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Found my very first BMX....

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ORB:
no, its got a baseball symbol so its not jap. must be worth a monkey.

theRuler:
you lot all know nothing.
bunch of twonks

Coastvl:

--- Quote from: oberonspacefruit on March 17, 2006, 09:02 PM ---is that akisu?

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Dont laugh too hard! My Akisu is a direct copy of that! I kid you not.
Way to stir the pot george!

FuNMoNsTeR:

--- Quote from: Astrodamus on March 17, 2006, 07:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: theŽuler on March 17, 2006, 06:28 PM ---
--- Quote ---How many old one's do you personally own?

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got an 80, 81 and 82 old gussetted goose


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That's not old.
I have a '76, '77(2), '78, '79, '80 (2), '81(2)


Quality was there from the very beginning, and quality did not start dropping off until late 81. Gee, I don't see any 82 and up models in my inventory for some reason.


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The arguement was "Is the bike or is the bike not as Mongoose"
 anything after 81 to you is not a Mongoose then?...because it wasn't as well made, or it was made in conjunction with another company?  Isn't that just Snobbery? Are you collecting for the love or just the political correctness? Collect what you like but don't criticise other peoples bikes because they don't fit into YOUR perfect ideal as a Mongoose. Its a Goose no matter how much you hate it... FACT ....look at the picture...
  now deal with it and lets move on :)

Astrodamus:
If it was manufactured by BMX Products Inc. then it's a mongoose. The mongoose name or sticker does not make it a "BMX Products Inc." Bicycle, which is the only company I collect.  The name "mongoose" was sold to pacific, who also bought the Schwinn name as well as GT and others.. But the Wal-Mart (that's the largest store chain in America) mongoose is not a BMX products Inc. Bicycle even though it is technically a mongoose. Do you get it now?

BMX Products Inc. is the key. Don't lose sight of that when you respond.

Ammaco or Akisu manufactured the bike in question. If I threw that piece of crap on e-bay, and called it a gussetted mongoose, I would be cited for fraud and deception.

It would be no different if back in 1981 Hutch permitted a junk bike company in Thailand to put Hutch stickers on a "Barko" frame made with bubble gum welds, then fast forward to 2006, some poor sap who grew up in Thailand posts a pic of his "Hutch" which looks exactly like the junk amacco "mongoose" pictured in this thread, and says "Hey, check out my 1981 Hutch!"
What do you think people would say? umm.. maybe "Hey guy, love the kickstand, cottered 3pc cranks and the basket on the front!" It's not a Hutch as far as what the term "Hutch" means to 99.9% of the planets inhabitants. Only a few saps in Thailand think a Hutch should have a basket and a kickstand. And only a few blokes in the UK think a mongoose should have snot welds and akisu dropouts.

You know as well as I do, if that Thai dude listed his basket bike on e-bay with no pic and said "bone stock 1981 Hutch with Hutch 3pc cranks, $799 buy it now" and you ended up with a bike with a basket, a kickstand, splooge-welds and no aerospeeds, you'd be hotter than a pistol now wouldn't you? go on.. admit it!

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