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Title: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Semi-C on December 15, 2011, 02:09 PM: I Inherited a Wilkerson Airlines F & F a wee while back and have (barely) assembled it with an array of odds and sods lurking amongst the spiders webs and bald tyres in my shed. I know it's an ignorant question I ask but, can anybody out there hook us up with some gen on it re: age, specs, anything useful/useless etc. It's on 14mm rear dropouts which I'm guessing isn't factory?, it has no AD lugs on the rear but could have provision for a coaster brake?? (not sure though, haven't seen it since Saturday...) Owt anybody can speculate or tell us really would be most greatly appreciated.

Ta very much.
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: beard1973 on December 15, 2011, 02:14 PM: I'd contact Orgasm Donor on here... Pretty sure he had/has at least one of these...

:daumenhoch:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=56055.0
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Dannywhac on December 15, 2011, 02:16 PM: Fingers crossed that if someone's 14mm the rear drops they've not cut the bottom of the forks off n'all :)
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: OrgasmDonor on December 15, 2011, 02:22 PM: awesome f/f, quality built by SE altho some early ones were made in house and had alignment issues with back end, i am led to believe that to keep costs down in the early days, ron got hold of some 24" fork legs cheap n adapted them for the 20" hence the fork legs. bars, grips, bashgaurds n pegs were also available. dan dare had a WAL with a coaster bracket which was the only difference to mine but i aint got a pic of that. a couple of pics of mine with later "juice bars" on.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0590.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0593.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0591.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0592.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0589.jpg)
found some pics of dans but you cant see the coaster hanger in pics
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0669.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0666.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0667.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0668.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n258/ODFLYER/100_0670.jpg)
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Dannywhac on December 15, 2011, 02:26 PM: Thecaptain had a WAL Riot part out a while back - his had the coaster tab:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=130809.msg1258314#msg1258314
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Semi-C on December 15, 2011, 03:06 PM: Quote from: dannywhac on December 15, 2011, 02:16 PM
Fingers crossed that if someone's 14mm the rear drops they've not cut the bottom of the forks off n'all :)

:) Thankfully not, they've been put to good use as leaf sweepers with a few sensible additions. Currently ain't using the bosses on em, kept clipping curbs.
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Semi-C on December 15, 2011, 03:16 PM: Good gawd, Orgasmdonor, them's sure are reet purty rides. It reminds me how fly they looked in factory colours with proper parts on them. I was just psyched to salvage mine but after seeing them, i get the nagging feeling that I should make a little more effort building it better. Many many thanks for your wisdom guys, top drawer.
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: rad_pitt on December 15, 2011, 03:49 PM: They're a sweet looking bike :smitten:
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: dordymush on December 15, 2011, 03:56 PM: i had the chance to buy one of these when i first got back into the hobby 6 or 7 years back.
lads wanted £45 for it :crazy2:.
i left it as i never herd of em at the time.
wish i'd have put it in the loft now :idiot2:
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: lk_97 on December 15, 2011, 04:37 PM: Would love one of these, such a nice frame and forks :smitten: made by a cool rider too :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: OrgasmDonor on December 15, 2011, 04:50 PM: Quote from: Semi-C on December 15, 2011, 03:16 PM
Good gawd, Orgasmdonor, them's sure are reet purty rides. It reminds me how fly they looked in factory colours with proper parts on them. I was just psyched to salvage mine but after seeing them, i get the nagging feeling that I should make a little more effort building it better. Many many thanks for your wisdom guys, top drawer.

the juice bars one was mine the tuther was dan-dares both have found new homes now unfortunately, great looking bikes tho and weld quality was unreal :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Discostu on December 15, 2011, 04:59 PM: I had one of these when they come out. It lasted 3days!!!!!

The rear dropout cracked doing tail whips! There is hardly any of the rear seat stay or chain stay tubing welded to the drop outs. All the first one were like this. Shockingly poo!!

And they wouldn't replace it. Bunch of cnuts!! :knuppel2: :tickedoff: :tickedoff:

I would never touch another one! :(
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: ED209 on December 16, 2011, 07:16 PM: Robbo has/had a sweet one... there was a red one on ebay... wish I'd got it now :(

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h50/the_robster/WALRIOT1.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h50/the_robster/WALRIOT3.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h50/the_robster/WALRIOT5.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/h50/the_robster/WALRIOT2.jpg)
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: lk_97 on December 16, 2011, 07:27 PM: How much would one of these set you back? :)
Title: Re: WAL Riot Knowledge
Post by: Robbo on December 16, 2011, 07:36 PM: Cheers for the pics Ed, this is actually Mr Orgasm's old ride as pictured above. Was an awesome thing and now it resides in Hawaii of all places!!! :daumenhoch: