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Operation Black Panther is complete! Hallelujah!! The bike fought us at every point today but we powered through and got ‘er done! This bike took a long time...tested my patience for sure. My son’s need to finish the bike was far less than mine and since it was his project...I waited and waited and waited...until today. We were painting over graffiti on our fence this morning (gotta love taggers...jerks!) and I said “hey, it’s a nice day for a ride. Wanna finish up your panther?” “YEAH!” And so we went for it. The bike looks so rad...straight bar tanks are mean especially in black. Digging my son’s choice to roll with a black seat too...killer!
Hub rebuilt a few nights ago now mounting up the rear wheel...
Front fender brace was in the shape of a Z. Weird. Off to the vice.
As I mentioned in the previous post...the bike was fighting us today. Well, it won in the end as the front tire found an earring post...”pop!” Shrugged our shoulders, held our heads low and walked home pushing our bikes. So my son learned how to fix a flat today too.
A tip for your kiddo if he doesnt know already:
Take an old inner tube cut the valve stem out and cut along the inside all the way around and wrap it around the good inner tube....and stuff it in tire for extra protection for potential flats.... And great job all around. Hats off to you both!!
A tip for your kiddo if he doesnt know already:
Take an old inner tube cut the valve stem out and cut along the inside all the way around and wrap it around the good inner tube....and stuff it in tire for extra protection for potential flats.... And great job all around. Hats off to you both!!
I get liners and 'slime' for mine...the only drawback is that if they go flat for too long you'll likely need a new tube, but I don't have many flats anymore. You can't a slimed tube though, the compound will attack the patch.
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