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Title: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: reay900tap on May 16, 2010, 06:51 PM
yesterday at my local park I noticed some kid rolling around on a chrome bike, 1st thing that caught my attention was the brake bridge, and then the seat stay seat tube junction..
next up I noticed the cranks..stem.. wtf man..
I asked him where he got from? his dad works at the local tip and brought it home one day!?!?

ok next up.. how much kid..?

after much ummm and arring we agreed on 25 nicka..

so, did I get a bargin?

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really not sure what to do with it yet, restore it? or just punt it on for parts? what ever happens the end view is to sell as I already have to many bikes.
the bars were removed by him,  but are included he just got to get them to me, hopefully there starbars!
already searched up star products etc but any other info on parts etc would be great?
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: brummie on May 16, 2010, 07:00 PM
give ya £25 for the cranks  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: reay900tap on May 16, 2010, 07:08 PM
hmmm so if people want to pm serious :daumenhoch: offers, I guess it'll help me make up my mind, I just mentioned to my girlfriend about possibly restoring it 1st..
never knew she could shout that loud ;D

edit..
if I do decide to sell it will be in the for sale section, but 1st I guess I need to decide, then research its value..
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: downhill3375 on May 16, 2010, 07:12 PM
nice find  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: eamonn on May 16, 2010, 07:12 PM
put it in for sale with prices if youre selling it
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: berndott on May 16, 2010, 07:22 PM

nice 83 pre GHP  :4_17_5:

no bars on it  ???
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: steve on May 16, 2010, 07:24 PM
well done :4_17_5:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: dan-dare on May 16, 2010, 07:35 PM
amazing :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: ron burgundy on May 16, 2010, 07:40 PM
That frame set is rare as fook, unreal find :shocked:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: reay900tap on May 16, 2010, 07:45 PM
put it in for sale with prices if youre selling it

I will,  if and when I've made my mind up..
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: reay900tap on May 16, 2010, 07:48 PM

nice 83 pre GHP  :4_17_5:

no bars on it  ???

the lad had some horrible bars that he had fitted, so he kept them and has promised to get the orginal bars back to me by next weekend, hopefully starbars :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: bobafett on May 16, 2010, 07:51 PM

Score of the year I reckon  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: magna13 on May 16, 2010, 07:55 PM
never seen a pre GHP f+f before, i'd deffo keep it :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: berndott on May 16, 2010, 08:01 PM

that is the frame, greg hill is doing 100 retro sets at the moment....
afaik only one original showed in the us museum  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on May 16, 2010, 08:03 PM

cool ray, worth a small fortune
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: Moose on May 16, 2010, 08:08 PM
What a shitter - I'll relieve you of the POS for £50  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: eamonn on May 16, 2010, 08:08 PM
put it in for sale with prices if youre selling it

I will,  if and when I've made my mind up..


keep it
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: pickle on May 16, 2010, 08:15 PM
hmmm so if people want to pm serious :daumenhoch: offers, I guess it'll help me make up my mind, I just mentioned to my girlfriend about possibly restoring it 1st..
never knew she could shout that loud ;D

edit..
if I do decide to sell it will be in the for sale section, but 1st I guess I need to decide, then research its value..

well first you'll need to get a site supporter tag  ;)
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: harris on May 16, 2010, 08:16 PM
ray knows pickle   :daumenhoch:

that pups a nice 4 figure sum   well done.
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: reay900tap on May 16, 2010, 08:24 PM
hmmm so if people want to pm serious :daumenhoch: offers, I guess it'll help me make up my mind, I just mentioned to my girlfriend about possibly restoring it 1st..
never knew she could shout that loud ;D

edit..
if I do decide to sell it will be in the for sale section, but 1st I guess I need to decide, then research its value..

well first you'll need to get a site supporter tag  ;)


tbh I have never had a tag,  I will sort that now tho
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: Jon The Bassist on May 16, 2010, 08:52 PM
Amazing :daumenhoch:

I never find so much as feckin old dustcap  >:(  Mind you, I've had and sold some great bikes over the years, so perhaps it's karma  :-\
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: dordymush on May 16, 2010, 10:55 PM
and i thought my pound gt pro frame was a good buy today  :shocked:.
i'd deffo restore that up.
no way would that be sold.
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: Bigplinky on May 16, 2010, 11:17 PM
Split it, stick it on the bay and watch the cash roll in  :daumenhoch:

Man I would love that  :smitten:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: TrulyOdd on May 17, 2010, 06:29 AM
sick frame and forks!    probably an 83, those are the 3rd gen Star decals...used right before the name was switched to GHP.   


i still have my original Star that i bought off my buddy, Kevin McCarthy in 82....who was factory Star pro rider.   it was the only bike i kept from back in the day.   

congrats, you definitely scored.   :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: OrgasmDonor on May 17, 2010, 12:48 PM
frosty on here has one too, the rear dropouts changed as well as the decs :daumenhoch: also looks like the forks got a likkle fatter also  :)
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: martylaa on May 17, 2010, 01:08 PM
very nice don't think i'm gonna be able to afford this if it does go up for sale though :(
hope ya gonna give the lad his shirt back though when ya do sell it  :LolLolLolLol:
good luck crackin score
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: daz bmx it! on May 17, 2010, 07:11 PM
Fookin speechless!  :shocked:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: TrulyOdd on May 17, 2010, 07:50 PM
would love to see frosty's :)

yes the rear dropouts changed too in the switch from Star to GHP.
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: reay900tap on May 17, 2010, 09:48 PM
"hope ya gonna give the lad his shirt back though when ya do sell it "

haha, ya know I felt proper guilty yesterday after all the hype overs this, honestly thought it was worth a couple of hundred quid at the most...

but, if I hadn't have brought it off him, it would have been trashed (there wasn't any blue paint on it when I 1st spotted it) .. he told me it came with a blue brake thats now in the bin some where??.. he was going to fit some other cranks etc etc..
he and his friends are always on different bikes, so a good save I think..


to help ease my guilt I've got together a little bundle of parts I have kicking around, V1 flybikes simple flat frame, oddy forks oddy wheels etc, all in used condition, but I guess it'll get him rolling again ;)



Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on May 17, 2010, 09:51 PM


nice one ray
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: markyp on May 17, 2010, 09:52 PM
if they turn out to be star bars then first dib dobs please ::)  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: Mattdub on May 17, 2010, 10:06 PM
Was a good save Ray  ;) , it sounds like it could've ended up being proper hot rodded !  ;D
Title: Re: pretty cool and rare? bike that came my way for 25 quid..
Post by: Bettyswallocks on May 17, 2010, 11:16 PM
Nice find..  :daumenhoch:

Just out of interest how many pm's have you had offering to buy parts or the complete bike?
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