

Jt · « **Reply #5 on:** August 15, 2008, 02:15 PM »

lovely looking bike.

well done

munners · « **Reply #6 on:** August 15, 2008, 02:19 PM »

Excellent job mate.

Gotta lose the twin pinches though in my eyes. Someone had some lovely NOS Sugino Gold GT cranks on here that would have set that bike right off!

Fookin great job for a first build!!

cherrypicker · « **Reply #7 on:** August 15, 2008, 03:03 PM »

That's the nuts fella, for your first trip out

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #8 on:** August 15, 2008, 03:08 PM »

Get in there!

Mattdub · « **Reply #9 on:** August 15, 2008, 03:47 PM »

Go OPC or ally 3 piece , and it looks like you go to the Munners chain tightening school !

Lookin' good though

kdw712 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 15, 2008, 04:04 PM »

gotta love a kuwie

nice first build

munners · « **Reply #11 on:** August 15, 2008, 04:06 PM »

Quote from: Mattdub on August 15, 2008, 03:47 PM

Go OPC or ally 3 piece , and it looks like you go to the Munners chain tightening school !

Lookin' good though

thecrooch · « **Reply #12 on:** August 15, 2008, 04:08 PM »

excellent build congrats but yeah lose the flights. And as no one else has answered you - yes you always have washers etc left over.

Linus27 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 15, 2008, 04:52 PM »

Kuwahara

My first proper BMX was a Kuwahara Nova. I just bought one of the new Kuwahara Brava 3 bikes and they are so nice. However, my old school project is probably going to be a Kuwahara Exibitionist. As they are super rare it may take me a while. However, I do have the A'me grips for it so its a start

Waxintaxin · « **Reply #14 on:** August 15, 2008, 06:07 PM »

Nice first build

yea as others have said , chrome one piece would be better than twin pinch lol but great work

Rich

hunterdubber · « **Reply #15 on:** August 15, 2008, 10:03 PM »

Graham , mate thats a stunning Kuwahara you've got there

I absolutely love it

Well worth the wait

(BTW I was expecting to see a Redline MXII for your first build $:-\$ )

downhill3375 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 15, 2008, 10:37 PM »

if thats ur first i can't wait to see the next , thats sweet well done

Gary72 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 15, 2008, 10:43 PM »

Lovely looking bike, it was me that had the Gold Sugino,gone now collected at MK, think that might be my brake on there if you bought it at MK from the face painter(wife), think you might have even asked about gold cranks?

poolysheriff · « **Reply #18 on:** August 15, 2008, 10:43 PM »

Yep gotta agree its very nice

I do like the gold n black colour scheme

youngy · « **Reply #19 on:** August 16, 2008, 08:27 PM »

Cheers for all the great comments guys glad you like it I was chuffed with it. :daumenhoch:Know what you mean about the OPC I did buy a chrome Tagaki but only had the KKT pedals for three piece and have spent too much lately on bits to stretch to gold 3 piece

Also thought with it being a replica I could get away with the twin pinch's.

Have a survivor KZ1 on the go and the opc will be going on that

As for the chain its still not fixed as broke the link tool trying to re-connect it so it was just loosely attached

Also forgot to thank Ian (Bodamus) for help with parts

Most of the other bits were from Alan's (had him dig in his boxes

)

Dubber the MX11 is still in the works, got side tracked by this project and the parts are hard to find and fund

Cheers
Graham

DR VINOAH · « **Reply #20 on:** August 16, 2008, 08:32 PM »

v nice mr youngy

OrgasmDonor · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2008, 01:43 PM »

all my first builds had twin pinch flights on them but the more you start lookin at your builds the more they just don't look right, keep them for when you build a rider, ya can get away with usin them then

nice kuwi dude

Bananaman · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2008, 03:15 PM »

Nice

Slippery slope now mate, they will stack up and your pockets become empty

pkradman · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2008, 04:11 PM »

massive soft spot for kuwies !! and that ones almost on the button .. are they kuwie forks ?? maybe they could go black too imho !! take on board wot the others have said about the cranks and ur a winner !! ..

LEWI007 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:14 AM »

One thing i love about some resto's is when you look at the tire and it has those white bits where they are new, just makes the bike lok factory fresh, keep up the awesome work fella

Author Topic: At Last!! First Build completed What do think?? (Read 2748 times)

youngy

motomagII

munners

cherrypicker

daz bmx it!

munners

thecrooch

Linus27

downhill3375

youngy

DR VINOAH

LEWI007