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    $30 Barrcuda.. 😮 What a deal.. :mrgreen:
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    I know the bottom of the down tube might look bad but no one see’s that. The paint on the top tube looks pretty good except for the rust spots. If it were me, I would try some fine rubbing compound on one of those spots to try to clean the paint of the surrounding rust stain. If it cleans it up and just leaves the rust pit, you may be in business. Try to clean the rust pit out a bit and dab some lube on the pit to try to retard the rusting. If that works, buff the whole thing out and wax it. I use this expensive compounding product from 3M called Finesse It. It is actually designed to take paint or clear coats from 1500 sanded to shine. Pretty bad ass stuff, but expensive. Have to purchase from a body paint jobber like Tasco. You might be able to get a few years out of the paint before you have to repaint.
    • May 24, 2011 at 7:47 pm
    • in reply to: Decals!
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    :D
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    U B Da Mann
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    Yep. Looks like a repaint.. But you know.. I kinda like the beat up look.
    I think my grip shifts are original. The right one seems to have some scuffing. But they both work. I will take some pictures and post on this thread for you. Do you have your old original units?

    On the year models: My bike looks exactly like yours. They may be the same year model. I will compare our serial numbers.

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    Well…. 🙄 All who knows me, know I am a fan of restoring close to stock. But I have to say this. I own a 95 A2R very similar to yours and am debating the restoration as well. Not to put yours down: I dislike the grip shift system all together. That will be the first thing I off on mine and will replace with LX or XT shifters. Another thing is mine has a steering stem that rivals the dogbones on Wyatt’s Captain America Harley in the Easy Rider movie. 🙄 It will be going away. My paint is highly oxidized so probably needs repaint. But if it culd be buffed out or have shot with clear, that’s what I would do.
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    Just curious if you got a Certificate of Ownership from Barracuda?
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    Hmmm?? :?
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    @neo_pop_71 wrote:

    Yep, and don’t forget all the extra dough you’ll have left in your wallet!

    I know thats right.. :mrgreen:

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    I have one of these in silver that no one seemed to want. So I mounted it, upside down, on my Schwinn trainer. Now all my bikes have a little Barracuda in them. :ugeek:
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    You could do a repaint with XX decals like a tribute and would be the bomb. I have an A2R I am seriously considering just that.
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    That item appears to have ended without a buyer.
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    :ugeek:
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    I have been busy myself, mixing all the choir’s for the local school’s end of the year concerts. I did find a 175mm Deore crank for the Cuda Comp today on Craigslist. I might have rode a bike today, but we actually had rain… First rain since January. My yard’s grass is smiling. :mrgreen:
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