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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: sawzall on October 16, 2010, 09:35 PM
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I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE OF THESE FOR OVER 6 YEARS AND HAS BEEN 16 MONTHS IN THE MAKING
BUT I HAD TO FIND ALL THE RIGHT PARTS TO BUILD IT AS CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL BIKE AS THEY WERE BUILT BITD
I PICKED UP THE FRAME FORKS ETC FROM ONE OF THE GUYS THAT ORIGINALLY BUILT THEM,HE WAS GOING TO BUILD IT HIMSELF BUT GOSSA HOOKED ME UP WITH HIM AND HE DECIDED TO LET IT GO,THE FRAME HAD BEEN BADLY SAND BLASTED THEN CHROME PLATED :idiot2:BUT IF MUST HAVE LOOKED SO BAD IT WAS PAINTED SATIN BLACK,I STRIPPED PAINT THEN HAD CHROME REMOVED
AND THEN SPENT WELL OVER FOURTY HOURS SANDING AND POLISHING FRAME TO REMOVE ROUGH SAND BLAST FINISH BEING CAREFUL NOT TO REMOVE BRAIZED WELDS BEFORE RE CHROME,THEN I HAD BOTTOM BRACKET-HEADSET-RIMS-HUBS-CRANKS-RE ANNOD AS PER ORIGINAL FINISH.ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS THAT WAS MISSING WAS THE S.J.K STEM AND THE CHANCES OF FINDING ONE WAS SLIM TO ZERO SO I DECIDED TO FABRICATE ONE,I ONLY HAD A SMALL PICTURE OF ONE TO WORK FROM,I USED CDS TUBE AND 3MM PLATE THEN I BRAIZED IT TOGETHER AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY,THEN I HAD SOME ALLOY STEM TOPS MACHINED UP AND THEN SHAPED EDGES BY HAND,ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALANGES WAS RE-CREATING THE DECALS AS WE ONLY HAD A FEW SMALL PICS TO WORK FROM BUT STEVE (FIREBIRD) STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND WORKED HIS MAGIC AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESULTS
BIG THANKS TO STEVE(FIREBIRD)FOR PADS AND DECALS
STIDDS FOR WHEEL BUILD WEEKSEY FOR ANNO ON STEM
AND MASSIVE THANKS TO GOSSA FOR SORTING OUT THE PROJECT FOR ME ;)
FRAME AND FORKS-S.J.K CRO-MO
BARS-S.J.K
SEAT POST-S.J.K
BOTTOM BRACKET-S.J.K
HEADSET-S.J.K SEALED SYSTEM
STEM-S.J.K REPOP
TYRES-COMP II NOS
GRIPS-JOHAR RADGRIPS NOS
BRAKE DC 900 NOS
SEAT CLAMP-SUNTOUR NOS
SEAT-JAGUAR AERO NOS
RIMS-ARAYA RE ANNOD
HUBS-S.J.K SEALED RE ANNOD
CRANKS-SUNTOUR VX RE ANNOD
PEDALS-BM10s NOS
CHAINRING-SUNTOUR 44T NOS
WHEELNOTS-HOMEMADE AS PER ORIGINALS
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lovely phil. :daumenhoch:
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Magic our Morris.
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Great fabrication work with the stem and a top restoration. :daumenhoch:
Matt
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hubba :daumenhoch:
top job as always Phil
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I am stunned by this, absolutely well done young man. The story, pics, result...just amazing.
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Amazing! You got a pic of the original stem?
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Great job Phil,
Glad to have helped out on this one for you.
Steve
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Totally awesome :Great_Britain:
Really look forward to your builds :coolsmiley:
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:shocked: that is top draw - just stunning!!! :4_17_5:
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Phil, love your dedication and passion with these restos, what skills :4_17_5:
Another unique build/find, what sort of year we looking at Phil?
Wouldn't mind having a look for some ads for this from bitd having never heard of this before.
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a masterpiece! :smitten:
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Phil when I saw this bike at MK10 as I said to you at the time it's one of the greatest builds I've seen - the pics don't begin to do it justice - the restoration work is outstanding as per usual and some of the unique parts are fantastic - just look at that headset for starters :shocked: :coolsmiley:
Top draw - one of a kind - love it :daumenhoch:
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Phil when I saw this bike at MK10 as I said to you at the time it's one of the greatest builds I've seen - the pics don't begin to do it justice - the restoration work is outstanding as per usual and some of the unique parts are fantastic - just look at that headset for starters :shocked: :coolsmiley:
Top draw - one of a kind - love it :daumenhoch:
Yep ,what John said :daumenhoch:
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Glad to see it ended up in the right hands :daumenhoch:
Immaculate ressurection 8) :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
Funnily enough I was at my cousins wedding in Wareham in August
, had know idea at the time these were made in that village :shocked:, is that where you picked it up Phil ?
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Thats a really nice restoration. There was an article in Action bike at the time they came out and I really wanted one.
I was forever getting loose headsets and the thought of having one that was a bit more heavy duty plus it was different was quite appealing.
Nice to meet one of the guys involved with building them as well.
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You are just too good at this............................ awesome Phil :4_17_5:
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Truly amazing work :shocked: :daumenhoch:
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saw this at mk it is trully stunning :shocked:
awesome resto ,awesome build :4_17_5:
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Quality...... real quality. Nice brazing aswell, i used to have brazing like that on one of my framesets. :'(
Also nice to see someone taking photos of their bikes against different backgrounds, i remember Phils Vincent had a Jap flag as a background. This photo complements the bike very well.
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Really nice that Phil, total dedication to the British BMX cause :4_17_5:
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What a fantastic restoration Phil ;) . Well pleased that you managed to source one after all that time!
Reckon all these old local british manufacturers are the dogs nuts , and im looking forward to the next one mate.
keep em peeled for that illusive Mud Cruncher ;D!
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as always phil totally awesome
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Awesome work Phil :daumenhoch: , the detail/time/dedication is second to none ;) .
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Phil you got skills mate.... :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
Simply breathtaking dedication :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
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blooming awesome phil!another bike back from the dead,i take my hat off to your resto skills :4_17_5:
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stunning bit of resto mate, saw it at mk and was blown away, nice1 :daumenhoch:
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:shocked: :shocked: wow :4_17_5: truly stunning
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Stunning build that Phil :4_17_5:
Your resto skills and attention to detail are superb mate :daumenhoch: :Great_Britain:
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blimey Phil ! you really are churning out some superb builds at the mo :4_17_5:
great work and dedication :coolsmiley: awesome dude :daumenhoch:
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Man, that looks fantastic. Another top quality restoration and top quality build :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :Great_Britain:
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That bike is fooking amazing.
The stem is a real work of art. :4_17_5:
Have you ever thought about building your own frames?
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thanks for all the nice comments guys :daumenhoch:
here's a few of your questions answered
fraz here's a pic of original stem i had to work from(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1793.jpg)
s.j.k produced bikes from 81-84 they ran the business from wareham but they were built in wimborne dorset :Great_Britain:
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Phil, glad to be of assistance mate! :daumenhoch:
As everyone has said, stunning attention to detail.
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that bike is awesome :daumenhoch: kinda picks up where cook bros left off, quality :daumenhoch:
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That stem is so cool :coolsmiley: had you seen an original bitd or was the pic all you had to go on?
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Very nice that you pay so much attention to a real classic BMX. :daumenhoch:
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That stem is so cool :coolsmiley: had you seen an original bitd or was the pic all you had to go on?
one of my best mates rode for s.j.k bitd so i have seen them before but that was nearly 30 years ago :shocked:
so it was only the picture i had to go on as my memorys a bit scetchy :D;)
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Phil, love your dedication and passion with these restos, what skills :4_17_5:
Another unique build/find, what sort of year we looking at Phil?
Wouldn't mind having a look for some ads for this from bitd having never heard of this before.
here you go paul
i finally got some batteries for the camera and
took a few pics of the feature and advert
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Absolutely awesome Phil :4_17_5:
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That bike is fooking amazing.
The stem is a real work of art. :4_17_5:
Have you ever thought about building your own frames?
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