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85 USA Gt Performer more desireble ???
That Swan Guy:
Aren't US made all Cr-mo tubing whilst the foreign ones are three main tubes only? :-\
Fork leg diameters are different too. Some are 1" others are 1 1/8". that is the diameter of the fork leg not the head tube before anybody pulls me up for that old chestnut :LolLolLolLol:
therefore finding the correct size fork standers can be a drama if you have the fatter fork width. :idiot2:
Head tube angle thingy as previously mentioned.
US ones are more expensive because the Americans have a stigma about foreign built bikes....even British. Just glance over the sale threads on the Museum and US Fleabay. If it doesn't say US made it ain't worth shit in their opinion. :idiot2: :idiot2:
My first one was a foreign built 87 because it was yellow. It was heavy!
Now I have a US made 84 and 85. I think the 86 I have is foreign. Either way I love them all for what they are............... bloody kids bikes :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
GTnumber1:
Yep head angles are different on u.s models to foreign made ones 85 -86..what I also noticed on the u.s ones I have when striped, the tubing was a darker colour and had 4130 printed on the tubing with a white pin stripe going through the tubing ( no bullsh1t) tbh my favourite one Ive ridden is my foreign made 86 world tour I could do sitting down wheelies peace of piss so easy to pull the front up and chuck the bike about but not ridden a u.s model yet to see if there's any difference :coolsmiley:
stidds:
--- Quote from: nickswan1 on January 12, 2013, 11:55 AM ---
US ones are more expensive because the Americans have a stigma about foreign built bikes....even British. Just glance over the sale threads on the Museum and US Fleabay. If it doesn't say US made it ain't worth shit in their opinion. :idiot2: :idiot2:
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To me this is the real difference between US made bikes and 'others', for some reason people from the US think that the ONLY people in the world who can weld a bike or produce metal are people from the USA. I really admire how patriotic they are, but at times they are blinkered to anything outside of the USA.
Lets face it Curtis bikes are stronger, better welded and better built than anything the USA has ever produced. But nobody from the US cares about Curtis because they are from the UK.
Funkyworm:
--- Quote from: Stidds on January 12, 2013, 12:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: nickswan1 on January 12, 2013, 11:55 AM ---
US ones are more expensive because the Americans have a stigma about foreign built bikes....even British. Just glance over the sale threads on the Museum and US Fleabay. If it doesn't say US made it ain't worth shit in their opinion. :idiot2: :idiot2:
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To me this is the real difference between US made bikes and 'others', for some reason people from the US think that the ONLY people in the world who can weld a bike or produce metal are people from the USA. I really admire how patriotic they are, but at times they are blinkered to anything outside of the USA.
Lets face it Curtis bikes are stronger, better welded and better built than anything the USA has ever produced. But nobody from the US cares about Curtis because they are from the UK.
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Ha-ha where's the (LiKE) button when you need one.
Very witty but valid point ! I have an 87 performer the geometry of the head tube is supposed to be different to the 86 & apparently they have try-moly construction even though they are covered in stickers saying 4130 chro-mo all over them! I hear some of the 87's still apparently came out of the us factory & were full chromoly so you'd have to assume these had the same geometry as the 86? but with the additions of the cable guiding on the down tube for the rear brake etc. The parts spec seemed to change all of the time as well, some came with dia compe others Chang star & even odyssey brakes on others along with different seat post clamps.. A performer is a performer, Cant wait to get mine up & running ! :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
GTnumber1:
no 87 performers were chromoly apart from the u.s and foriegn made s-bend pro performers, as far as im aware all 87 performers were tia built as they moved away from japan as it was cheaper plus they were all trimolly. they were just a basic entry level GT (money spinner) although they used the old style frame, if you look at the GT stamp behind the seat mast on the 87 performer there not stamped 4130, the 4130 decal on them was just a selling ploy which GT and HARO did with foreign made frames... geometry changed each year to suit riding especially flatland,plus foriegn made frames were different in geometry to u.s made what ever the year was... :coolsmiley: :daumenhoch:
a performer is just a performer and not a "PRO" performer :coolsmiley:
but here in the u.k every performer despite what ever year it is, ends up being a 85 pro performer :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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