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I have 2 MXII framesets.... one NOS and one restored. As far as I know the frames without the Redline Oval stamp on the BB are USA made! I bought a brand new MXII frameset in 1980 from Viking Sales & Spares, Davyhulme, Manchester (owned by Denis Christian) and that was unstamped on the BB. The USA made MXII's also had very slightly smaller rear dropouts and the downtube & seatubes were not open inside the bottom bracket area.

I don't know much about the history of the MXIII frameset though I'm sure it was Japan made. According to Richie Haney at VBMX.com the MXIII was a printing error on the decals when production of the frames moved to Japan!

I bought a new Redline 600a complete bike from Alans, Hindley, Wigan in 1983 and that had the stamp on the BB and was definately Japan made! That frameset also had the small triangular plate welded behind the seat clamp area of the frame.

Hope this info is of help.

John

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