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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5311

It's a bit of a spoiler to say and it will take a little while but you might want to keep your eye on the mailbox. B) :cheer:
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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5321

Edou you are a true gentleman. thankyou :woohoo:

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5324

You're welcome mate. Glad if I can help out on the Hornhopper. Happy New Year! :cheer:
I'll have to wait on Louisbaby's parts before I can send them through to you...
Guessing you'd prefer them to be black so I'll see if I can give them a dyejob.
I'll give you an update as soon as possible... :)

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5325

happy new year to you and all the other members as well. god bless you all

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5368

ok, so i was bored and after watching Mad Max i decided to fiddle. so i made this little nitrous oxide bottle to fit on the hopper, all i need to do now is decide where and how to fit it.

the lighter is only there to give it a size comparison, i have a real nitrous bottle on my bike but thats a bit big for the hopper :whistle:

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5378

Nice one. Hope the Hopper can handle all that extra power. :lol:
What did you use to create that?

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5381

aluminium round bar i had lying about, turned down the end, drilled and tapped it. nut and bolt in the top to simulate the valve, then drilled a hole in the nut to stick some wire in so it looks like a hose coming out.
hopefully the hopper can handle it haha :silly:

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5413

first silly question of 2012....can you buy white tires for my hopper or is there any way of painting/dyeing them a different colour? i fancy black wheels with white tires on the new hopper build

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5414

I think you could use the white letter tyre paint to make the sides white at least.
Or did you want to paint the whole tyre? Not sure anything will hold on the profile...
But I'm just brainstorming of course. ;)

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hopping up a vintage grasshopper 14 years 10 months ago #5415

ideally i would like the whole tire white but i know paint would soon wear off. i have some white motorcycle tire paint so i may try that and go for vintage white wall tires. cant hurt to try

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