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Title: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 04, 2010, 04:39 PM: not often you see them over here, just wondered if it was made a week last tuesday

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/old-school-bmx-SE-OM-Flyer-MINT_W0QQitemZ280487704781QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item414e5eb8cd
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: pkradman on April 04, 2010, 04:42 PM: my thoughts too .. not sure who the seller is , but its the same guy who had/sold the so called H inverted stem .. and i noted he got a neg feedback on that sale .. brings us back to the Q is it a real one ?? why say in the auction that its a genuine one check measurements ect ect ??
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: diesel on April 04, 2010, 04:43 PM: could be a JC - I was thinking similar
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: ozone on April 04, 2010, 04:45 PM: Why doesn't he have a full pic of the frame? Fishy? ???
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 04, 2010, 04:46 PM: Quote from: diesel on April 04, 2010, 04:43 PM
could be a JC - I was thinking similar

jesus christ ? when did he start making frames ?, mind you it is easter sunday
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 04:51 PM: Are OM Flyers made out of Alloy like the rest of the SE range ???
That looks like its made of steel judging by the welds :-\
I have no idea what i'm looking for though :-[

:coolsmiley:
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 04, 2010, 04:52 PM: Quote from: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 04:51 PM
Are OM Flyers made out of Alloy like the rest of the SE range ???
That looks like its made of steel judging by the welds :-\
I have no idea what i'm looking for though :-[

:coolsmiley:

ffs......mencap
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: martylaa on April 04, 2010, 04:53 PM: dunno something does'nt sit right with it, especially as its that seller who had the strange hutch stem...
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: diesel on April 04, 2010, 04:55 PM: Jonny Chopper made 26" landing gear plus he also offered the service of unstamped unidentifiable frames, forks and bars.
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 04:56 PM: Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on April 04, 2010, 04:52 PM
ffs......mencap

>:(
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 04, 2010, 05:05 PM: Quote from: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 04:56 PM
Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on April 04, 2010, 04:52 PM
ffs......mencap

>:(

thanks for your assistance Scot Breithaupt
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 05:14 PM: :wtf:
:uglystupid2:
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: jT Racing on April 04, 2010, 05:42 PM: it's not a floval snav :D
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 05:57 PM: Cheers, now i know :daumenhoch:
Like i said, i don't know what i am looking at :-\
I certainly didn't need some fcuckin knob taking the piss out of me >:(
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: jT Racing on April 04, 2010, 05:59 PM: ;D
pete loves you, he's just got no tact.
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: snav69 on April 04, 2010, 06:01 PM: Come to think of it, wasn't it the Floval Flyer that had Floval tubing ???
The OM Round :-\
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: jT Racing on April 04, 2010, 06:06 PM: http://oldschoolmags.com/tests/SE_OM_Flyer_BMXRacer8101.pdf

http://oldschoolmags.com/tests/SE_OM_Flyer_SBMX8111.pdf

http://oldschoolmags.com/tests/SE_Floval_Flyer_BMXA8205.pdf

;)
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 05, 2010, 09:26 PM: so who won it ?
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: se-bmxer on April 05, 2010, 09:30 PM: £819.99 not me
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: diesel on April 05, 2010, 10:08 PM: and not me
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: daz bmx it! on April 05, 2010, 10:52 PM: What you mean its not real? :shocked: ah shit! :-\

lucky it wer'nt me then :2funny:
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: the_wheelie_king on April 05, 2010, 11:06 PM: My bid was blown out of the water by such a margin that I'm too embarrassed to let on what it was now. I thought it looked great, but had a nagging feeling that something was a bit iffy too...I'm guessing someone on here nailed it?
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: richboy on April 06, 2010, 07:53 PM: my mate won it, :-\
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: Rodgy1970 on April 07, 2010, 04:32 AM: Wow!!! big bucks :shocked:

Here it is in the museum (with the snide hutch stem, looks like the seller got caught out with it to me)

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/se_racing/11965

Could be rare this fella describes it as

1981 SE Racing OM Flyer

"Rare Reynolds 531 model with mitered and holed joints"

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=182843
Title: Re: the om flyer on ebay...is it a snide ?
Post by: ozone on April 07, 2010, 10:10 AM: Quote from: rodgy on April 07, 2010, 04:32 AM
Wow!!! big bucks :shocked:

Here it is in the museum (with the snide hutch stem, looks like the seller got caught out with it to me)

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/se_racing/11965

Could be rare this fella describes it as

1981 SE Racing OM Flyer

"Rare Reynolds 531 model with mitered and holed joints"

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=182843

Love those blue 26" Z rims. :smitten: Would love a set of them. :daumenhoch: