Rockets Bike gets a Dulux overhual

[Rocket]

So some people may remember my K1 Gixer thou.
This bike was completed in November 08 and has things like a K7 tail, PFM brakes and various other good bits.
The bike had done plenty of miles since this pic at its first outing and was stone chipped and had mud and rubber and all sorts of shit where it shouldnt be.

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With the All Japanese bike show coming up and the chance at the Bullfrog memorial trophy, I decided that I couldnt show the bike in the condition it was and it was time for a spruce up.

The plan was a new coat of paint in a fresh colour and a few updates.
Nothing too major, its a great bike as it is.

The first thing to do was strip the bike of all it's body work and give it a fucking good clean in all the nooks and cranny's, repaint and repolish everything I could get my hands on.

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Then add my new limited edition rad cap, complete with custom dings from allowing my buffing wheel to send it across the fucking shed at 80mph !

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270732791.jpg


With the colour chosen and on the way, i ordered a new set of extreme creations discs with polished centres. These really set off the new colour !

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[Rocket]

Then it was time for some more cleaning and polishing while I waited for the rest of the paint to be done.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270698177.jpg


With the body work all back, I quickly reassembled the whole thing, tidied up a couple of things I'd fucked up previously and with the help of the ever enthusiastic Vicki, gave the bike another good polishing.

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Till we finally ended up with this....

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270728762.jpg


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[Rocket]

After giving the Turbo Bike a bit of a wash and polish, again with Vicki's help, the bikes were ready for the show and ahead of time !

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270712131.jpg


Yeah, there's a few bikes around here, still one more hidden in the shed.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270746447.jpg

[Rocket]

Then finally, success !! I collected the Rapid Bikes best Streetfighter trophy as well as the inaugural Bullfrog memorial trophy.
You can see why it's now called The Ranga Bike !
In the sun, the colour is spectacular !!
Thanks to the mysterious Paint Ninja for doing the job for me.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270694306.jpg


And what it was pretty much all for, to have my name as the first owner of the Jeremy Hansord Perpetual Trophy, presented by Amanda and Zavier.
I guess we're lucky over here in WA where there are very few professionally built bikes, so the average shed monkey can still take home some tin ware for something built at home.

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[Rocket]

Unfortunately, because the PFM discs and calipers have an offset slightly different to standard. The Extreme Creations discs don't quite line up properly with the calipers. They work, but if they're not right, they're just not right.
So with the WASF April Fools Run coming up, i quickly switched back to PFM discs for the moment.
Morry is sorting a new wheel for me which I'll have turned down slightly to bring the discs in line with the calipers rather than milling bits off my perfectly good PFM calipers and messing up a matched set.


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[hyofighter]

and thats how a ranga is born !!!!

this paint colour is awesome in person stands out like dogs balls

nice work again phil

[Gitzy]

Superb Work Rocket, that colour is awesome...

[Gix11]

I'm guessing this photo reflects the true colour mate:

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1270694306.jpg

Looks stunning Phill, Nice work mate.

[Rocket]

Yeah Si, it flips a fair bit depending on the light and angle, indoors or in the shade it's a pretty deep colour.
But out in the sun, she's full ranga!

[Mr Hyosung]

Looks great Phil. Go the Rangas

[crazymofo]

fuck yeah!!! thats the best fighter ive seen in a fucking long time (honestly... it just works and isnt over the top) .... the new color does it justice nicely

cheers.joe.

[kev@vcm]

congrat mate im sure both trophys will be displayed with pride n joy at home . the bike is just stunning

congrats again

[rock hard]

Congratulations Mate,you put a lot of heart and soul into your bikes and it shows..

[VFighteR]

fantastic - what they all said! Well done

[Surt]

ranga? hmmm fuck of!! :D awesome work mate but its not a rocket bike? [:o)]

[JackTar]

Looks the goods mate.

[Pab13]

Top stuff mate and a couple of trophies to

[Benz]

Looks plenty good Rocket. Congrats on the trophy

[atwd1970]

nice scoot mate !!now it's made me make me mind up ? well not yet um what was i thinking ?forget it nice scoot

[Hagarr]

Had me fooled, but that aint hard!

Great work Phil.

As usual.

[HOS]

Happy photos, thanksfor sharing mate :)

Nice ride..... the ranga !