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Dac
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by Dac » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:25 pm
correct.
"Its not what you ride, its that you ride"
1996--------Honda Elite S-
1991--------Tomos Targa-
And a Bunch of other bikes.
Kenny_McCormic
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by Kenny_McCormic » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:36 pm
Because little gnomes come and steal them at night and sell them on ebay.
I am not a mechanic, nor do I play one on TV. Actually my advice is probably worth slightly less than what you pay to view it.
Dac
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by Dac » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:54 pm
ill tell you what, that isn't a bad idea.
think about it. if you go out of town. to a place were theres allot of sprees. take 4 or so. when you get back to your home town sell them on ebay for 25$ each. thats 100 right there.
im not a theif or anything but thats 100$ real quick.
"Its not what you ride, its that you ride"
1996--------Honda Elite S-
1991--------Tomos Targa-
And a Bunch of other bikes.
GIJoeBob
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by GIJoeBob » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:05 am
Dac wrote: ill tell you what, that isn't a bad idea.
think about it. if you go out of town. to a place were theres allot of sprees. take 4 or so. when you get back to your home town sell them on ebay for 25$ each. thats 100 right there.
im not a theif or anything but thats 100$ real quick.
That's why I think the vacuum forming idea will work. If MySpree doesn't do it, I will!
MySpree
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by MySpree » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:00 pm
im getting to it, ill try and make a mold this weekend. see what happens.
GIJoeBob
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by GIJoeBob » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:33 pm
So what's the latest with this endeavor?
MySpree
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by MySpree » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:49 pm
i made a vacume form, then made a hard plastic mold. im just waiting for my work to order the plastic. which they do all in bulk...
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by GIJoeBob » Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:20 am
MySpree wrote: i made a vacume form, then made a hard plastic mold. im just waiting for my work to order the plastic. which they do all in bulk...
Cool, can you form them in any color or just white?
Kenny_McCormic
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by Kenny_McCormic » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:13 pm
If it is just white then they could be dyed.
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by MySpree » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:42 pm
white and black...
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by GIJoeBob » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:03 pm
MySpree wrote: white and black...
Black? How much $?
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by GIJoeBob » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:09 am
MySpree wrote: i made a vacume form, then made a hard plastic mold. im just waiting for my work to order the plastic. which they do all in bulk...
Any news on this?
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by cobracommander » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:19 pm
GIJoeBob wrote: MySpree wrote: i made a vacume form, then made a hard plastic mold. im just waiting for my work to order the plastic. which they do all in bulk...
Any news on this?
seriously, i'm up for it too. let me know how much
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by MySpree » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:44 pm
i=sorry this was put on hold for a little bit. i ended up having problems with the material. i cant find a good durable one.
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by Kenny_McCormic » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:56 pm
MySpree wrote: i=sorry this was put on hold for a little bit. i ended up having problems with the material. i cant find a good durable one.
ABS?
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