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Got the bike rideable last night and discovered the chain hits the seatstay and the rear track ends are so out of alignment that the rear wheel won't stay in place.
Should be noted that I don't think this was down to any abuse received by @socialamnesia or any other previous owners as the Humuhumu I owned from new about 6 or 7 years ago had utter baws alignment too.
A bit of torch action allowed me to tweak the ends enough to ride it to work where I got the big tools (the FAG2 and the FFS2) out and along with the FFG2 and the big vice here, sorted out the alignment to near perfect.
I wanted to bring it to work so I could face and chase the bb and face the headtube and fit a new headset but left the headset on my workbench in the garage. Doh!
Still, I got the bb done (though I also left the metal spacers I looked out to replace the plastic ones with on the bench with the headset), and set about the toptube.
The toptube(s) are what makes the Humuhumu stand out so much and I felt that running the brake cable along the top of the top toptube is a distraction so I've whipped the cable stops and guides off and will be brazing on guides for a full length housing under the top top tube where I think it will look a lot neater.
As I said earlier, I've made a headtube badge but the Kona logo on the headtube was under the lacquer and bigger than the badge I've made so I've sanded paint (and decal) off from the headtube. Not sure whether to paint the headtube black and fade it out along the top and downtubes or just leave it like it is now.
First test ride last night.
Cleaning up the toptube.
Headtube prepped for badge.