I Murdered Colson Loop Tail .....

[XBPete]

Wife is off to see grandson graduate from Basic Training and doing the Southern Family tour, so my honey do list is on hold...

I bought this Colson Loop Tail from a CABE member a few months back

Seat and seatpost, Frame, chain cover, fork and front wheel are all that were OG..

Thoughts were to expose the OG black/white colour and get her on the road again, started to take off the yellow and found it had been bodyworked, headbadge holes filled and sanded before the yellow was applied, no primer.

So I am going to murder it, black with minimal chrome, grey shades... she will match my Buell XB12R motorcycle... maybe some twill carbon fiber.... I know most here wish to restore, but I shall save those efforts to be given to less molested bikes, hope I don't get too much crap from you guys but this is gonna be my rider....

 

[CrazyDave]

Sounds good man! I'm lookin' forward to checkin out the build. When I read the title, I thought perhaps you threw it off a cliff or cut it up....lololol

 

[catfish]

Not murdered. More like giving it new life.

 

[mike j]

Yeah, whatever you do, I'm sure will be a vast improvement, good luck w/ it.

 

[Freqman1]

Thank God it isn't a Schwinn! Just kidding--I agree anything is an improvement. Be sure to post some before and afters. V/r Shawn

 

[bikewhorder]

murdered out
When a car is completely modified and the color BLACK is the only color used throughout the entire vehicle
Guy 1- "hey bro did you see that NOVA?"
Guy2- "yeah it was completely murdered out"


I guess its a term that's been around for a while but I just recently learned it.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=murdered out

 

[Saving Tempest]

The Plasmatics didn't murder out cars, they just blew them up on stage.

 

[Euphman06]

Murder is bad....


But not in this case

 

[XBPete]

LOL! Great comments by y'all! Thanks for no tar and feathers!

Hand stripped the frame and was pleasantly surprised at the overall condition. One small ding on the seat post tube and two other minor surface pitted areas to deal with, then on to primer.

I have ordered black BB set, headset, crank arm, quill and handlebars, should be here later in the week.

 

[then8j]

It's amazing how beautiful the bike is when it's completely naked.