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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: skki3330 on April 06, 2010, 09:01 PM
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Ok picked up this Dp over the weekend as you can see it's in a bit of a state BUT there is some greats parts hiding under that horrid rattler black.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/S5031231.jpg)
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that will be a nice little project, keep posting up your progress :daumenhoch:
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you lucky dog... thats gonna be sweet... so come on... what did you pay :angel:
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can you tell me what the serial number is - looks like mine that was stolen.. :-\
only joking! :D
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Ok you really want to know what i paid your gunna cry! £16.45 and i got two other bikes with it! Garage clearance i will sell the other two for more than that, so you could say i got it for free.
It cant be your bike it dont have a serial number!!! i have been in contact with Steve from DP and he confirms it's one of he's bikes but it should have a 4 digit number on the rear brake plate BUT mine is blank so he is thinking it a very early frame so i have a VERY BIG SMILE!
Im in the process of trying to get prices for a re chrome or i might powdercoat it.
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other 2 - come on what were they and how much ;)
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if it was pink under and stamped then I would have claimed it was MINE that was stolen... :smitten:
thats a wicked price skki :angel: spend a bit of time with the strip and polish before you go for a rechrome... it could be pukka underneath :smitten: :smitten:
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cool find mate. ya lucky sod :P
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The other two bikes 1 is a crap mountain bike and 1 is a crap town bike really i got all 3 for £16.45 !!!! lol Bargin i think :P
I have stripped down and it's a bit rusty in places so it will need sorting today hold on ive got some pics!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/S5031234.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/S5031236.jpg)
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I like the sound of this
i have been in contact with Steve from DP and he confirms it's one of he's bikes
keep them coming :LolLolLolLol: :daumenhoch:
what a result you had on the price, well done
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Very cool find bud :daumenhoch:
What finish are you going for ?
Still goes to show there still out there and there are still bargins to be had...............just a pitty I've not found any................yet :'(
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Hey is that you Steve?
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Not to sure what finish im going for yet it depends on what the cost is really, i would like to keep it Chrome BUT i reckon thats gunna cost a pretty penny so im considering powdercoat either white or yellow. :)
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Yes, that's me.
Keep us posted on your project
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Ya lucky bugger ;)
Check out the museum section on here or the gallery on Steve's site for some ideas. You could also do something different and go for a never seen colour if you prefer :daumenhoch:
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You Lucky bugger... Enjoy I am looking forward to seeing what you do with it. :daumenhoch:
I would keep it white or chrome as that is all they were made in.
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Great find - and lots of resto to get stuck into - have fun :daumenhoch:
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Good find, always wanted of these :daumenhoch:
Be good to see how you get on with the restoration :)
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Ok you really want to know what i paid your gunna cry! £16.45
That is an amazing price... how many just ended up in skips though :'( now that makes me cry.
No tears from me though... I managed to get mine free :) :D :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/100_2799.jpg't=1270649131)
and its now getting ridden at every opportunity >:D
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Ace find and awesome bargain :daumenhoch:
One of my favourites in my collection and mine is also unstamped XL if thats an extra long frame :)
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mine's been waiting almost 3months for pads ???, not looking forward to building my flourescent pink GL if everything is gonna take this long :(, great buy tho ;)
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I thought i gotta bargin!!! free top stuff! lol
Thanks for all the posts guy's will keep you all up to date. Maybe after ive finished this one ill get on with the Diamondback.
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It was an utter fluke - I got it from my brother in law after it had sat in his parents basement for 25 years + it was one of the Ltd.Ed. GL Plus ones ( 500 only ) but I had to recoat as the Ni-Bronze was a goner... He really wanted it brought back to life, and I said I was looking for one - the only condition was to ride it, not sell it... which I didn't have a problem with 8)
If you check out all the bikes on Steves site that will give you some amazing colour-way ideas...
£16 for a early one is fookin result though eh... :smitten:
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Mate that is a result and not to sell but ride i bet thats easy with these bikes. :coolsmiley:
I have decided on what i wanna do IF i cant afford a re chrome im gunna use superbikedan for a nice white powdercoat as i have a blue anodized headset and crank ring holder again i will get both re done. 8)
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That rare creature the Superus Bikeus Danus painted mine and I tried to kill him by wanting an impossible colour ( to make the DP Ni-Bronze... we got close but Firebird Steve is still on a mission for perfection as he has a Ltd Ed frame as well he wants to paint) and losing the forks when I sent him the frame ( I never packed them in the parcel... :idiot2: they are now silver... and the frame is a pewter kind of colour - ;D WHATEVER )
If you want the best powdercoat... go to Dan :daumenhoch: ( just don't forget to put ALL the bits in drrrrrrrrrr )
I'm keeping mine as is for the summer... then I have plans for a repaint.
I'm still trying to get in touch with the lads I used to ride with hoping to hear then say "yeah my bikes still in the shed... do you want it?" :angel:
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have to agree with you Ed.......SBD is the nuts when it comes to finishing off a frame set, i broke my SDB cherry a few months back and now his doing another for me as we speak! just can't fault the guys work :smitten:
oh he's a top bloke to (i have to say this as he's bigger than me and could duff me up otherwise) ;D
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i broke my SDB cherry a few months back
wow... I read that all wrong the first time. :buck2:
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or did you?? ;D
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:buck2: back to the topic please... DAN RULES!
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All ready and waiting for me to take Superbikedan.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/bmx/S5031244.jpg)
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damn, looking at that i wish i'd kept my dp frame in chome. Instead i went for white, i wanted chrome, but i chose white, not chrome as i planned. :uglystupid2: Most firebirds seem to turn out white, don't they? Why is that? THat's so weird
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Yellow is a nice firebird colour :smitten:
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Yeah i wanted to keep it Chrome but it's very expensive and my budget will be stretched and seeing i already have another project lined up :'( still white is a good color for a firebird and i already have some blue parts......not to sure about yellow and blue. Any other idea's guys??
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what kind of rims you up to?
how about a white ghost?
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I like yellow :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff15/phantom-photon/Bikes/DSC00002.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff15/phantom-photon/Bikes/DSC00013.jpg)
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my fave of your fleet, too. Looks acidic on that grass ;)
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Haaha :LolLolLolLol: I knew the Phantom would not resist :4_17_5:
Yellow and blue would look cool - like a GT Performer :coolsmiley:
Sikki - you have to go with the colourway you are down like...
Have you seen the baby blue beauty? baby blue with dark blue, chrome and silver bits would be sweeeeet. :smitten:
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn135/buenosnhojes/jan10012.jpg)
like nhoj's one but with dark blue and silver bits... bit of white maybe... mmmm... MMMMMMM.... :coolsmiley:
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hmmm, that's slick 8). Was thinking dark metallic, chrome, spokes
or white ghost ::)
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I really like that Gulf themed Firebird :smitten:
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i'm sure they did neon green and pink aswell as chrome white and ni bronze, i had a white one in the day and hated it. swapped it for a kuwahara nova. that was beaut. looks ok that chrome wont coke and lemon shift the rest of the rust?
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i've just painted one flourescent Pink, it took about 20 coats to cover even :buck2:
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Aurora Pink & Signal Green :angel:
http://www.dpfirebird.co.uk/#/advert-17/4531700196 (http://www.dpfirebird.co.uk/#/advert-17/4531700196)
I had the pink one BITD :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/15441_1249129075902_1459731745_7064.jpg)
i'm sure they did neon green and pink aswell as chrome white and ni bronze, i had a white one in the day and hated it. swapped it for a kuwahara nova. that was beaut. looks ok that chrome wont coke and lemon shift the rest of the rust?
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didn't they once say they would do them in any custom colours as well? or am i imagining that? :-\
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I think the deal was that you could send DP your frame, forks or whatever and they would do them in any of the DP colours... mainly the pink and green... as the fluros were big at the time :daumenhoch:
Just realised its on that last link I sent :angel:
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Thats the thing it come with a crap pair of black skyways so im looking for a nice set of wheels.
Hopefully Dan will have the bike today so white it is, i woould have gone for a diff colour but finding old skool parts then become a mare.
Liking the baby blue though 8)
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Thats the thing it come with a crap pair of black skyways so im looking for a nice set of wheels.
Got a nice set of yellow z'ds in the for sale section :angel:
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Nice pearly white will be sick Skki... can't wait to see what you choose to compliment it.
'Firebird' Steve is the man for your decals :daumenhoch:
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Yeah cant wait to get my hands on it, it's with superbikedan at the mo. Ive already ordered my decals from steve should have them this week, ive gone for the Gen 1 with black lines.
Think im going down the anodized blue route but it all depends on what wheels i can get my hands on.
Ive also just bought another project so i have 3 now :crazy2:
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Ok just got my DP back from Superbikedan and put new my decals on.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/S5031263.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/S5031264.jpg)
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Nice! :coolsmiley: look forward to seeing this come together :daumenhoch:
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Looks spot on :coolsmiley:
I've always preferred the early red decals to the laters ones :daumenhoch:
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SWEET :angel:
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Looks spot on :coolsmiley:
I've always preferred the early red decals to the laters ones :daumenhoch:
+1 Looks fantastic :4_17_5:
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Yeah love these decals. well the easy bit has now been done that hard work is to come, i will keep u all posted on this one 8)
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Yeah love these decals. well the easy bit has now been done that hard work is to come, i will keep u all posted on this one 8)
what kind of thing you got in mind then... wheels? bars? come on spill it 8)
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Yeah love these decals. well the easy bit has now been done that hard work is to come, i will keep u all posted on this one 8)
looks sweet :daumenhoch:
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Looks Awesome especially with the older Graphics :daumenhoch:
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I dunno - DP forks look best in silver... don't you reckon Dan >:D
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Yeah love these decals. well the easy bit has now been done that hard work is to come, i will keep u all posted on this one 8)
looks sweet :daumenhoch:
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Looks great. l can't wait to see what you'll do to that lovely looking thing. Good idea witthe, aren' those the Glynn model stickers?