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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: southern andy on December 02, 2010, 02:50 PM
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At last :LolLolLolLol:
I picked this up a long time ago now and have slowly refurbished it over the year.
It did make an appearance at MK10 but in all honesty it wasn't finished. I finally got some tyres last week which was the missing piece of the jigsaw.
It's pretty well loaded with nice parts aswell
Ukai rims
Suntour hubs
Suntour Power stem
Maxy Cross crank
KKT Lightening pedals
Elina saddle
Dia Compe F+R 890's
Redline stamped V bars
Here's the original thread about it.
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=101720.0
I'm not entirely sure what year it is bit i'd hazard a guess at 81/82. The parts on this bike are virtually all original to the bike.
I know it's not a JMC or a Hutch but here goes.
Happy days.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/02122010995.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/02122010996.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/02122010997.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/02122010998.jpg)
and this was it at MK
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/01082010917.jpg)
Thanks for viewing.
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very tidy
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Love that ya Northern Monkey ;)
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Great job man. That looks awesome 8) :daumenhoch:
Good to see rare bikes brought back to life.
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Quality Andy :4_17_5:
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saw this at MK its a beauty :smitten:
proper old school :4_17_5:
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they finish it of nicely andy :daumenhoch:
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that is lush mate, nice1 :daumenhoch:
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Very nice that. :4_17_5: Propa old school :daumenhoch:
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tis absolutely lush andy,thank god you finished it at last :D
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Great job, looks ace :daumenhoch:
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Love it Andy - glad you got her finished in the end mate :coolsmiley:
Not too many of those Elina seats knocking round with the holes in the side 8)
Watched one of them go for decent money a while back on ebay ;)
If that seat came original to the suvivor bike I reckon your estimate of 81/82 is about right mate - I've got an original stock piccy of a 1981 mototrac wearing one of those seats :daumenhoch:
Looks ace :coolsmiley:
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Very nice Andy , certainly done that one justice mate :4_17_5:
It's something different/unusual with a few nice bits on it too , great job Andy :daumenhoch:
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If that seat came original to the suvivor bike
It's the exact seat of the bike John, i hadn't even noticed it had holes in the side.
It's something different/unusual with a few nice bits on it too , great job Andy
Different and unusual :LolLolLolLol: i do seem to find the rare bikes don't i.
Cheers for all the healthy replies chaps, i didn't expect good vibes about it as it's not a top build cost wise and it certainly isn't big named BMX.
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It's something different/unusual with a few nice bits on it too , great job Andy
Different and unusual :LolLolLolLol: i do seem to find the rare bikes don't i.
Cheers for all the healthy replies chaps, i didn't expect good vibes about it as it's not a top build cost wise and it certainly isn't big named BMX.
Personally Andy I prefer to see a bike restored like this than some bolt together NOS build , the fact that it's something unusual just adds to it's appeal imo ;)
I do think you should have put a pic up of how it was when you got it . (not everyone will click on that link ::) ) It shows what a great job you have done with it :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/nishiki2002.jpg)
Top job mate 8)
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:4_17_5: SUPERB mate. the effort shows.
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A fine restoration Andy ,have you re annoed parts , they look well
Oozes the early years of BMX , lovely bike :smitten:
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As always bud, I just love your work - those tyres were a labour of love to find though :shocked:
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Well nice that is :daumenhoch:
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Very nice indeed. :daumenhoch:
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Great Job :daumenhoch:
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Very nice Andy , a job well done :daumenhoch: . I remember a kid bitd had one , nice bike .
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A fine restoration Andy ,have you re annoed parts , they look well
No Christian mate, the crank, chainring, early Suntour Power stem ( note the angle) and the calipers were stripped and cleaned. I had to replace the DC levers and the seat post though as they were completely shagged.
The original Redline V bars were too shot and needed a rechrome, thankfully Paul Snav 69 came to my rescue and sold me a set exactly the same as the originals for the same price as the rechrome. Obviously doing this saved the REDLINE Stamp where a rechrome would have lost it.
cheers guys :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/p191/carpcrazyox/stem1.jpg)
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That is lovely Andy. Quality oldskool 8)
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Very nice, I saw it at MK :daumenhoch:
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Well done Andy, that looks great :daumenhoch:
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found these pics of the seat resto in my photo bucket andy :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1510.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1511.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1535.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1534.jpg)
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Really nice resto with period parts that is :daumenhoch:
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found these pics of the seat resto in my photo bucket andy :daumenhoch:
See Phil doesn't only work with metal, he's a god with other material aswell.
The seat was cracked in quite a few places, i was going to leave it as i was unsure on how to fix plastic. I dyed it red but it went burgundy. I took it to Phils when i was next round and he said he could try and do something at work.
Top man, he even managed to give the seat a textured look like how it was originally, then a trip to B&Q for the plastics paint and job done.
Can't thank you enough mate. :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
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no wories mate i was glad to help especially as i remember the original bike being riden
around bitd and couldn't beleive it was the same bike when we collected it:daumenhoch:
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hey andy
really brings back memories from when a guy had 1 in exactly the same colour when i used to live in southampton yrs ago
top job mate ,,looks the bees
russ :-* :-*
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even better now andy :4_17_5: ,,,and those grips set it off a treat :daumenhoch:
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Thats top class ANDY i would have that over a HUTCH or JMC anyday :daumenhoch: PROPER OLDSKOOL
WOODY :)
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well cool, evocative as fook :daumenhoch: my first bmx was a KLM Atomic Star with the exact same parts list except mine had red fatty n thin comp 2s, great build dude really nice to see :daumenhoch:
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Had to come back for a second look and seen the seat restoration pics; fantastic stuff even more proof you can save stuff from the landfill with great results. What paint did you use, was it a plasticote or something?
cheers
Marty :daumenhoch:
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Yes Marty mate, it was a plasti-kote paint in satin from B&Q. :)
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lovely resto andy, i'm just about to start on my white one :)
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Blast from the past !! Loved this bike 8)
Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours Andy , but if it's anything like that Ace you started 5 years ago we should be in for an update around 2020 !! .......... your as bad as me mate :-[ :D
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Blast from the past !! Loved this bike 8)
Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours Andy , but if it's anything like that Ace you started 5 years ago we should be in for an update around 2020 !! .......... your as bad as me mate :-[ :D
:LolLolLolLol: the forks for the ACE are being repaired as we speak mate then its off to Allen chrome for chroming :)
the forks for the Nishiki have already been rechromed and new decals are being ordered from Del on friday, just got to get the Ukais and the seatclamp re anno-d and find some tyres ;)
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Blast from the past !! Loved this bike 8)
Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours Andy , but if it's anything like that Ace you started 5 years ago we should be in for an update around 2020 !! .......... your as bad as me mate :-[ :D
:LolLolLolLol: the forks for the ACE are being repaired as we speak mate then its off to Allen chrome for chroming :)
the forks for the Nishiki have already been rechromed and new decals are being ordered from Del on friday, just got to get the Ukais and the seatclamp re anno-d and find some tyres ;)
And then send it over to me >:D
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Blast from the past !! Loved this bike 8)
Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours Andy , but if it's anything like that Ace you started 5 years ago we should be in for an update around 2020 !! .......... your as bad as me mate :-[ :D
:LolLolLolLol: the forks for the ACE are being repaired as we speak mate then its off to Allen chrome for chroming :)
the forks for the Nishiki have already been rechromed and new decals are being ordered from Del on friday, just got to get the Ukais and the seatclamp re anno-d and find some tyres ;)
And then send it over to me >:D
:LolLolLolLol: you can keep dreaming Marty.....still keeping my eye out for another though mate :daumenhoch:
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Looks great. :4_17_5: Something different. :daumenhoch:
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(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u405/tonytroutster/063_zpsrs5vb5hd.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/tonytroutster/media/063_zpsrs5vb5hd.jpg.html)
I`ve had this blue one for a while. Its almost next on my list.