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I know that this is a M3W forum, but I have posted pictures of my boardtrack racer bike build before and some of you were interested in it.

Sorry for the length, kind of got carried away... as usual...

Well it's getting a LOT more finished. It should, I've had it for 11 years and now just getting around to finishing it. I'm sure that many of you guys have similar long term projects that have taken the back burner way too long.

I'll start with a couple pics of the raw bike without any finish work.





The above were actually the second version of the tanks. The first used Harley style Fat Bob 5 gallon tanks that looked great from the profile, but horrible from a front view. So I too them off and started to build my own.

If anyone is interested in seeing all the pictures of the build, go to my Picture Trail Photo Album account in my signature and view away...

So about three weeks ago I got it ready for paint. I had a local automotive paint supply company mix my color for me and then they injected the mixed paint into spray cans. I would not do this for a larger paint project, but for a motorcycle with such small panels, it worked GREAT for me. Didn't have to get my Binks M-1 out and mix and clean up any paint, just point and spray the cans. I used 2K diamond gloss 2-part urethane clear. It comes in a spray can as well, but you push a button up in the bottom of the can and it breaks the activator bag inside the can and you then mix it together inside the can. They say you have 72 hours to use it, but mine is still not hard in the cans now for three weeks, but soon I'm guessing.

I used twin 1/8" black pin stripes over the base color. Once hit with clear, they're permanently covered in clear. The same with the tank decals I had made up for me. The oil tank also have the logo on it. The bike frame, frontend and wheels were purchased from Milwaukee Iron in Lynchburg VA just prior to their going out of business, back in early '09. The tank font is similar to their sign at their factory, but I did a bit more to it and had a local graphics design company make them for me. They are all cleared over as well.









The running board mounting was all home brewed in my garage. The brake pedal and all its mounting is all scratch built by me.







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