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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

Title: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(all is forgiven)
Post by: jT Racing on April 02, 2006, 07:56 PM
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:
Title: Re: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(and i thought you lot knew your stuff, tisk tis
Post by: billstup on April 02, 2006, 11:40 PM
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:
Title: Re: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(and i thought you lot knew your stuff, tisk tis
Post by: Bob_Acid on April 02, 2006, 11:55 PM
good stuff Bill. Those fake one's look scarily similar, are the welds crap? is there a simple way to tell the difference?
Title: Re: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(and i thought you lot knew your stuff, tisk tis
Post by: Mattdub on April 02, 2006, 11:57 PM
There seems to be a slight instep on the Original dropouts ?
Title: Re: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(and i thought you lot knew your stuff, tisk tis
Post by: billstup on April 03, 2006, 12:07 AM
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:
Title: Re: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(and i thought you lot knew your stuff, tisk tis
Post by: Tefore on April 03, 2006, 12:15 AM
also looks like the brake caliper hole is lower on the copies
Title: Re: mystery parts, i.d . help needed(and i thought you lot knew your stuff, tisk tis
Post by: jT Racing on April 08, 2006, 01:19 PM
deffo original. happy days. now for the bars.
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