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Swivel:

Cheers Nick top man  :D :daumenhoch:


--- Quote from: munners on September 25, 2008, 03:33 PM ---84's = 3 in rear and either pro forks if an early one or 4 hole drops in front

85's =3 and 4 in rear and 4 in front.

86's = 4 in rear and 4 in front.

Hope that helps. Not 100% on the 86's as they aint my bag. Positive about 84 and 85's.


HOWEVER......Wardy had an 86 with 3 hole rear. :shocked: It amazed everyone and blew everything up in the air.  Aparently these were ones that were US made tubing and later welded up in 86. I found that out from a guy in the US on ebay. I later showed Wardy what he told me and the question was at last answered! :4_17_5:

--- End quote ---

Stodgy:
A lot of 3 hole rear drop outs made their way into 85 bikes as the parts bin was used up.

So you need to look at other indicators too...

Platforms & other hardware changes:
1984 - Feb, Mar, April, May - Unstamped top tube end.
1984 - June onward - Stamped top tube end. The platform joined the top tube in the middle of the tube so that the platform was not level with the top. The fork legs extend past the dropouts.
1985 - The platform is joined at the top. Later half of 85, cable guides were added to the forks. The fork legs end at the drop outs.
1986 - Yuk. It all started going wrong. Some cheap mild steel shite started appearing on the lower end models, so be careful what you buy.

Serial Number:
Best way to tell though is from the serial number, the first four number are mmyy (month month year year) and they should be on the dropout for early frames and on the BB for far east frames. You can not tell the date on the far east serial numbers.

As Nick says, there were no 3 hole fork drop-outs. Only race forks on very early ones and 4 hole there after.

Hope this helps.

Dave

Swivel:
Certainly does Dave, thanks mate for the heads up and detail into each model :4_17_5:

WARDY:
i aint getting involved in this again :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

double chevron:
Quality thread for a non GT guy, chaps!  :daumenhoch:

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