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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: andy_116 on December 10, 2009, 09:07 PM
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just won this, hopefully will turn out to be a holmes, pritty sure one of u guys would have been bidding against me
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/Picture1.png)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/Picture2.png)
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I was watching it but didnt bid, was gonna mail asking if it had a serial on the dropout but ive no room for it and ive got a dirtbike that ive still not finished
Mail the seller asking for the serial no. if its starts SMD its a dirtbike, if it starts HXL its a Holmes... :daumenhoch:
Get some pics up when it lands
Good score btw... :daumenhoch:
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I had a bid on it but didn't want to give too much as I wasn't 100% sure if it was even an s&m :-\
Mailed the seller for some more pics but didn't hear owt from the seller.
Hope it is and the build goes well for you!! :daumenhoch:
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cool, im always trawling ebay for S&M's, must have missed that, what price you get it for? if you dont mind me asking
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Had a little punt too, i thought it was a holmes.
Looks built up with cheap haro? bits, and chrome looks quite poor.
If it is a holmes still a bargain :daumenhoch:
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my winning bid was 77.50 i think, with postage comes to £100, cant wait for it to turn up
and yeah captain, it was only listen as "old school bmx" as the guy didnt no what it was, i nearly missed it myself
like i said just want it to turn up so i can check it over, check its and S&M first :D , then if its a holmes or not, and hopfully there pitchforks too :P
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Looks like a dirtbike with pitchforks to me :daumenhoch:
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Has it landed yet?
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not shown its face yet, but he only sent it tuesday, hopefully in the next couple of days
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literally just turned up, frame is mint, double dropouts so pre 93!!!, and yes pitchforks, peregrine rims and its a dirtbike!!
soo chuffed, pics soon!
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Get a photo of the seat clamp area. The seat stay junction will show if its a mk1 or mk2 :daumenhoch:
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The mk1 and mk2 dirtbikes were the same as the mk1 and mk3Holmes
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/alexleech/Bikes/3Holmes2.jpg)
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it will be a mk3 then, how would i kno what year it is tho? cos it has the double drop outs and 1inch headtube n all tht, i think tht means pre 93 but other than tht i dont kno
also it has funny seatstay bridges? ive never seen ones like this, will post a pic
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I think the frame numbers are just sequential. I have got a bit of a list of frame numbers, with details of the frames and also when it was bought (if known). Give me your frame number and I might be able to give you an idea of year.
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Ive got one identical, mines a 92 with wierd plates on the chainstay and seatstay bridges, double dropouts
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010902.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010904.jpg)
never seen this sort of taperd brake stay bridge, will get more pics ones ive cleaned it up and had time to admire
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not taperd but bent alittle where the lines are, and the number is SMD3216
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Ive just check my list. The earliest mk2 dirtbikes on there belonged to 2 mates of mine. They were both 2 dropouts stuck together, plates at the chain stay and seat stays, and head tube/down tube gussets. They were SMD3262 and SMD3268 and they got them from Hotwheels in 92.
Ive not seen a brake bridge like that but the frame number ties in well. I guess yours in an early 92 one.
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sweet cheers for that, yea ive never seen bridges like that either, hopefully someone will no what there about ;D
oh and heres a pic of how not to package a bike, luckily parcel force where gentle
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010893.jpg)
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:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
thats some packing like :LolLolLolLol:
nice frame, i like that alot,
crack out the anusol and the dura-glit and it should polish up a treat :daumenhoch:
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yeah needs abit of TLC, will wilco or halfords have some stuff i can give it a polish with?
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halfords will, anusol=autosol metal polish,
wilco or any supermarket should sell dura-glit, it comes in a tin on a kind of impregnated cotton wool, great for the final polishing,
funky frame thought that, get some pics when its done? on a plain background?
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cheers, just nipped to halfords and got some autosol, now stripping the bike down, and will give it a good polish
and yea, will take plenty of pics
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well, finished the majority of the stripdown, now gunna start polishing, i love this frame
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010922.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010924.jpg)
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990 mounts? I thought it might have been to early for them.
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yeah, odd that it had a brake in the top as well
they both have 'DC RB' stamped on each mount , defiantly stock tho
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my 92 dirtbike has 990's, do your forks have the sandwhiched dropouts as well as the frame?
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naa the forks are just one, does that mean anything?
also captain are ur stay bridge things, the same as mine? with those lines and bends?
heres anouther pic
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010925.jpg)
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my mk1 holmes i had in 93 (it was a 92 holmes) had the same brake bridges with the grooves :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
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naa the forks are just one, does that mean anything?
also captain are ur stay bridge things, the same as mine? with those lines and bends?
nah, mine are normal the seatstay one is 2 pieces of metal sandwhiched together, the chainstay is just a single plate. The forks on my 92 dirtbike have wierd bends on the fork legs, more triangular than curved and the dropouts are sandwiched.
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sweet cheers for that, yea ive never seen bridges like that either, hopefully someone will no what there about ;D
oh and heres a pic of how not to package a bike, luckily parcel force where gentle
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010893.jpg)
fookin ahhh haaaaa :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
frameset looks ace :daumenhoch:
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gave it a quick mock up
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1010934.jpg)
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looking good :daumenhoch: you gonna get some decals on it?
I think these ones would go well (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii227/firebird4130/decalsdirtbike4.jpg)
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looking good :daumenhoch: you gonna get some decals on it?
I think these ones would go well (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii227/firebird4130/decalsdirtbike4.jpg)
actually yeah, there the ones i saw on a bike on bmxmuseum, there by far my favorite, any ideas where to get hold of some without having to get my own made up??
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I had a sweet set of these made by Del he'll hook you up :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii227/firebird4130/gPICT0010.jpg)
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ahh i think it was ur bike!, deff a grey one with those decals, very nice, how much will they set me back?
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just a thought but im pretty sure that if hot wheels built the early frames im betting that little plate was for a bike stand
i bet if it was a full bike reflectors would have been on them so you might find that plate is just for a bolt on stand.
if you look at old scwin lowriders and a few older bmx companys alot of them had stands. maybe hotwheels did it without s&m really having a say.
its a bit of a shot in the dark but i bet if you got a stand it would fit like a glove
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seen that plate before too, but was sure it was on a homeless mack
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little update for you all, the bikes coming together well, all the parts are slowly coming together, waiting on some cranks for it atm, then a chain, but apart from that i think ive got all the parts
so heres a little picture of the frame and forks, as it seems all my others are out of focus
stay tuned :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss322/andy_116/P1020016.jpg)