BMX General > BMX Chat

ESP 1"1/8 Stems

(1/6) > >>

gossa:
OK people, I have taken an ESP stem to a shit hot engineer friend of mine and he has reprod it amazingly well.

Now before all you ESP owners get out of your prams, i'm not going to get a load made and flog them on the bay and devalue yours, this is just a way to finish a couple of private builds for personal satisafction (not even mine actually).

Now I'm not sure what the repro etiquette is, i'm sure a lot of people are against it, but this stuff is for personal use, not commercial exploitation, this little project got me thinking.  My idea is to make and ESP stem that looks like a traditional quilled stem that is actually an 1"1/8 clamp on stem.  The head needs to clamp onto the fork but any bolts in the head will detract from the og look.  So i'm thinking to machine into the head a built in flex fighter that will work as the clamping mechanism.  Then I got really carried away and thought that under the flex fighter you could machine what looks like a threaded headset lock nut so when fitted on top of a nice threadless headset, it'll look like an old school build. Any thoughts, gay or cool?

He's also reproing me some SonLite hubs, I have mine from 86 but want to get some done for my new builds, I might get him to engrave Con Lite Racing on the flanges just for fun.....

baldbmxer:
Hey

the whole repro world is surrounded by opinions. Its Ok for limited run personal use or modern recreations of old classics such as an 1 1/8'' version of an ESP stem but if you where to recreate the actual 1'' stems and mass produce them then you're on thin ice!

Being a huge fan of the ESP (I still have mine from BITD and it helped me to snap you plenty!  :)) I am very interested in this ESP repro venture.

They made a 1'' mini stem that clamped over the treads.

You got PM.

JJ

gossa:
Ah JJ, you might have got the snap on me but let's face it, my second pedal was devastating....... :LolLolLolLol:

I thought reproing anything would be frowned upon in the OS circles, that's why I put the thread out......

harris:
a full re pop or a retro is something that would need to be quite obvious
as alot can sell on as original to the lesser knowledge buyer .
if its only of a similar style with a definite difference then its just retro
but having something stamped on it somewhere making it very tricky to pass of as og will help.

baldbmxer:
Second pedal yeah, get the snap and get the ole' JJ elbow in front of you!  ;D

some damn good races through 87/88/89 fella :daumenhoch:

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page