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Offline bobafett

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2009, 03:50 PM »

What a fantastic thread  :daumenhoch:

Great personal history of the bike, top class resto story with great pics and a belter of a build to top it all off  8)

Well done that man  ;)

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #26 on: September 10, 2009, 06:14 PM »
 :4_17_5:great job matey you have done wonders  8)

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #27 on: September 10, 2009, 06:33 PM »
Indeed, great post and pics, nice one :4_17_5:

I reckon a lot of us would like to have kept the bike we had bitd......you gotta be proud of the result  :daumenhoch:
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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #28 on: September 10, 2009, 06:33 PM »
Awsome  :4_17_5:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #29 on: September 10, 2009, 06:49 PM »
now thats what i call a resto,amazing!! :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #30 on: September 10, 2009, 07:17 PM »
Great work, well done, can't beat a good E.T.  :4_17_5:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #31 on: September 10, 2009, 07:24 PM »
I love these threads, cant beat a resto of your bike from BITD.  I dont have mine unfortunately, but if I didi'd be well proud to do half as good a job as you have there.

The fact you even painted it yourself is great.  Too easy to send it for powder coating, but its got the personal touch stamped all over it.

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #32 on: September 10, 2009, 07:32 PM »
Brilliant, you must be well proud of that.  :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
One build a year, the only way to get it right. No rushing involved.

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #33 on: September 10, 2009, 07:36 PM »
bloody superb mate ,,,,great write up ,and a top job ,,even more as its yours from bitd  :4_17_5:

wish i hadn't entered bike of the month now ,this is surly the winner  :daumenhoch:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #34 on: September 10, 2009, 07:41 PM »

Best build up thread for ages & a lovely bike as well ..................... Top job :daumenhoch:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #35 on: September 10, 2009, 07:45 PM »
Excellent resto, very detailed and great to read (:, are you based in Bristol? I race just up the road from Rolls Royce Filton in Patchway, Bristol's only BMX Track :daumenhoch:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #36 on: September 10, 2009, 08:33 PM »
well done :4_17_5:
restoring is the best bit.
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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #37 on: September 10, 2009, 10:01 PM »
Excellent resto, very detailed and great to read (:, are you based in Bristol? I race just up the road from Rolls Royce Filton in Patchway, Bristol's only BMX Track :daumenhoch:

Yup, i'm in Bristol, I know where the track is & remember SR cycles in Patchway. There used to be a track in Stockwood & thats where i used to ride, aswell as St George park & Bedminster. 

Thanks for all the comments chaps, when I mucked up the white first time I remember thinking I really hope people dont see this & think thats the worst ET i've ever seen. I think I rushed it first of all then had to take a step back, calm down & start again, everything went perfectly from then on.


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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #38 on: September 10, 2009, 10:24 PM »
Nice story, Excellent build :daumenhoch:
When was the last time you watched the film? For research purposes :)

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #39 on: September 10, 2009, 10:28 PM »
great resto and great story. :4_17_5:

love kuwahara et's,always wanted one bitd.....

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #40 on: September 10, 2009, 10:35 PM »
great resto job :daumenhoch:

love it!

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #41 on: September 10, 2009, 11:25 PM »


Excellent one mate, your bike from being a youngster Wow that one's a keeper  :4_17_5:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #42 on: September 10, 2009, 11:31 PM »
That's a super lookin' ET :smitten:  This hobby is very addictive so do you have any more projects in the pipeline?  It's hard to stop at just one bike ;)

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #43 on: September 11, 2009, 02:17 PM »
What a great story and resto thread!  Top job to, the results are astounding, I even had a tear in my eye reading through the topic.  Superb.  :4_17_5:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #44 on: September 11, 2009, 03:27 PM »
Quality, a super restoration and really nice to see the old girl being brought back to life  :4_17_5:


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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #45 on: September 11, 2009, 04:41 PM »
that beer fridge is frickin awesome :4_17_5:































the bikes alright too >:D
excellent story and job mate, nice1 :daumenhoch:















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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #46 on: September 11, 2009, 07:46 PM »
Absolutely brilliant job there mate. :daumenhoch:  I love it that it is your own bike that you have brought back, I luckily kept my Haro Gen 1 and brought that back to life a bit back  and like you say it quite emotional putting it all back together and seeing the end result.

Top stuff  :4_17_5:   

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #47 on: September 13, 2009, 09:37 PM »
Great thread , superb job , its so much more rewarding when you start from scratch and do it all yourself .. :daumenhoch:

Well Done indeed
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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #48 on: September 15, 2009, 05:31 AM »
Great Story that mate.

AWESOME Resto :4_17_5: :smitten:

That fridge is something else as well :laugh:

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Re: KUW ET restored, from start to finish
« Reply #49 on: September 15, 2009, 09:10 AM »
Great Story that mate.

AWESOME Resto :4_17_5: :smitten:

That fridge is something else as well :laugh:

One of the fridge! We got it off a newsagent that were buying new fridges & slinging this one out as it was on its last legs, that was about 8 years ago & it still works...just.  >:D




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