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1984 Supergoose 3 Pink
bobafett:
--- Quote from: BMXJON on February 19, 2010, 10:27 PM ---
I remember a handful of the looptail geese on ebay over the years that have had a pink finish the same as the one that is in completed items on ebay.
Also i remember a few with a green finish done in the same pastel shades as the pink ??? .........only a handful
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Those pastely colours came out around late 86 / early 87 - same looptail cali style frame but those colours came out as the "miami vice" freestyle colours era of BMX was kicking in ! :D ;D
But the supergoose was chrome.
example of the pastley green...........
--- Quote from: peteox on February 19, 2010, 08:22 PM ---Hope that helps!?
You're a star! Thanks for your time and effort in producing the detailed and knowledgeable reply. I would have wasted time working in wrong direction with this project.
If i may push my luck? The stem at first looked out of place as i presumed it should be an "SR" but I have something that looks similar to a tuff neck with markings "BY" (in an oval) on shaft. Having looked at the mention Ebay goose it appears to have the same as mine.
Thanks again.
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Hmmm without pics I'm not sure of the stem or ebay item you are refering to there mate :-\
But certainly doesn't sound goosey :D
The 84 US bikes came with ACS manufactured "pro-class" stems or SR MS-422 stems depending on model - most of the UK bikes came with SR MS-422 stems, the UK supergoose being one.
Here is a pic and the spec for the UK supergoose (it was also labelled the "75" in 1984)............
It was lighter than the USA supergoose 3 by nature of the fact that it was a full chr-mo cali frame which was lighter than the USA supergoose frame which had fatter heavier rear tubes but the UK supergoose was lighter also than a cali because it used the full chr-mo USA supergoose forks so with the cali frame and the supergoose forks overall it was a slightly lighter frame :)
Ammaco/mongoose in the UK focused on the lightness of the bike further still by dropping the fat front tire in favour of a thin/thin pair and using renthal alloy post and bars.
The 85 UK supergoose model differed slightly again as it switched to M1 vented seat, proclass disc, pro-class II wheels and 180mm crank.
But for your 84 build if you are going factory spec then the above pic is your guide :daumenhoch:
Hoping to have my 83 USA supergoose 3 AND 84 UK supergoose builds both finished this year but still pondering a re-chrome on the UK jobby :-\
Get some pics up of your bike as it is and then strip it down and weigh the frame and forks ;)
:)
Jonnyboy bmx:
That's not the one i mean mate, i have seen a few supergoose not in the same green as the later one you got pictured, a lot more subtle. Like i say only a handful but enough bikes, as with the pink but enough to make me think that it came original from the factory.................. not that i have any evidence to back this up of course :LolLolLolLol: , its just a few ive seen come up for sale over the years
bobafett:
--- Quote from: BMXJON on February 19, 2010, 11:41 PM ---That's not the one i mean mate, i have seen a few supergoose not in the same green as the later one you got pictured, a lot more subtle. Like i say only a handful but enough bikes, as with the pink but enough to make me think that it came original from the factory.................. not that i have any evidence to back this up of course :LolLolLolLol: , its just a few ive seen come up for sale over the years
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Trouble with anything being sold now as a "rare" paint finish is that it's impossible to say when it's been painted - without any printed media to colaborate it from BITD I am sceptical.
The only other possibility that I can see is that Malcom Jarvis (Ammaco founder) offered custom paint finishes and had this done after the frames where received from the mongoose manufacturing plants - but I haven't heard or read anything like that.
For me - at this point in time at least - other than the 79 nickel supergoose all old school supergoose frames where chrome :daumenhoch:
Jonnyboy bmx:
--- Quote from: bobafett on February 19, 2010, 11:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: BMXJON on February 19, 2010, 11:41 PM ---That's not the one i mean mate, i have seen a few supergoose not in the same green as the later one you got pictured, a lot more subtle. Like i say only a handful but enough bikes, as with the pink but enough to make me think that it came original from the factory.................. not that i have any evidence to back this up of course :LolLolLolLol: , its just a few ive seen come up for sale over the years
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Trouble with anything being sold now as a "rare" paint finish is that it's impossible to say when it's been painted - without any printed media to colaborate it from BITD I am sceptical.
The only other possibility that I can see is that Malcom Jarvis (Ammaco founder) offered custom paint finishes and had this done after the frames where received from the mongoose manufacturing plants - but I haven't heard or read anything like that.
For me - at this point in time at least - other than the 79 nickel supergoose all old school supergoose frames where chrome :daumenhoch:
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Yep, agree with that & it is a strange one & hard to think they would have done any thing different than chrome every frameset, i know ive seen a few more like this, maybe not sought after but i guess quite rare, keep your eye out for any more............... would be interesting (& comforting) to know that im not going mad :daumenhoch: :LolLolLolLol:
bmxbob:
Get some photos on then ::)
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