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Glynnyboy:
Thought i would start putting together a resto progress thread.
Since getting back into bmx as a grown up kid i fancied building a mongoose cali. I just thought they looked like a really cool bike. So i started keeping an eye out on the bay and ended up winning this without knowing much about it at all.

 


It's actually still the only chrome pro i have seen. When i realised that it came either chrome or part chrome/paint too, it got me thinking.
The frame is october 87 so would have been built/sold early 88. So looking in the museum at around this time these in particular caught my eye.

 

I loved the black and chrome of the decade pro and ended up getting the pro class donut off this when the owner broke and sold it. I wanted to do my californian pro in the decade pro colour scheme .

I got hold of some sorry looking forks.

 

My little mogoose bits stash was starting to grow. Since this photo i have managed to get a used black viscount aero. I am aiming for parts that are correct or older for the f/f.


With some help from Cipher (with decal and pad photo's) I sent my info off for the pads making. This is what i got back, i have to say the photo's don't really do them justice as they look so much better in the flesh.

 

Next i had a bit of a parts breakthrough. A buddy was selling a cali and i managed to trade a few parts with him. Here we have a few chrome bling pics of some bits when i got them back.

 


I have got the f/f and bars back. I recently got hold of some silver acs hubs and my pro - class rims are going off for hard anodizing. I will be using a polished 44t takagi chainring on a black pro- class power disc which is also off for anno. So wheels and chaingring anno and i am just about to send off for my decals doing. Then it should be there.
Here is how it looks so far.

 
 
 
Hope you like how it's going. The brakes i will be using are 901 callipers and tech 6 levers. The levers will be chrome on the black handlebars. I have a choice with the callipers though as i have chrome and black. Which do you think would go better? The chrome on the chrome front and back of the f/f or black on the chrome?

NORTY40:
Taking shape mate  :daumenhoch:

Looking forward to seeing it finished .

xGoose:
Looking good mate, nice work so far ;)

hotdog:
Lookin' lovely,that. I'd go for chrome calipers.

Deano:
Super  8) so far Glynnyboy :daumenhoch:

Id go for the chrome full set, but thats because i like matching levers better :-[

Either will look just as good i guess and im sure you will choose the right1 as the build at this point looks a beauty ;)

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