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Mongoose cali special build ( Edited title)
southern andy:
Cheers John :4_17_5:
Added a poll anyhow to see what the masses think. :coolsmiley:
magna13:
You know how much i love a survivor... and this bike has turned out brilliant imho Andy, well done buddy :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
NORTY40:
Think I would leave it as a survivor too mate , like bobafett says you can always get it re-chromed later if you really want to . ;)
Doing a great job by the way :daumenhoch:
southern andy:
Ok update required on my bits and bobs that have been scrounged. :LolLolLolLol:
So far i have managed to get a set of Mongoose bars from John ( Bobafett), i have removed all the surface rust from these not that there was a lot but they have come up very well.
I got a Black Aero saddle and replaced the guts with the original Viscount ones. The guts that were on there were totally screwed and they were unstamped so probably not original. I won a Mongoose Headset on Ebay but am short of the bearing race that fits over the forks, hopefully there is one in the post from Daz BMX.
I also secured a Pro class rim from Marc ( Kuwahero) these rims do need a small amount of polishing as does the Pro class stem. I also now have a shimano 890 caliper and a Shimano pre bent lever so things are falling in to place.
Now with things on this being slightly anal, i still need some Mongoose forks in chrome, i did buy some Tange ones off of Jai at MK09 which will do for the time being. The hubs are Suzue ones which i will get built up as soon as i can get the rims polished.
I've also had the rims and the stem sandblasted by a mate to remove a lot of the cack that had built up there.
So things that are next on my wanted list for this are..............
Mongoose stamped One piece Crank
Black Mongoose grips
Gold takagi spider or Gold mongoose spider (yeah right)
Mongoose seat post
A few other bits aswell that will probably be a bit easier. The thing is, i look at those bits above and i feel like i'm banging my head against a brick wall.
Anyway thats it updated for a bit. :coolsmiley:
bmxbob:
looks class so far mate :daumenhoch:
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