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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: jT Racing on April 02, 2006, 07:56 PM
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ok, i picked up a gt racer today 83 bla bla....
my question is, it has freestyle bars and haro forks. The forks are chrome and look exactly like gen 1 forks. Is there a way i can tell what model they are?
also the bars look like pro performer bars in model. They are chrome, no knurling what so ever. is there an ID method?
i do not have foto's or a digital('till next month) anybody got detailed foto's and info?
please help, i am not up on freestyle bits at all.
john :daumenhoch:
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Right here`s mine, they are original Gen 1 on the left, Gen 1 copies in the middle, and some later Master or Sport ones on the right :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/DSCF0501.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/DSCF0503.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v472/billstup/DSCF0502.jpg)
The genuine ones have tapered tops on the legs where they have been through a tube bender :daumenhoch:
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good stuff Bill. Those fake one's look scarily similar, are the welds crap? is there a simple way to tell the difference?
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There seems to be a slight instep on the Original dropouts ?
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good stuff Bill. Those fake one's look scarily similar, are the welds crap? is there a simple way to tell the difference?
I think it would be hard without having the the two pairs together, but the only thing that sticks out is the genuine ones have a slightly different bend on them, the copies seem a little more rounded on the bend, plus there is no taper on them either.
Oh and the dropouts are a use a little thicker steel on the originals :daumenhoch:
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also looks like the brake caliper hole is lower on the copies
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deffo original. happy days. now for the bars.