Well after a year of hunting for correct parts I've finally got her to a stage where I'm pretty chuffed!
She got a brilliant reception at the Burner Bash, unfortunately I cant make MK09...gutted as I wanted to take it down and enter it.
Craig Schofield was at the Burner Bash and he asked me if I had any bikes with me and when I said "Neil Ruffell..." he said "I need to see this!". Well, he only took a pic of the bike and sent it to Andy Ruffell!!! Made my day and made it that bit more special.
Start to finish here she is...there's been a few changes from some of the photos to complete.
The inspiration...Neil Ruffell RIP dude.
Bars to be stripped and recoated white, pedals & brakes stripped and polished.
Bars re-powdercoated white, not sure if decals are 100% correct. Think they should be smaller purple skyway ones. Grips Mushies till I can find Sharp X1's
Frame powder coated and decalled
Skyway freestyle stem powder coated white
First stages of build, grips, pedals and spider have been changed since.
NOS Sharp grips and griploks fitted along with Blue donuts which I made myself till i can find some the right size.
Fitted White new Kashi Aero and DC MX clamp (to be polished).
Got a Knight spider which is a good match for the Redline Flight fixed one.
Looking more like the real thing now...(original on right)
MX1000 brakes and Tech 3 levers to be polished and fitted.
Got Shimano DX off of Mingo for "wot their worth", to be resto'd. They were covered in black paint with gold coating underneath which I have removed with Nitromors and started rubbing down. New caps to go on also.
I know the cap is in wrong end before someone says! :lol:
One pedal done with 80 grit, taking shape nicely.
Done one pedal with 80grit in an hour!
120Grit
Between me and the very uber kind Russ got the brakes pretty much done.
Had to grind off the lever on front one which was pretty goosed anyway, for the Pott's mod.
Pics taken today in the Sun, fin!
F&F - NOS Skyway Streetbeat
Bars - Skyway EZ Bars
Seat - Kashimax Aero
Clamp - Dia Compe MX (chrome, orig. polished)
Pedals - Shimano DX (Restored)
Crank - New Redline Flight (Originals Flight 400)
Spider - Knight (Original as above)
Chainwheel - Sugino 44t
Wheels - Skyway Tuff 2 (Original Coaster?)
Stem - Skyway freestyle
Brakes - Dia Compe MX1000, Tech3 , Cables / Tuff Pads
Grips - Sharp X1.11 & Griploks
Chain - Izumi Zebra
Seat Post - Odyssey (Orig. unknown, possibly Renthal?)
Tyres - Panaracer Freestyle (Orig. unknwon, possibly Skyway?)
Pegs - Skyway
Head set - Hatta (Orig. unknown)
The cranks should be Redline Flight 400's, I have opted for new Flights and a Knight Spider which I stripped and polished which together looks really like the 400's I reckon. The originals cost a small fortune now!
Huge thanks to Russ, Gil, Mingo and anyone that helped out!
I hope you guys like, gonna stick it in the monthly comp now.
