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patthesoundguy · Post by **patthesoundguy** » Tue May 01, 2012 1:06 am

All of you guys have inspired me so I got off my butt and I put a lot of work into my spree lately getting looking as good as I can get for now and going through as many little things as I can think of. New tires and tubes, new front and rear brakes and both cables ,new seat, cleaned, painted, clear coated both wheels and side cover and of course the new exhaust. Bring on the season of two wheel bliss!!!
Before

After

Before

After

I think I really found a good match for the Silver on the wheels its Honda Metallic Silver from Duplicolor and Duplicolor Wheel clear coat.

dabinonahonda · Post by **dabinonahonda** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:55 am

now some black for that kickstand haha. looks good man! i love that blue

Madman · Post by **Madman** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:46 am

Looks like moto x tires nice!

89eliteR · Post by **89eliteR** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:12 am

Where in NS are you? I'm in Dartmouth area. Don't see many spree/elite riders at all.

Wheelman-111 · Post by **Wheelman-111** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:27 am

Greetings:

I can tell you worked hard on the rim(s). Remarkable result, and very attractive Spree.

patthesoundguy · Post by **patthesoundguy** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:34 am

dabinonahonda wrote:now some black for that kickstand haha. looks good man! i love that blue

Agreed you are soooooooo right!!! LOL I was going to mention that, it stuck out like a sore thumb in the pic and as soon as I put it all back together. A quick wire brush job with the grider and a coat or two of tremclad professional semigloss black and it will be good as new.

patthesoundguy · Post by **patthesoundguy** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:41 am

89eliteR wrote:Where in NS are you? I'm in Dartmouth area. Don't see many spree/elite riders at all.

Sweet I'm in Beaver Bank just on the other side of Sackville. Yeah my spree is pretty darn rare around these parts, I've seen one on kijiji once but thats it!

89eliteR · Post by **89eliteR** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:53 am

patthesoundguy wrote:
89eliteR wrote:Where in NS are you? I'm in Dartmouth area. Don't see many spree/elite riders at all.
Sweet I'm in Beaver Bank just on the other side of Sackville. Yeah my spree is pretty darn rare around these parts, I've seen one on kijiji once but thats it!

Must be hard to get out of the area, you pretty much have to take highway to get to the city eh? I know I need to be really crafty of my route to get from the lake echo area to dartmouth/halifax.

patthesoundguy · Post by **patthesoundguy** » Tue May 01, 2012 10:16 am

Madman wrote:Looks like moto x tires nice!

Yup $17 a piece. You have to take a Dremel tool to the sides of each tire and rub off the badge that says not for highway use

Here is one I did two years ago with the flap wheel on the grinder then rub with scotch brite or 600 grit sandpaper. the dremel works better though.

ute · Post by **ute** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:40 pm

Looks good ..great job

swimmingfree · Post by **swimmingfree** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:53 pm

are those your winter tire????
swimmingfree

Madman · Post by **Madman** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:54 pm

Good job removing the markings on the tires!

OneBulletDan · Post by **OneBulletDan** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:17 am

Yer gonna love `em on wet pavement (not).

patthesoundguy · Post by **patthesoundguy** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:15 am

OneBulletDan wrote:Yer gonna love `em on wet pavement (not).

Never had a problem with them but the former front knobby was a different compound than what is on there now so who knows. Im trying to run them a bit on nice dry pavement to rough the new off of the knobs. The original knobbies were Chinese pit bike knobbies and they were perfectly fine in the rain and wet and I used to ride down the steepest roads imaginable. The key is follow the 20 min rule. And those dirt bike tires saved my butt where I used to live it was a rotten dirt road to the main road and I had a rotten dirt driveway that was steeeep. I also use my spree to ride around at a outdoor festival I do sound for and there is a lot of grass dirt I have to drive on and regular tires are useless on wet grass.

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