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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Bigbadsam on December 09, 2010, 06:06 PM
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as it says, my mate has a chrome torker he's restoring an needs to get the right sticker set. the numbers inside rear dropout TLL 9356 X. all help appreciated :daumenhoch:
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Piccies ;) It would help peeps identify it :daumenhoch:
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this is the best pic av got
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ab184/bigbadbeardysam/photo3.jpg)
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280x..that is fookin mint :coolsmiley:
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Love that . 8) can't wait to see that finished . :daumenhoch:
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What's going on with the seat tube?
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unfortunately the top of the snapped off years ago so his dad who worked at BOC in st'helens, got a bloke to weld it. but the guy was a total f0ckwhit :Aresehole: and put a 30mm iron sleeve over the top and burned the 2 tubes either side when welding :idiot2: am trying to get him to re'chrome it but he thinks it'll cost to much. need help with that to ;)
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the bars look wrong, ill do you a favour and take them off your hands ::)
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he cut them down when they were on a ramp bike, he wants to replace em on the torker but whack em on his other ride (there gt) :)
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i have a set torker 280x decals, £15 paypal gift, posted.... ;)
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unfortunately the top of the snapped off years ago so his dad who worked at BOC in st'helens, got a bloke to weld it. but the guy was a total f0ckwhit :Aresehole: and put a 30mm iron sleeve over the top and burned the 2 tubes either side when welding :idiot2: am trying to get him to re'chrome it but he thinks it'll cost to much. need help with that to ;)
There are some really clever people on this site who could repair the seat tube and extend the bars back to their original size. Those 280X bikes are really nice so it's worth doing IMO. :daumenhoch:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=118482.0 :4_17_5:
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unfortunately the top of the snapped off years ago so his dad who worked at BOC in st'helens, got a bloke to weld it. but the guy was a total f0ckwhit :Aresehole: and put a 30mm iron sleeve over the top and burned the 2 tubes either side when welding :idiot2: am trying to get him to re'chrome it but he thinks it'll cost to much. need help with that to ;)
There are some really clever people on this site who could repair the seat tube and extend the bars back to their original size. Those 280X bikes are really nice so it's worth doing IMO. :daumenhoch:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=118482.0 :4_17_5:
Everything he said ^^^^ definitely worth investing in getting them repaired and if a rechrome is too much, maybe a candy powder coat finish as they came in colours bitd :daumenhoch:
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I think the Torker 280/280X (apart from the top tube length how can you tell the difference?) only came in chrome with the LP/LPX in white :daumenhoch:
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Nice find, looks in good nick, apart from the obvious, only in St. Helens :LolLolLolLol:
Not sure of the difference between the 280 and 280X, I think one of them had a hole in the gusset, and one had a slot.
I know the Pro-X had no gusset, and a longer top tube.
Top frame either way.
Shaun
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Any pics of the damaged seatpost tube repair / mess ?
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thanks guys, al get back onto him about close up piccys and about sticker set. :daumenhoch:
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i have a set torker 280x decals, £15 paypal gift, posted.... ;)
are the stickers foil backed coz my mate will av em if they are.
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Not sure of the difference between the 280 and 280X, I think one of them had a hole in the gusset, and one had a slot.
Shaun
No the difference between 280 and 280X is the length asd Bob said earlier
if you spot a 280 or 280X with a circle instead of the oval slot in the gusset its a pre 83 ,,oval slots are 83 and onward :)
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does any one know a good chrome'rs in the Manchester or Bolton area ? :-\
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There's one in Farnworth ,Sam ;)
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Actually it might be Walkden , I can find out :-\ :D
best off google-ing it :LolLolLolLol:
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Nov 83 280 X :daumenhoch:
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it is Farnworth :D
Leigh Metal Polishing Services. :daumenhoch:
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Tis quite expensive Sam/Chris and the last time i enquired they were a bit reluctant. Think Carl, in2bmx, has found one in Swinton but also he uses Willow Chrome in St Helens
cheers :daumenhoch:
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ta gra :daumenhoch:
I'll pm Carl about prices ;)
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these are em'....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/IMG_0473.jpg)
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it looks like its a 280 then coz the gusset is oval not round. al let torker phil know about the chrome'rs in leigh, wigan, bolton, swinton, worsley. ;D thanks for the help so far. does anyone have any piccys of a stock one back in the day ? :daumenhoch:
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it looks like its a 280 then coz the gusset is oval not round.
No ::) ;D
It can stil be a 280 or 280X being Oval gusseted ,
the difference is ONLY the length of the top tubes the 280X is an inch longer at 18.5 :)
Round gusset denotes 280 or 280X produced up to 1983 ;)
Said all this once :knuppel2: ::)
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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....hot frame except for the clown repair lol :D will be just the more satisfying when you've completed this one :angel:
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Nov 83 280 X :daumenhoch:
http://fortyfour16.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/torker-frame-serial-number-guide/
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these are em'....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/IMG_0473.jpg)
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looks like a goer on the sticker set. al make sure first ::)
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it is Farnworth :D
Leigh Metal Polishing Services. :daumenhoch:
it's in Swinton and everything I've had back has been mint :daumenhoch:
Not the cheapest , but the best I've used ... :daumenhoch:
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these are em'....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/IMG_0473.jpg)
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YOU are a bad man Sam, a very BAD man :LolLolLolLol:
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HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO MY EX GIRLFRIENDS >:D :10_2_12:
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HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO MY EX GIRLFRIENDS >:D :10_2_12:
Well apart from the fact you admit it , on your signature ("Big Bad Sam ") :LolLolLolLol:
Meticulous on here (who posted the Torker decals pic) Is Big and called Sam too
don't know about Bad though apart from coming from Oldham ;)
Do you live in Bolton then Sam, do you know/remember Tudgie ? :)
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only lived in westhoughton for 8 yrs mate, an to be honest apart from works doo.s round the town centre i don't go out round ere much. i go back to billinge to see my mates n family if i want a neet aat :daumenhoch: them when i get :Aresehole:d i stay at me mums an don't get ear ache off the old bread knife :tickedoff:
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it looks like its a 280 then coz the gusset is oval not round.
No ::) ;D
It can stil be a 280 or 280X being Oval gusseted ,
the difference is ONLY the length of the top tubes the 280X is an inch longer at 18.5 :)
Round gusset denotes 280 or 280X produced up to 1983 ;)
Said all this once :knuppel2: ::)
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
is the measurement from the back of the headset to the bend in the top tube ?
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centre headtube to centre seat tube.... :daumenhoch:
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OK meticulous my mate wants to know what stickers are in the set but i told him to just get them fookin bought ! ::) so pm me your addy an we'll av em :daumenhoch: