Monday, November 30, 2009

A day in the life of ciao

 


Last week I picked up a trashed Ciao frame a cracked rear Grande mag . I bought the frame to hack apart and use parts to weld to my frame...Simonini dreams.
So after thanksgiving dinner I brought both frames to my dads shop to finish up welding my frame and to cut apart the other.






As I was cutting apart the tank I decided to hack apart the rear end and make a sick fender.

                                After I got everything cut apart and removed most of the rust

                                                                I went onto welding...

                                         Ciao was much happier with my welds this time around...

and the lovely couple...

                   Then a light bulb went off and I decided i was going to try and fix the crack in  mag
so i took an old fender and cut about a 6" strip out of the side


I put er between the tire and wall of the rim and took hammer & punch and bent it to match the curve of the wheel
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After that I went and built this deck



and then came home and gave Ciao a hug  and went back to work on the wheel...
I filled the crack in with JB weld.. It is not pretty but I'm thinking it will work. 
THEN!!!!

SHAZZAAAM!

I love this moped.

late

4 comments:

Wadowski said...

Why'd you paint it when you know that simo head won't fit in there? you'll have to chop it up and weld some more. looking good though.

Brandon said...

because i cant sit still man and its just spray paint; testing the color really andthe simo engine is a long way off. thanks man!

Brandon said...

and i really did build that deck, just sayin

Anonymous said...

GBD 4 LIFE