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Title: holmes
Post by: Rory2 on January 26, 2012, 09:14 PM
holmes on ebay, need to sell as been busted for speeding on my ktm smc [gota go on speed aweness course] and need some motor bike leathers

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230734344508'ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: rad_pitt on January 26, 2012, 09:17 PM
That's lovely  :smitten:
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: thecaptain on January 27, 2012, 08:31 AM
whats the reserve?
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: SaMAlex on January 27, 2012, 10:22 AM
This is a VERY rare "Hard Core" Holmes. Taj rode one for a while.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: holmes
Post by: thecaptain on January 27, 2012, 05:25 PM
please explain alex?
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: BALLY on January 27, 2012, 07:00 PM
Chris Moeller loves having a laugh taking the piss with decals.. they only did a couple of batches of holmes with the fugly curved GT / murray style chain stays in 92 as there was a lot of problems with them cracking... they came with the Haro group one hot temper piss take decals or the country boy / molesternio rick your a dick decals... when they change the seat stays back to a  straight double diamond hardtail design late 92 early 93 as they kept the molesternio decals and also brought out the john holmes ruler cartoon decals ( see alex's yellow holmes) to rub it in as a lot of mail order places at the time would not carry the holmes frame, as it was named after a porn star.... why hardcore  well 1. it was hardcore or punk to pick your stickers off and 2. a lot people though those decals looked sh#t so they did about 20 black frames with just the knob shaped holmes decal on the top tube  .... see Tajs one on here

http://taj.transworld.net/2008/12/15/to-all-the-bikes-ive-loved-before/
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: rad_pitt on January 27, 2012, 07:07 PM
Chris Moeller loves having a laugh taking the piss with decals.. they only did a couple of batches of holmes with the fugly curved GT / murray style chain stays in 92 as there was a lot of problems with them cracking... they came with the Haro group one hot temper piss take decals or the country boy / molesternio rick your a dick decals... when they change the seat stays back to a  straight double diamond hardtail design late 92 early 93 as they kept the molesternio decals and also brought out the john holmes ruler cartoon decals ( see alex's yellow holmes) to rub it in as a lot of mail order places at the time would not carry the holmes frame, as it was named after a porn star.... why hardcore  well 1. it was hardcore or punk to pick your stickers off and 2. a lot people though those decals looked sh#t so they did about 20 black frames with just the knob shaped holmes decal on the top tube  .... see Tajs one on here

http://taj.transworld.net/2008/12/15/to-all-the-bikes-ive-loved-before/

 :4_17_5:
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: SaMAlex on January 27, 2012, 08:13 PM
Nice first post BALLY, some good info and that Taj link is great. He had more style than anyone!  :daumenhoch:

The story I heard about the Hardcore Holmes fits in with that, but Ive got a bit more. It was BSD's Grant Smith who came up with it. He was at S&M, stickering up frames and thought it would be good to do a brakemount less Holmes in black with the one Holmes decal on the top tube. Moeller agreed it looked good and said "lets call it the Hardcore Holmes"". They only did a few, that one time. Grant was stoked when he saw Taj riding one, and then years later when I got this frame off Ebay Grant told me the whole story.
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: Rory2 on January 27, 2012, 08:52 PM
thanks alex, i guess this is why you told me not to sell it, those taj pics are rad !
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: SaMAlex on January 27, 2012, 09:07 PM
thanks alex, i guess this is why you told me not to sell it, those taj pics are rad !


And this is why I really didnt want to sell it to you!!  :crazy2:
Title: Re: holmes
Post by: Betty on January 28, 2012, 03:10 PM
Love the fact that Taj rode a Holmes regardless of who he rode for at the time

Could the Haro piss take decals have come about from other teams riders using S&M frames?

Seen an ad they ran saying 'You provide the stickers, we'll provide the frame'.... or something along those lines...  ???

Haro decals....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m48/markw33/001.jpg)

Pic nicked from an ebay ad, it's not my frame...  :daumenhoch:



Title: Re: holmes
Post by: LENNY-LENTINI on January 28, 2012, 05:00 PM
I always thought Taj was riding a Holmes in Madd Matt

But my mates insisted it was a Hoffman.

?????

.L
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