Open Class: Dan-E-boy's "ENCHILADA"

Dan-E-boy

Dan-E-boy

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butch63 said:
very nice:thumbsup: i have a set of wheels like those. are those sprockets available? thanks. again, nice scooter
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thanks butch63, I got the sprocket from a seller on ebay when I purchased this brake kit. Complete Mini Bike Brake Kit 72T Less Than 1 2 Price | eBay
I called the guy and asked him to send me a couple more sprockets, he sold them for 5 or 6 bucks each.. the bolt pattern doesnt fit but MAC let me borrow a sprocket he had that has both bolt patterns(one for the drum and one for the astros) so I bolted them together and traced out the astro bolt pattern. there are a few pics of when I did that a few posts back:thumbsup:

today I did some bodywork on the gas tank and the taco clutch cover, then also cleaned up the fork lowers and springs, they cleaned up pretty good so they got mounted to the fork uppers :smile:.
 
Dan-E-boy

Dan-E-boy

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got home today and put the forks on the frame, installed the wheels and the kickstand, then mocked up the foot pegs( I need to pick up the hardware to install them... also got the tec decal in so I put it on the shroud:thumbsup:
 
Dan-E-boy

Dan-E-boy

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mopar70 said:
I totally need a friend like you next door. Very nice work on both bikes!!!!
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Thanks mopar70, It would be nice to have a fellow OldMiniBikes member next door, right now I have a family that's scared to talk to me on my left:scared: (dont know why:shrug:)and a guy that shakes his head at me when I'm cruising by :scooter:..:glare:..on my right..

Clayon said:
It looks great Dan. :thumbsup: The paint looks really nice, and so does the exhaust.


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TANKSAREUS said:
She's a Beaut:thumbsup:
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Bruceo said:
Nice job on the fabbing and welding.well thought out. gives me a few ideas also.
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Thanks guys:thumbsup:

I will have an update within a couple of days and hopefully by Sunday it should be complete....... I hope:laugh:
 
Dan-E-boy

Dan-E-boy

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update: painting the tank

Yesterday after work I decided to start on the tank..well, first I was contemplating between a few different ideas for it.. Chrome,black or match the bike, then one day when I was tryin to figure out how to mount it, the idea hit me! This tank already resembles a can of food, so why not make it a can of ENCHILADA SAUCE!:laugh: what better to power an enchilada then some hot enchilada sauce right?....
It wad already primed and wet sanded, ready for the base coat.. so I sprayed it with a silver base.. urethane base dries quick so 20 minutes later I was ready for the art work..
First was masking off the ends to separate the can from the "lable". Then I didn't dig the sides being so plain, they needed to look as if they had raised circles like normal food cans do. So I taped some circles in and fogged in some shadows and highlights to resemble the look.. here are a few pics of that..


After that, it was on to the lable.. I masked the whole tank and started sketching ideas on it, then settled on putting Steen's enchilada sauce with a pic of enchiladas underneath it.. I cut out the section for the enchiladas and got to work(sorry I didn't take pics of that). I just free handed some quick ones that hopefully resemble enchiladas:laugh:.. then I remasked that area.. I cut the outline of the steens lettering but instead of removing the letters I left the mask over them and removed all the masking from the rest of the lable.. after I fogged in some colors I removed all the tape and started outlining everything..


All it needs now is clear coat, the clear will make it pop more and the colors in the enchiladas will look more 3D (darker colors will sink in and brighter colors will pop out more).. clear coat will go on within a few days and should be on the bike soon after:smile:
Should look pretty funny on the bike, but I think it will give it some character:laugh: thanks again for checking it out:thumbsup:
 
Dan-E-boy

Dan-E-boy

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Thanks for the nice compliments everyone:thumbsup:

Here are a few pics of it after spraying a couple coats of clear over it.. also finished cleaning up a few of the small parts like brake caliper, jackshaft mounts,clutch cover and brake mount.. all that's left is painting the exhaust and on to final assembly:thumbsup:
 
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