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Title: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: brummie on February 01, 2011, 02:09 PM
hello

have got the above to choose from and cant decide so opinions por favor  :daumenhoch:
many thanks
like the 1 piece i think  :-\
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail
Post by: southern andy on February 01, 2011, 02:12 PM
It's always nice to see something different on a bike and a OPC is just that.  :4_17_5:


Flights are common, they're on most builds today but then they're iconic so why not. They're a lovely crank.


Personally i ain't got a clue  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail
Post by: sharp767 on February 01, 2011, 02:18 PM
maxy cross?
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: kungfunky on February 01, 2011, 03:07 PM
I have 3 of them, 1 opc, 1 flight and the 3rd will be opc..OPC's always look the dogs on a Ripper  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: Jt on February 01, 2011, 04:03 PM
i had a one piece on my yellow one and it looked mint.

its in the museum somewhere if you fancy a gander :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: Munnyella on February 01, 2011, 05:33 PM
Would have to be the flights for me. We all did one piece in the old days, because thats what we could afford, would have had flights then If money was there!

Love the look of flights too.
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail
Post by: meticulous on February 01, 2011, 05:48 PM
maxy cross?

X2

cheap as chips and look good on a ripper or quad....
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: dordymush on February 01, 2011, 06:02 PM
i'd sooner see a opc on a ripper.
i tried both on my black ripper.
ended up with a opc.
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: NORTY40 on February 01, 2011, 06:08 PM
Voted 1 piece Dave  :daumenhoch:


Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: brummie on February 01, 2011, 06:10 PM
cheers guys. thanks for the opinions  :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
1 piece it is young Joff  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: NORTY40 on February 01, 2011, 06:20 PM

1 piece it is young Joff  :daumenhoch:

Flattery will get you everywhere Dave   :-*


Looking forward to seeing the Ripper built mate .......... I will have one myself one day  ::)
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: sid1972 on February 01, 2011, 07:20 PM
no one I knew had flights?

Always a opc - so thats what I would use.  ;)
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: 58 delray on February 01, 2011, 08:15 PM
dave, i had flights on mine bitd and have flights on mine now, most people i new soon upgraded to flights or profiles bitd
me on my ripper 1983, you can just see the flights
(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/124cd2912fba31c.jpg)
and now
 (http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/124c6e346c16c8e.jpg)
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on February 01, 2011, 09:06 PM


opc on a ripper for me
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: brettypeeps on February 01, 2011, 09:12 PM
three piece for me
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: jT Racing on February 02, 2011, 08:15 PM
the ripper was all about the best materials and tech. best you can put on it i say
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: meticulous on February 02, 2011, 08:32 PM
there was only one reason why we all had 1 piece cranks on our bikes bitd, and it wasnt because they looked good....
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: Betty on February 02, 2011, 08:37 PM
One piece FTW...  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: Dark Diggler on February 02, 2011, 08:48 PM
TMFA round here

3 piece :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: hunterdubber on February 02, 2011, 09:06 PM
Aerospeeds   :D
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: hunterdubber on February 02, 2011, 09:14 PM
three piece for me

 :LolLolLolLol:

Bretty it's better to put a old school one piece on a Ripper
than 21st century twin pincher cranks  :D
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: brummie on February 02, 2011, 09:19 PM
Aerospeeds   :D

show off
have you always been such a fashion victim  :LolLolLolLol:
 :-* :-*
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: hunterdubber on February 02, 2011, 09:33 PM
Aerospeeds   :D

show off
have you always been such a fashion victim  :LolLolLolLol:
 :-* :-*

 ::) ::) ::)

Oh here we go  ::)

Cue the cowboy boot pic  :crazy2:


The Aerospeeds quote is a inhouse joke with me and Diggs ( more him taking the p1ss outta me  ;D )

besides they'd look totally wrong on a Ripper wouldn't they  :crazy2:

If you wanted to go 3 piece but not flights and not break the bank ,it's gotta be Maxy cross like in the old Shiners advert  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: jT Racing on February 03, 2011, 07:25 PM
opc, for burners, puchs and other girder based bikes.
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: hunterdubber on February 03, 2011, 10:41 PM
Although I think Rippers look good with a opc


I reckon build guidelines generally should be

Race = 3 piece

Freestyle - 1 piece


Sam we didn't all have 3 piece at the time . People who raced usually had 3 piece  ???

Although I didn't hardly race back then , more your street , ramps and pipe kid, I had a 1983 GT with Suntour VX .(lthey were only around £40/50 as opposed to Flights at about £150/200 I think ,, I later changed to opc and powerdisc  :)}

but I did work  in my school holidays and some saturdays , only way to get a better bike , because my mum used to give me about £100 for christmas . So she got my frame and forks , it took all the previous year to get the rest of the bits for it . At the time I had a Falcon (my 2nd BMX ) , that came from the shop with a Takagi tourney 3 piece too  :shocked:

Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: Swivel on February 04, 2011, 08:51 AM
I used to use 1 piece, still love em, only now am I building some bikes with 3 piece but bitd it was always 1 piece Tioga  :smitten:
Title: Re: PK Ripper looptail opinions please
Post by: lammychop on February 04, 2011, 05:07 PM
there was only one reason why we all had 1 piece cranks on our bikes bitd, and it wasnt because they looked good....

and thats a spot on comment
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