Klein Pulse Splatterpaint build finished!

[generallee]

I've finally got round to finishing this Klein build...
Many thanks to Gordon Manitou916 for the framest and drivetrain, and the countless hours of help!
Also thanks to everyone else on Retrobike who sorted me with wheels, bars, etc etc, I couldn't have done it without you. Huge thanks to my pal Taylor for the lovely splatter paint job - I love the small specks on the gloss white, looks so good!

I'm not sure if this is 95, 96 or 97, so I stuck it in here, apologies if it's in the wrong place. I've always loved Kleins, all ages and models, even the late 90s ones, and wanted to do a fun build without a huge budget. I hope you like the pics too!
XT gears inc Thumbshifters, XT brakes, Smoke/Dart tyres, Araya RM17 rims on XT hubs, alloy forks and Fred Salmon bar/stem painted to match, (even headset spacers! ), Turbo seat, Bontrager post, Wellgo beartraps.

Before:

And after:

Finished:

 

[mamadirt]

Re: Klein Pulse Splatterpaint

Wow! That paint job is awesome! Top job!

 

[sinnerman]

Re: Klein Pulse Splatterpaint

reminds me of the graffiti paint job.

Brilliant job...

pulse comp/race/pro from 97 at a glance.

 

[Thias]

Re: Klein Pulse Splatterpaint

Brilliant. Nice job well done.

For completeness: This frame is a Pulse comp. Because of the cables running outside the frame. The Pulse and Pulse II frames had internal cable routing.
Serial number under the bb might give you the year.

 

[sinnerman]

Re: Klein Pulse Splatterpaint

Brilliant. Nice job well done.

For completeness: This frame is a Pulse comp. Because of the cables running outside the frame. The Pulse and Pulse II frames had internal cable routing.
Serial number under the bb might give you the year.

Its certainly for the 97 model year, the comp/race and pro all shared the same frame different paint, top routed cables, gradient tubing, rear end made in Chehalis, front welded in Winsconsin.

 

[generallee]

Re: Klein Pulse Splatterpaint

Thanks for the comments and the info on age, it was fun getting this one up and built!
My only problem is, I only really have room for one retro bike at a time... and want to build another... so this may go up for sale to fund and make space for a new project!