Forum: Some Assembly Required
06-11-2013, 09:29 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-21-2013, 09:36 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
10-23-2012, 11:34 AM
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Damn it. Derek did have time, but I decided to...
Damn it. Derek did have time, but I decided to "quickly" move my new 2,000 pound lathe into position in my garage. Which required moving about 500 pounds of miscellaneous tools, metal, the drill...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
10-22-2012, 02:46 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
10-22-2012, 01:07 PM
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DUDE! When am I gonna DO this??
You people keep me going on this, thank you all for continuing to follow this. Alright, ok, ok, uhhhh here we go. I am going to go to Derek's tonight for an hour or two come hell or high water. I am...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
08-27-2012, 10:36 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
08-22-2012, 06:57 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
08-22-2012, 06:42 PM
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A couple more items
Husqzilla, your post...
A couple more items
Husqzilla, your post about the fantasy Trabant situation was absolutely hilarious, I loved that! I was just down in Monterey for the whole car week, and I saw a Trabant! I...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
08-22-2012, 06:30 PM
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Progress! But first...
I have made actual progress on the Minsk! But first, apparently, I have to do some housecleaning.
Derek and I are friends, and he is merely helping me with this retarded happy-fun-time idiotic...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-22-2012, 05:37 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
07-25-2012, 01:08 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
06-26-2012, 09:37 AM
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It is actually using a readily available tire...
It is actually using a readily available tire size, 3.00-18. Funny you should ask, after we finished working last night (well, this morning technically) Derek and I picked out some new tires, and...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
06-25-2012, 11:12 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
06-25-2012, 09:13 PM
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For probably the 107th time in my life, I just...
For probably the 107th time in my life, I just discovered that no matter how much you yell, curse, or threaten, you simply cannot sand paint before it dries. Frick. Screw this project, I'm going to...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
04-19-2012, 07:42 PM
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Oh boy! Things are happening! I am at Motolab...
Oh boy! Things are happening! I am at Motolab right now working on the Minsk. I'll start uploading photos to my Picasa as we go along, so if you are a real fiend for fresh Minsk content you can see...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
04-12-2012, 11:43 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
04-10-2012, 06:49 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
04-10-2012, 05:24 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-22-2012, 10:35 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-22-2012, 03:41 PM
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I wanted to work on the Minsk yesterday, but...
I wanted to work on the Minsk yesterday, but Derek is swamped, so I just tinkered with some parts at home. Here are some pictures to laugh at...
I gave the rear wheel a quick cleaning with some...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
02-12-2012, 01:25 PM
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(a little) PROGRESS!
Something happened! Not much, but it's SOMETHING! Derek asked me to remove the old lock mount on the head tube. ...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
02-02-2012, 09:34 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
01-17-2012, 10:20 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
01-17-2012, 10:18 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
01-03-2012, 09:21 AM
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I totally agree with the two previous posts! I...
I totally agree with the two previous posts! I have a sneaking suspicion that the frames are cast solder.
Having a hell of a time getting restarted on this! I came down with the flu, I am out of the...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
12-23-2011, 11:10 AM
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Hey all, still no Minsk progress, Derek and I...
Hey all, still no Minsk progress, Derek and I played phone tag all week. Hopefully he is out of town for the holidays, relaxing and trying not to think about the hellish task that is the Minsk. Not...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
12-19-2011, 03:19 PM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
12-19-2011, 10:41 AM
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Thank god for you pestering fools
Boy, am I glad that there is a faithful cadre of idiots cheering me on to finish this. I have so many irons in the fire that sometimes they put the damn fire out. But thanks to all of your prodding,...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
08-17-2011, 10:26 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
08-03-2011, 09:29 AM
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Hahaha!
I just wanted to give everyone an...
Hahaha!
I just wanted to give everyone an update on this thing... I haven't done anything to it in a couple of months, partially because work has been slow, and the Minsk landed slightly below...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
05-24-2011, 01:01 AM
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-28-2011, 11:43 PM
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Forum: Old's Cool
03-28-2011, 11:16 PM
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A few shots of my '75
<a...
A few shots of my '75
<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/adFUKIpkEHDYMejoll1Itg?feat=embedwebsite"><img...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-28-2011, 10:36 PM
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So of course, after the first round of...
So of course, after the first round of blacksmithing the neck into shape, we ended up with a few smaller cracks, so we basically repeated the last few steps. Remove dog bone, weld cracks, replace dog...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-28-2011, 09:58 PM
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posting WITH a computer
I am finally with computer again, so now I can actually tell people what we have been up to.
Everybody remembers this horror show, right? This was the bottom of the neck. ...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-22-2011, 05:53 PM
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Back at it! That's two days in a row! I should...
Back at it! That's two days in a row! I should have my new computer some time in the next couple of days, then I will go back and re write all of this and embed the pictures. We have the dog bone in...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-21-2011, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 497
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You are the second person in the last hour to...
You are the second person in the last hour to bring up my christmas-y shop. I still have one 15lb bag of baking soda if anybody wants to buy it from me. All proceeds will go straight to the Minsk....
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
03-21-2011, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 497
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Ooooh look
Whoa, things are definitely happening. I am at Motolab right now. There are many things happening, the vast majority of which I am not capable of doing myself. for example, I cannot make computer...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
02-24-2011, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 497
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Trying to get there
I am just going to write this post as if it hasn't been almost two months since my last update. Here it goes...
After many "you can DO IT" conversations from friends, relatives, and people on the...
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
01-10-2011, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 497
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