It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Rupp update, huh? Today we worked on the forks, specifically; we made fork bushings to fit the Rupp Roadster mini bike.
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Photos are up. This year I tried to be more creative, emphasizing unique angles.
Continuing the ‘creativity’, during post processing I experimented with post-cropping and lens correction, as well as excessive exposures and curve adjustments. I glad I did, ‘learned much and enjoyed the normally monotonous post-processing task slightly more.
I still have much post processing to to but I liked how this turned out…
Pictures from 2008’s Spring Fling Mopar car show in Van Nuys are up!
We only attended Saturday as the price of gas made this a one day event for us. Although I didn’t have plans to buy anything, we found the exact tach I have been wanting; a discontinued Mallory Pro Tach 1 657 with built in rev limiter and shift light!
I got it for 65 which is a good price considering that it usually goes for over $40 + shipping on eBay for USED.
Photography at this event is harder than other car shows since the background is almost never clean (people walking around in back ground and reflections in cars paint). I’m trying this new gallery feature with Wordpress…
For the Rupp’s paint we decided to use Urethane since it is the most common and is likely what we’ll be using for my Dodge when she’s ready for paint. We found all the supplies at a small auto paint store that we just happened to drive by on the way to somewhere else. For the quart of paint, and all the other supplies it cost about $130 total for all the supplies we needed. A lot of money for a little bike, huh?
My pictures are up, this year I shot in mostly RAW and spent about 2 hours in post processing, mostly experimenting.
This year was great! DynoMax was there with the dyno and I was able to get three runs in (two for me, one of my dad). At the DynoMax Power to the Wheels dyno I witnessed a (roughly) 10% increase in horsepower and torque from last year’s self-destructing engine!
We stayed at Circus Circus this year and were satisfied with the room. We were put into the Manor, actually the very farthest room from the main Circus Circus building. Literally, the farthest possible, but the room was big and everything worked (mostly, shower drained slowly).
That’s all for now ^_^
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ALA10 Day 1
ALA10 Day 2
ALA10 Day 3
OC Japan Fair 2009
PMX 09 Day 1
PMX 09 Day 2
PMX 09 Day 3