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1982 Shimano 4000 build.
Avro:
*waves*
I have been itching to start this build for what seems like an age. I would have started a long time ago but for another two projects sort of dropping on the doormat ??? So, this is actually the first of a series of three builds, all on a similar theme. I will be working on all three simultaneously as there a several big jobs that are duplicated, particularly a lot of anodising which I am cranking up a notch for these builds, wish me luck in this as I am going big this time :crazy2:.
So, the first project is a Shimano 4000, otherwise known as a Hattori Sight. Mainly for the Australian and far East markets I think so a rarity over here. I do not know how to lift the image of an orignal advertisment for the bike as a comlete so here is a link to an old thread that has said advertisment (I think it is because it is on Photobucket and we all know about that company)...
oldschoolmags.com/mags/Pancake_03.pdf
See pages 26 and 27
I also want to share a fabulous photograph from the BMX Museum of one lucky lad and his Shimano 4000, the joy on his face is just so clear to see, those were the days, what a great photograph :smitten:!
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I do not plan on doing a complete reincarnation of the original spec; close enough and, hopefully, just as lovely.
Here is the frame complete with the chosen fork, a Tange TX1200.
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The frame and fork are a good combination given both are Hi-Ten steel. Yes, this is a budget machine but look at those components in the advertisment for the complete! I am hoping this will be a fair weather cruiser as it boasts a 20" top tube, nice :daumenhoch:
Tange TX1200 fork advertisment...
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I had been searching for Tioga, Shimano or Tange branded frames for while with little luck. My Rhino Charge, http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,192953.0.html, was an Ebay find where I found myself the only bidder and got it for half what I was prepared to pay, a fool and their money and all that! Since then not a sniff. Here comes a confession......I went onto Facebook :-[. I joined a plethora of interest groups and had a look around. It is an awkard format to search for stuff for sure, I am still not sure how to do it efficiently. However, pretty much on the first day of Facebook searching I joined a page dedicated to Tange and Koizumi frames and parts. It was there that I found it, this 4000 frame (Hattori Sight as advertised). I instantly dib dobbed, cheap as chips too 8)
While collecting parts for the build I also sold a lot of parts to help fund the new builds and make a bit of room. I sold heaps at MK18, many things I would have happily come home with but I had to be ruthless; wish I had kept the Z'eds and the Maxy Cross cranks but no time for regrets.
In preparation for these builds I have also been trying to maximise space in the Man-Cave. Photography will be compromised as I have nothing like enough room for my pop-up studio, so apologies if many backgrounds are a little cluttered.
I think I have come up with a fabulous frame storage system :2funny:
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...I have been busy tidying too...
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I can not wait to get stuck in now.
In2bmx:
Real Old School . Looking forward to following this one :4_17_5:
P J Tunni:
Yeah, looking forward to this build. I like checking out those rare/uncommon Japanese/Far East bikes on the museum. There's a couple of really nice examples of these Shimano branded ones on there. :)
Mikku:
I'm in! You know I'm going to love this! :daumenhoch: Nice man cave btw.
As an aside, I don't do FB and never will BUT if there was one reason to do so, it would be to join the little interest groups like the one you found. ;)
bobafett:
Nice start to a build thread - looking forward to it ;)
PS... Hope you've got some decent rawl plugs holding that curtain rail....erm....frame rack up :2funny: :LolLolLolLol:
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