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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: alfie on October 09, 2011, 03:55 PM

Title: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: alfie on October 09, 2011, 03:55 PM
is there a way to find out if i've got a supergoose or just a mongoose , is down to the frame number ?
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: kdw712 on October 09, 2011, 04:01 PM
is there a way to find out if i've got a supergoose or just a mongoose , is down to the frame number ?

depends


post up some info and pics  :daumenhoch:

mk1 77-81 ish had a T before the serial number on the BB

on the mk2, stepped rear drops, have to generally look for a three hole brake bridge

how ever in 81 to 82 there are many half breeds due to the old material /frame stocks being used
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: markyp on October 09, 2011, 04:02 PM
check out the brake bridge.if it has a hole each side of the hole for the caliper then its a super,if its just got the one hole then its a mongoose,im assuming you are talking about the gusseted geese??
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: In2 bmx on October 09, 2011, 04:16 PM
Ask John ( Bobafet )  he will tell you who made it on what day in which year .  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: markyp on October 09, 2011, 04:31 PM
Ask John ( Bobafet )  he will tell you who made it on what day in which year .  :daumenhoch:
yeah and where they lived and what there parents names were and what school they went too :2funny:
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: Badbaldie on October 09, 2011, 04:54 PM
Ask John ( Bobafet )  he will tell you who made it on what day in which year .  :daumenhoch:

he will also tell you the guys clockin card number and how many sugars he takes in his tea  , and what size feet he has ,this is the guy your looking for  :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/hh135/Badbaldie/184.jpg)
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: alfie on October 09, 2011, 05:24 PM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q43/pdisley/goose001.jpg)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q43/pdisley/goose002.jpg)

It's got  1 hole on a brake bridge

Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: Spen69 on October 09, 2011, 06:52 PM
Just a vanilla Mongoose bud - is it dull chrome or nickel ???
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: alfie on October 09, 2011, 06:57 PM
i'd like to say nickel , but i think it's dull chrome
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: Spen69 on October 09, 2011, 08:43 PM
Oh, watch out for the shark's who might have spotted the Bottema forks on that bud - if they're originals, don't sell them.... ever, unless you sell them to me :smitten:

Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: kungfunky on October 09, 2011, 09:07 PM
dont think there Bottema M1's Spen, I'm sure the drop outs were longer and had a taper at the bottom..
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: dordymush on October 09, 2011, 09:11 PM
drops deffo different.
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: kungfunky on October 09, 2011, 09:22 PM
they look more like M2's but even they had a different drop out. Deff not Bottemas if you ask me  :-X
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: Spen69 on October 09, 2011, 09:27 PM
Never mind lads, just making sure some shark didn't swoop in - it's a public service we offer up here in Sheffield you know :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: dordymush on October 09, 2011, 09:29 PM
i had a similar set a good while back on an old DB.
was told they might be webco.
still cool forks though.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v229/dordymush/bmx/Picture018.jpg)
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: kungfunky on October 09, 2011, 09:40 PM
if they are Webco I'd say there still worth a fair few pennies.
Hear what your saying spen  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: 58 delray on October 09, 2011, 10:41 PM
deffo not bottema's (i have a set)
 they are not webco's either (webco's were box section)
they look like cheap bottema m2 copys to me

webco

(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/11344e9213b6659e6.jpg)

bottema m1 skatepark and m2 race

(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/11344e9213b64a09e.jpg)

m2 skatepark

(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/11344e9213b635890.jpg)

notice the leg is longer on the bottema's  :daumenhoch:
and on the race version the dropout is at the bottom of the leg  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: dordymush on October 09, 2011, 11:14 PM
they did round tubed ones as well andy.

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/webco/50679
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: 58 delray on October 10, 2011, 12:27 PM
they did round tubed ones as well andy.

http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/webco/50679

indeed they did dave but they aren't whats on this goose, the dropouts on the webco forks are longer like redline or the M1 bottema, the ones on this goose are like the M2 dropout.

round webco, notice length of dropout

(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/11344e92d60a7c55b.jpg)
Title: Re: Supergoose or mongoose
Post by: dordymush on October 10, 2011, 02:22 PM
i never did get to the end of what mine was.
welds were lovely and were as light as owt.

could do with now tbh lol.
wish i'd never sold em.
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