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BIRDTRAP GPV....the build thread

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kungfunky:
Not in the early days no. As the scene progressed the bikes progressed too, the bikes changed and improved quickly with upgraded in bearings, brakes, tyres, fairings. But the early bikes were quite literally built from what parts were in the shed.

kungfunky:
So why a GPV ?. It was anothing itch I've had for a good 4 years to build one. If like me you've pretty much built every bike you wanted to from your brand then what's left ?. Well you research and dig deep in your memory to see what's left in there and Scot Breithaupt was a huge influence in bringing GPV to the masses and mainstream TV.  So a Gravity bike was the choice.

But how do I build it and what should it look like ?. For a start I had no idea so I enlisted the design genius of Grab On Kid Mike.
Quite literally hundreds of conversations later we had an initial design.
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kalex:

--- Quote from: kungfunky on September 17, 2017, 01:13 PM ---Not in the early days no. As the scene progressed the bikes progressed too, the bikes changed and improved quickly with upgraded in bearings, brakes, tyres, fairings. But the early bikes were quite literally built from what parts were in the shed.

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I wasn't knocking your build as it looks fantastic, very good point on the early days.

kungfunky:
I didn't take it that way mate at all. I'll keep updating this thread with info on the build and the bikes bit by bit as it's still a part of BMX that so many know very little about  8)

GRAB ON KID:
 Thanks Ash,been trying to keep the whole "genius" thing under wraps for a while now but now the cat's truly outta the bag i guess i'll have to run w/it!  :LolLolLolLol:

  Just to add the 100's of conversations spanned over the 4 years since Ash had the idea to build a GPV… i thought it was a way cool idea as remembered seeing the article in BMXA back in the summer of  80' & along w/my BMX buds at the time thought they were trick as fook & how cool it would be to build & race them.We just referred to them as downhill racers back then.We dreamed up some imaginary builds & talked about them all summer but were quite content in the end w/bombing & racing down the long steep hills of NJ on the bikes we had …..so needless to say we never actually got around to building any. ::)

 Anyways fast forward 33 years & after Ash ordered some custom plates from me,he mentioned he wanted to build a GPV.After realising a GPV was a downhill racer & showing me a pic of the Suzuki fairing he bought it was like bang!  explosion

 it sparked off all of those cool memories again.So i knew i wanted in right from the offset!…….But due to other builds or projects the both of us were doing & only keeping in touch now & again throughout the years, it kept being put on the back burner.i'd always ask about it & we'd always talk about it as in parts to use,modifications,colour ways,etc… but life can sometimes get in the way.

Until around April when the ball really started rolling on this big time! We started chatting on FB & as usual i brought the GPV up. We spent a month or so talking about parts & fabrication ideas & Ash was gradually buying  the rest of the parts needed here & there & had already decided on using a loopy Quad as the base of the build which i agreed was spot on.

 I knew if i gave Ash a CGI render of what it would or could look like & with MK17 only just over 3 months away,it would give us both the incentive & a guide to try & get it done in time.So I asked Ash to send me pics of the Quad built up w/parts he was going to use or had & pics of the fairing taken from the same angle & distance so i could do the mock up.
Then i could re-design the shape of the fairing & see where it needed to be cut down to suit the Quad as it was too big w/it being a full vintage motorcycle fairing.Then once that was sorted i could start to design the graphics & colour ways  & we could play around w/some of the parts ideas too.

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