I painted it with a product called night shades from VHT. Its a lens tinting paint.
It made it black but still allows the carbon weave to show through. It is a rattle can paint but I put it in a spray gun and thinned it with laquer thinner to get a better finish.
Let’s just say I have ditched the Michelin road 5 tyres on my daily ride in favour of the Bridgestone s22 , what super tyres they are , absolutely brilliant infact , I am no Valentino rossie and I ride old school and I even court me toe slider on a roundabout , so because of this , I ditching...
Just thought I'd throw an introduction out since I joined the sc28 club. I previously owned a '99 blade, but this is my first of the first gen. I've lurked for a bit, and the mechanical and historical knowledge of the posters here is great... Ian and Nigel in particular.
I bought the bike...
My bike came with these horrid red levers with no curvature in them. Cut into my fingers and dinged up the clocks. Couldn't do any slow speed steering and even release the clutch at times on tight rights, almost went down a few times because of this, very annyoing.
I remedied the issue with...
So I picked up a 1997 Blade with 48k miles that has had a pretty hard life, looks like it’s been used for commuting year round but it runs and rides great so hopefully no gearbox/engine problems. I will use this thread to document my progress and post as many Pics as I can, everyone loves...
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