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Title: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: balladof32 on December 13, 2011, 03:13 PM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/dk-general-lee-24-wheel-bmx-/260915817697?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item3cbfcb6ce1
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Dannywhac on December 13, 2011, 03:18 PM
The stem and the Graveyard sprocket do it for me :)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: lk_97 on December 13, 2011, 04:34 PM
That sprocket is nice, and isn't he blagging it abit with the powdercoat price, doesn't sbd do it cheaper than that?
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 13, 2011, 09:58 PM
anyone grab this £65 was cheap i thoguht
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: kev-s on December 13, 2011, 10:09 PM
bargin!! stem and seat worth that all day long
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: egg on December 14, 2011, 12:37 PM
i got it,i'm picking it up on friday :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: egg on December 16, 2011, 05:11 PM
picked this up earlier today,i think i got a good deal :daumenhoch: the guy even chucked in a set of wtp 3 piece cranks too :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b398/egg4130/gl.jpg)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: webbie on December 16, 2011, 05:21 PM
Result  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 16, 2011, 05:23 PM
welcome to the DK club fella, I gotta say they look pretty good in a 24, is yours a Tiwanese made rame like mine???
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: dordymush on December 16, 2011, 05:36 PM
bargin that was  8) 8)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: lk_97 on December 16, 2011, 05:46 PM
Bargain, like the sprocket, when are they from? :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: rad_pitt on December 16, 2011, 06:04 PM
Bargain and a half!  :shocked:
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: egg on December 16, 2011, 07:13 PM
welcome to the DK club fella, I gotta say they look pretty good in a 24, is yours a Tiwanese made rame like mine???

no idea? how can you tell?
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: egg on December 16, 2011, 07:14 PM
Bargain, like the sprocket, when are they from? :daumenhoch:

early 90's at a guess?
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 17, 2011, 11:32 AM
welcome to the DK club fella, I gotta say they look pretty good in a 24, is yours a Tiwanese made rame like mine???

no idea? how can you tell?
AFAIK the mkl's [USA made] didnt have the gusset with the star stamp [Taiwan made]
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Dannywhac on December 17, 2011, 12:02 PM
Eyup Mr Egg :) The F&F are Tiawanese made - DK moved manufacture to there in late 1999/2000. You can tell straight off with a pre 2000 DK by the serials - they start DK and then have the frame model, so a US made General would be DKGL (then the frame number), SOB's are DKSOB etc and are stamped along the length of the BB. Tiawanese made serials run around the edges of the BB.

There are Generals with the gusset that are still US made :)

The lovely sprocket's a US made Graveyard sprocket - from around 1998-2002. Score on the extra cranks as well  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Dannywhac on December 17, 2011, 12:13 PM
Here's a rough guide to the General Lee and year manufacture that I posted on the Museum a while ago:

last year for the OG 1997 shaped lettering (97-98 = blue and white decals, 99 = black and white).

There's a later '99 revision GL that had very similar decals to the OG one's, and came in blue and white but the lettering is 'thinner' and more spaced. These came with 14mm rear dropouts.

2004 marked the move of the AD lugs from the chainstay's to the seatstay's, and again a change in graphics (I seem to remember something about copyright issues with the Dukes of Hazzard). This also marked the move from US manufacture to abroad.


1997-1998 General (No large gusset connecting top to down tubes, 3/8 rear drops, US 4130, Old style decals in blue and white, came in orange or black frame and lugs on the chainstays):

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/97General-1.jpg)

Early-Mid 1999 General (Large top to down gusset, 3/8 rear drops, US 4130, Old style decals in black and white, various colours, lugs on the chainstays):

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/Early1999.jpg)


Late 1999 General (Large top to down gusset, 14mm rear drops, US 4130, 'thinner' and more space out style decals in blue and white, lugs on the chainstays):

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/Late1999.jpg)

Post 2000 General (Large top to down gusset, 14mm rear drops, Taiwan 4130, completely altered decal set, lugs on the seatstays):

(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff443/dannywhack/2000Plus.jpg)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 17, 2011, 05:32 PM
So is mine not a 2002 as I was led to believe? As my lugs are on the chainstays not on the seat stays as per the post 2000 models and my decals are different

(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/388470_10150517935496942_668306941_10341886_72326149_n.jpg)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Dannywhac on December 17, 2011, 05:39 PM
I should have said that's only a rough guide - need to ammend the post 2000 description - they moved the lugs to the seatstays in around 2004ish, so the post 2000's can have chainstay lugs :) And there's a load of different decals post 2000.

Whats your serial No Jaymz?
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 17, 2011, 05:40 PM
I should have said that's only a rough guide - need to ammend the post 2000 description - they moved the lugs to the seatstays in around 2004ish, so the post 2000's can have chainstay lugs :)

Whats your serial No Jaymz?
not found one, is it on the BB??
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Dannywhac on December 17, 2011, 05:42 PM
Should be, although I believe some of the post 2000's had em on the inside of the rear drops :)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 17, 2011, 05:43 PM
will have a look tomrrow, all i spotted so far was the C stamped on the outside of both rear dropouts
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on December 17, 2011, 06:11 PM
 :) Some DK (and lots of other stuff) on here.
http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2004&Brand=DK&Model=General+Lee+24%22&Type=bike

http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2002&Brand=DK&Model=General Lee&Type=bike

Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Dannywhac on December 17, 2011, 06:22 PM
Always forget about Bikepedia :) According to their listings yours is the last chromo framed General Jaymz :)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: Jaymz on December 17, 2011, 06:37 PM
Always forget about Bikepedia :) According to their listings yours is the last chromo framed General Jaymz :)
yeah was just reading that, the rest were hi ten and came in at about $200 cheaper!! So last of the line cro mo then, thats nice to know
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: egg on March 07, 2012, 11:30 AM
made a few changes to the dk.fitted some taller bars (moes) so i can run the weeride seat and fitted some E.K decals.well,hoffman doesn't make a cruiser :LolLolLolLol: my boy loves it :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b398/egg4130/ekgl.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b398/egg4130/boy0020.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b398/egg4130/boy0022.jpg)
Title: Re: general lee bargain for someone
Post by: john4130 on March 07, 2012, 05:08 PM
i bought a brand new dk 6 pack years ago, it had a made in taiwan sticker on the headtube. peeled it off to reveal a made in china sticker underneath it.  :LolLolLolLol:
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