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Paper and tape aren't exactly famous for their waterproof qualities... The front forks which obtained most of the damage during filming. When I first left it outside,there was no rust or missing paint on any of the frame

One more angle "But wait",I hear you cry,"in the first pictures you have three bikes and no you only have two. What happened to the little red bike??" Unfortunately that bike was beyond salvagable. I soaked all the bolts and stuff in oil but no luck. The rust was so bad that the saddle collapsed when I sat on it. I decided to turn it into modern art,by cutting it down the middle to make it look like it was emeded in the wall And finally... Anyone remember the post I left a few weeks about me making a mini Dukes movie? The final scene calls for Rosco's bike to crash off a cliff. Since filming that scene I've left the wrecked frame in my back yard. I had already stripped it of everything worth stripping before turning it into a Rosco replica, so it wasn't loosing me money by sitting around. I half forgot about it until today,and it seems the weather has taken it's toll on the bike

Well today I finally got a couple of new cutting disks, and I managed to cut away all the excess frame Some of the excess frame left over

Maybe not as disgusting but what about the massive bowl of ice cream that he had in Double Dukes?

Another General Lee Roger? I dunno I didn't have any specific paint plans for this bike. I don't want to go to all the trouble of a complicated paint job because it's going to be stored outside,exposed to the elements and the paint could end up getting damaged or ruined. I was thinking of a simple cherry red paint job, maybe with silver handlebars and saddleposts. How does that sound?

Sorry for the delay but here's a picture of the bike put together. It still needs brakes,gears,two new tires,two new saddles and a decent paintjob By the way Hoss I've only ever seen those circle bikes (don't know the proper name for them) in playgrounds. Its a shame it never featured on the Dukes. Could you imagine Boss and Rosco trying to chase after Bo and Luke on that? Hahaha As for the second picture, I saw one of them in New York,but instead of two seats the second seat was used to hold a guitar. I couldn't imagine it being very stable,it looks pretty top heavy.

Haha nice one Hoss! I've seen a lot of those posters recently, a group of past pupils from my school set up a Facebook page to support our rugby team. It's called "Keep Calm You're a Budgie". Nobody's quite sure what it means but it's become a really common phrase in my school now. They're even selling tshirts with the slogan on them They're the latest trend in my school,it seems everyone is wearing one under their shirt

Believe it or not I do understand what you're saying. They're pretty common in Ireland as well.

I found a second donor bike yesterday when i was walking my dog at a nearby river. It was missing most of the essentials,but I had replacement parts in the garage. I started work after I had my dinner at 6,and managed to get the whole thing assembled and even managed a short cycle before 8 o clock. Unfortunately however it was already getting dark at 6 when I started,so I didn't bother taking pictures. I'll try and get a few tomorrow. There's still work do be done. For example it has two flat tires,no gears or brakes,and i want to swap the front bikes suspension forks with another set I have in school. I haven't decided on a paint scheme yet,but I don't mind cycle around on a decrepit looking bike anyway. I've got into the habit of naming my bikes,and this one is no exception. I'm going to call this one Allan Junior,in memory of the late Allan Wyatt,who's memorial service was held yesterday in Malibu.

Amazingly I rode one of these when I was in New York at Halloween. They handle like boats and the one we had weighed a ton,even without us on it. I probably do have all the parts, but the only problems I have are I don't gave a welder to put it all together, and I haven't got anywhere to store it You shouldn't have shown me that picture,because now I really want one haha

Hey y'all My neighbours are moving to England in a month, and they were clearing out their garage today. As I was coming home from school I passed a dumpster outside their house, and saw a bike lying on top of a pile of junk. My family is good friends with theirs, but I asked them if I could have the bike before ai took it. It wasn't in brilliant shape,it's slightly scraped and rusty, but the gears and brakes don't work. At this point in my life I've riden every type of bike there is (including a unicycle). Well every type with the exception of a tandem bike. For those who don't know what a tandem bike is it's a bike that two people can ride at the same time Unfortunately I haven't got access to a welder,so I'm planning on finding another bike,and mount it to the rear of this bike using the front wheel of the second bike as the mount between the two bikes. Obviously I'd have to drill holes in the rear bikes steering to prevent fishtailing.

I had a free hour this afternoon, so I mounted the pedals to the main frame. This process only took about an hour total,including drilling the holes,measuring everything up, and bolting everything together. Here's a shot of the a rear gear system I had lying around from one of my donor bikes. The chain is going to feed through this, and will also act as as a tension system. The only flaw in the slaw with all of the bikes is that they all only had one gear on the pedals. So I mounted this other cog from another bike I stripped. I know there's only one bolt on it in the picture, but the drills battery ran out before I could drill into the original cog. Hopefully I can spend Saturday afternoon working on it,and if I do I should hopefully get the frame and mechanics completed.

Happy birthday Catherine Good luck in all your future projects

Howdy welcome to HazzardNet!! Y'all may notice we do things a little different here You're not alone on being the only Dukes fan in your area. I thought I was but its amazing how many people remember Dukes of Hazzard, even if it is just for Daisy, Bo, Luke or the General Lee

Nice jobs Hoss Now what about a Dixie recumbent? Haha

The biggest bike I'm using has an 18 inch wheel (my General Lee has 26's) so I'm practically sitting on the ground. I've got a little bit of previous experience building and riding recumbents. Back in September I built one using my dads old (and very heavy) mountain bike and another (very heavy) mountain bike. With this one the pedal system was connected to the front wheel and forks,so I had to steer with my feet. This,combined with the overall weight (something like 5.5 stone,the average bike weighs under 2.5) made for a very hard to ride and dangerous bike. I ended up parting it out and scrapping the frames. However on the new bike,the pedals are independent from the steering, there's less metal hence less weight, and I'm making the new seat out of a wooden frame with a plastic office chair.

Hey y'all It was suggested to me back in November that I call my white ladies racer Dixie. Somehow Dixie just didn't seem right for that bike. I recently got back into recumbent bikes. They're bikes that you sit back on and the pedals are infront of the handlebars. Unfortunately they are really expensive so I decided to build one myself. Here's a picture of what I'm basing mine on I started searching,an found someone selling three kids bikes for €20 total! The one on the left is going to supply the handlebars,pedals,front forks,chain and wheel. The middle one is going to be the main bike that I sit on. The one on the right is going to donate it's axles to help hold the forks of the black bike to the frame of the middle bike. So far I've managed to fit the forks into the seat post of the black bike. Unfortunately I can't do any cutting at the moment because I haven't got any cutting disks. Hopefully I can get a few this weekend. I'll post more pictures as I go along. My goal is to have it painted and ready to use by Easter. And I was thinking of going with the Dixie paint job for this bike,seen as I've already got a General Lee and Rosco bike

I think with the selling of Lee 1 and the NASCAR rebel flag issues,the Dukes would have become slightly more popular. But as for people giving up the internet for lent? I don't know the religious status of the HNet members but I suppose they could be Christian and are observing lent. Maybe it's just a bad week Brian

Hey y'all As some of y'all may know Dukes of Hazzard Stuntman Corey Eubanks has hit the big 50 today!! Doesn't seem like 30 years since we saw young adolescent Corey on the Dukes Happy birthday Corey!!

Haha that's brilliant!! Now all they need to do is bring out a 1977 Monaco in the General Lee's coat

Pfft I already got this announcement via the HazzardNet app Thanks to Mufn,Brian and MaryAnne for creating the app,its now the 3rd most used app on my iPod (next to BrianColtrane's youtube and Facebook )

Hey y'all I'm 17 soon,and in Ireland when you're 17 you're are able to apply for your driving test. I've driven quite a bit before in big parking lots and on a beach,and my parents seem confident that I can pass my test (I wish I could be as sure as them haha!) Unfortunately both my parents drive 2 litre cars,and rely on them to get them to and from work. The same make and model as my dads car The same make and model as my moms car. I was speaking to my parents the other night about borrowing their cars, and we struck up a deal. Because there cars have relatively big and thirsty engines,and only Boss Hogg would be able to afford to insure me with either of the cars, they said that if I can find a decent,safe,relatively cheap to buy,run and insure they would pay the insurance and 3/4s of the price,providing that I helped give people lifts to and from places. Ideally I would love to get a charger,but because they are unbelievably rare in Ireland and cost as much as NASA to run, I'm going to have to settle on a small,modest 1.5 liter or under hatchback. I wont get my full license until mid , so I have plenty of time left to find a small car. So far I have my heart set on two different cars. The VW Golf (or more commonly known as the Rabbit in America). This is one of my all time favorite cars. My dad bought one for my mom while she was pregnant with her first baby (me) and she reluctantly sold it in 2003 to trade it for her current car. She said it was the worst decision she ever made. Or a little Mini Cooper So just out of curiosity,what was your first car? And did anything from your past influence what car you bought? Or was it perhaps a childhood dream car? I just thought it would be an interesting topic

"Beloved Pa,Grandpa,Brother and Boss" I think everyone can tell from that quote that Sorrell loved the role of Boss more than any other role he ever played. Random fact of the day : Did y'all know that during Dukes and even after Dukes, whenever Sorrell did personal appearances and signings he would go dressed as Boss Hogg and remain in character the whole time? If only he had survived colon cancer,maybe he could still be with us today. He would only be 82. Maybe if he was still around the reunion movies would've been a bigger success. Out of all the Duke actors Sorrell is the one I always wanted to work with. His on-the-spot ad-libs,method acting and comical nature both as Boss and Sorrell would have made him the one person I would want to work alongside with. R.I.P Sorrell,you will always be missed :'(

This is taken from the Boars Nest parking lot. You can see the pole from the previous post to the left of the General Lee. The big barn that you see from time to time is out of frame,but is off to the left of the fencing and pole This is a wide shot of the area. You can make out the aforementioned barn in the background. See the vehicle in the background? To the right of it is the creek and road mentioned in the previous post Here's a shot taken from the right of the Boars Nest. You can see the aforementioned road and another long stretch of road. I'll cover that stretch in the next post.

In these next few posts I'm going to focus on the area surrounding the Boars Nest (5) This first picture is taken from Happy Birthday General Lee. The cars are coming from the small barn area (4). The camera is set up roughly at the intersection of all the roads outside the Boars Nest. This picture was taken a few frames later. As you can tell,the camera is positioned in the ditch. See the hill in the background? That was where the Dukes left the General to go up to the bad guys hideout in Danger on the Hazzard Express This next picture was taken from A Baby For The Dukes (credit goes to Hoss for providing the caps) This is showing the opposite side of the creek,an area rarely seen for some reason. The pole that you see wasn't a prob. It was part of the electricity circuit on Valencia at the time of Dukes. It seems to end here,but perhaps it ended at the Boars Nest. Remember Valencia was an oil mine in the 1970's so the pole could be a leftover from that time. This is a shot of the end of the race. You can see the telephone in the right of the picture. It was the same one used in the previous picture. You can also just make out the Boars Nest. I'll cover the Boars Nest in greater detail in the next post