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Title: Ripper help please
Post by: louisdog on April 01, 2010, 09:52 PM

Started on next project, excuse my fook witted-ness, but not done a loopy Ripper before
could anyone date it?  :serial Pk 71302
is the seat tube smaller than normal?
i need forks, i guess they should be 1" Landing Gear with 3 holes in the drop outs?
cheers :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: dan-dare on April 01, 2010, 09:56 PM

pretty sure these can't be dated from the #. :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: bmx xxx on April 01, 2010, 09:56 PM

The serial number means nothing,
can't date it from that,
and good luck finding unstamped forks,
Gary

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: Darren Wood on April 01, 2010, 10:02 PM

As above with the NO  :(


And if you have a few £................. or £299 you can get NOS chrome landing gear from VERTEGO and the seat post is the same size as a raceinc put an ad in wanted for forks and post   :daumenhoch:


Nice one WOODY  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: brass monkey! on April 01, 2010, 10:03 PM

seatpost size is 13/16th's so smaller than a std OS,

get some LG's mate, 3-hole threaded, although if you is on a budget Coloredtuffs sell retro copies, identical almost to the orignals...

can't help on the serial no. either

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: brass monkey! on April 01, 2010, 10:05 PM

Quote from: DARREN WOOD on April 01, 2010, 10:02 PM

As above with the NO  :(


And if you have a few £................. or £299 you can get NOS chrome landing gear from VERTEGO and the seat post is the same size as a raceinc put an ad in wanted for forks and post   :daumenhoch:


Nice one WOODY  :4_17_5:

£299 !  >:D from Biagio !  ::) - you on commission Woody ?  :LolLolLolLol:

these are cheaper, if its gonna be a 'rider' then happy days

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SE-Racing-20-LANDING-GEAR-fork-CHROME-1-THREADED-new_W0QQitemZ120539041640QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCycling_Parts_Accessories?hash=item1c10afcf68

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: pkradman on April 01, 2010, 10:18 PM

yes u can date a loopy ripper ! ..simple ! .. just cut thru the floval tubing and count the rings  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: louisdog on April 01, 2010, 10:33 PM

Thanks chaps! yeah i did see those  vert-ego 299 jobbies, er no!  :'(
i am on a budget and it will be my rider so i think those re-pops could be the ticket, thanks for the link!  :daumenhoch:
as for dateing, how you ment to tell the blimin year other than the serial, apart from ring counting ;D did they change em at all? its got a 19 inch tt.

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: Bigplinky on April 02, 2010, 06:17 AM

Between 78/9? (The really early production sometimes had a round top tube) and 84 they didn't change in 85 the rear end becomes non looptail with straight chainstays.

Title: Re: Ripper help please
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 02, 2010, 07:13 AM

theres a chap on here who should be able to help with some landing gear forks, i will nudge him