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Title: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on March 30, 2012, 07:39 PM: Put the Bottema forks on my lightweight race ripper which i've not really done anything with for about a year,heres the original operation lightweight as i called it thread http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=125576.0 (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=125576.0),its got some really nice landing gears but it bothered me as they are really heavy , so always wanted bottemas and finally i got some , i think they really suit the frame also put my jmc dy pro bars on and the uni hammerhead seat with graphite post whilst i was at it
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Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: animal on March 30, 2012, 07:47 PM: Just gets better that bike 8)
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on March 30, 2012, 07:53 PM: cheers steve i haven't really touched this recently but there was only one place them bottemas were going , then when i was putting them on the renthals it had on i thought felt pretty heavy so i liberated the dy bars off another bike and the graphite seat was fractionally lighter than the other uni seat :shocked: think i got a bit carried away with weight saving on this i've tried weighing it with me on scales etc minused off but its different every time , i think its around 7.5 to 8 kilos at a guess
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: mark 2 on March 30, 2012, 10:25 PM: Loving that, beautiful. :-*
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: hotdog on March 31, 2012, 12:46 AM: That's trick.
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: rad_pitt on March 31, 2012, 12:54 AM: That is a stunning build - looks old school as feck :smitten: loved seeing it progress.

Oh, and your ~~dogs~~ wolves are ace :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: rooski on March 31, 2012, 10:40 AM: Those forks look great on there :smitten:

Really suit the bike :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: In2 bmx on March 31, 2012, 10:43 AM: Looks well cool with those forks :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: lk_97 on March 31, 2012, 04:02 PM: What's the weight? And do the JMC bars weigh less than the renthals? Either weigh, lovely bike! :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Gish on March 31, 2012, 04:06 PM: thats a proper sweet ride :smitten:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on March 31, 2012, 04:15 PM: :daumenhoch: thanks a lot , i tried weighing it with me stood on scales and everytime it was massively different but its between 7.5 -8 kilos i'd say, yes the renthals although aluminium are the superstrong ones so its really thick tubing wall where as the jmc bars is really thin wall so they are lighter
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: griff on March 31, 2012, 05:54 PM: bike looks ace
and your dogs... :)
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: NORTY40 on March 31, 2012, 06:00 PM: Very nice that Glen 8).... those forks are :smitten:

Are you finally happy with it then ??? ;D

think i prefered the Renthals on it tbh :-\ ;D
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: lk_97 on March 31, 2012, 06:35 PM: Quote from: NORTY40 on March 31, 2012, 06:00 PM
Very nice that Glen 8).... those forks are :smitten:

Are you finally happy with it then ??? ;D

think i preferred the Renthals on it tbh :-\ ;D

Me too, they went with the look of the bike better imo, still a nice bike though! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: stevochb on March 31, 2012, 08:07 PM: Thats one fast looking race bike. lOVE it :smitten:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: brass monkey! on March 31, 2012, 08:10 PM: Nice Glen ! :4_17_5:

Is that my old frame?.
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Jt on March 31, 2012, 08:22 PM: Looks fooking ace.

Proper bo.
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Darren KAP on March 31, 2012, 08:46 PM: That looks super sweet Glen :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on March 31, 2012, 09:11 PM: Quote from: NORTY40 on March 31, 2012, 06:00 PM
Very nice that Glen 8).... those forks are :smitten:

Are you finally happy with it then ??? ;D

think i prefered the Renthals on it tbh :-\ ;D

mmmmm know what you mean , but i like the dy bars as well

Quote from: lk_97 on March 31, 2012, 06:35 PM
Quote from: NORTY40 on March 31, 2012, 06:00 PM
Very nice that Glen 8).... those forks are :smitten:

Are you finally happy with it then ??? ;D

think i preferred the Renthals on it tbh :-\ ;D

Me too, they went with the look of the bike better imo, still a nice bike though! :daumenhoch:

yeh know what you mean , but i like the dy bars as well

Quote from: J.T on March 31, 2012, 08:22 PM
Looks fooking ace.

Proper bo.

cheers jt respecta to da max

Quote from: monkeybiscuits! on March 31, 2012, 08:10 PM
Nice Glen ! :4_17_5:

Is that my old frame?.

yeh matt still messing about with it :LolLolLolLol:, jase orangezippy remembers selling it you about 9 years ago, mad eh

Quote from: stevochb on March 31, 2012, 08:07 PM
Thats one fast looking race bike. lOVE it :smitten:

:daumenhoch: cheers

Quote from: Darren K.A.P on March 31, 2012, 08:46 PM
That looks super sweet Glen :4_17_5:

cheers bruv
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: ORANGEZIPPY on March 31, 2012, 09:22 PM: just dont touch that "sundance cycles" sticker :LolLolLolLol:

much nicer with the DY's.

just goes to show, bikes dont always need aerospeeds, flights or grafs to be top knotch.

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: waza04 on March 31, 2012, 09:26 PM: yummy ride............ :daumenhoch:

loving those forks! :smitten:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: rollin72 on March 31, 2012, 09:33 PM: top notch :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: MartyC on April 01, 2012, 05:43 AM: Looking good, great front end on it with those bars and forks :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: AKGOFF on April 01, 2012, 07:05 AM: Forks look awesome Glen and I love wheels that are radial laced. :smitten:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: hunterdubber on April 01, 2012, 09:52 AM: Pffffff,,Operation lightweight :yahoo_silent:

Have you drilled the brake cables yet ::)

:LolLolLolLol:

Looks like lighter than a basket of soup mate :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: RoyalTrux on April 01, 2012, 08:23 PM: Hotdamn! To the nines!
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: brass monkey! on April 01, 2012, 08:26 PM: Quote from: ORANGEZIPPY on March 31, 2012, 09:22 PM
just dont touch that "sundance cycles" sticker :LolLolLolLol:

much nicer with the DY's.

just goes to show, bikes dont always need aerospeeds, flights or grafs to be top knotch.

:daumenhoch:

Yeah, never lose that sun dance ca decal :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Mattdub on April 02, 2012, 01:45 PM: RAD ! ;)

;D at Chris' ref drilling the cables ....
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Julian347 on April 02, 2012, 01:55 PM: Sweet :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: xGoose on June 02, 2012, 10:17 AM: Mint, some serious kit on that bike! :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: SteveG on June 02, 2012, 10:29 AM: I like that. I fitted ARX forks on my bike when I first had it thinking Landing Gears were heavy. Then I went and bought some Tuffs !
The cranks look good too. They weren't very common when new. There were lots of Maxy Cross cranks around in the early 80's but most has 1 piece ones or went for Fight Cranks if they had the money and broke everything else.
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: kungfunky on June 03, 2012, 06:02 PM: Bottema's always look sweet on a Ripper :daumenhoch: lovely build indeed :smitten:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Devilock on June 04, 2012, 03:39 PM: Very nice Glen. :daumenhoch:

If weight is an issue maybe ditch the DX's...!! :)
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Badbaldie on June 04, 2012, 08:51 PM: great build , :smitten: nice to see a ripper without lg's and still looking right :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on June 06, 2012, 09:51 PM: cheers guys :daumenhoch:, i think i'm happy with it now ;D, i really like the rippers on skinnies i think with the oval tubing it just lends it to it
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: kungfunky on June 06, 2012, 10:35 PM: Quote from: Badbaldie on June 04, 2012, 08:51 PM
great build , :smitten: nice to see a ripper without lg's and still looking right :daumenhoch:

I've got 7 without LG's and they all look right....or at least to me ;D ;D
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: monkian on June 06, 2012, 10:39 PM: Nice mods Glen. It gets faster & faster 8) :daumenhoch:
Just a thought, would a hollow OPC knock off a bit more weight?
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on June 06, 2012, 10:40 PM: Quote from: kungfunky on June 06, 2012, 10:35 PM
Quote from: Badbaldie on June 04, 2012, 08:51 PM
great build , :smitten: nice to see a ripper without lg's and still looking right :daumenhoch:

I've got 7 without LG's and they all look right....or at least to me ;D ;D
slightly off topic ash , did someone have a pink freestyle ripper bitd i'm sure i have seen a scan off a magazine from bitd but can't find it now
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on June 06, 2012, 10:42 PM: Quote from: monkian on June 06, 2012, 10:39 PM
Nice mods Glen. It gets faster & faster 8) :daumenhoch:
Just a thought, would a hollow OPC knock off a bit more weight?

maybe as with the bottom bracket etc its not light the current setup , i think as dubber says i might have to get the old drill out anbd get some hole drilling done :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: kungfunky on June 06, 2012, 10:55 PM: Quote from: glenboy on June 06, 2012, 10:40 PM
Quote from: kungfunky on June 06, 2012, 10:35 PM
Quote from: Badbaldie on June 04, 2012, 08:51 PM
great build , :smitten: nice to see a ripper without lg's and still looking right :daumenhoch:

I've got 7 without LG's and they all look right....or at least to me ;D ;D
slightly off topic ash , did someone have a pink freestyle ripper bitd i'm sure i have seen a scan off a magazine from bitd but can't find it now

Well my 1st thoughts are Fred but I'm not 100% sure. I'll ask him and let you know pal :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: BMX1973 on June 07, 2012, 05:26 PM: nice ripper, nice dog's :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: DoubleD on June 07, 2012, 08:06 PM: Awesome bike :daumenhoch:: But the cranks ?? They are lovely, But is it me: Or dont they match with the bike ?
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: kungfunky on June 07, 2012, 08:16 PM: Quote from: Dannyd on June 07, 2012, 08:06 PM
Awesome bike :daumenhoch:: But the cranks ?? They are lovely, But is it me: Or dont they match with the bike ?

I know what your saying Danny but the whole bike was built with one thing in mind (operation lightweight ?) or was that someone elses bike ? anyway for that reason it works, far too many builds have the focus on getting everything to match and sometimes the point of building a great bike is missed. Now as far as I can remember BITD we got our bikes and put whatever we could afford on them, colour matching or not and usually it didn't match ;D It;s a cool bike with some top parts and it's as light as hell :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: DoubleD on June 07, 2012, 08:24 PM: Quote from: kungfunky on June 07, 2012, 08:16 PM
Quote from: Dannyd on June 07, 2012, 08:06 PM
Awesome bike :daumenhoch:: But the cranks ?? They are lovely, But is it me: Or dont they match with the bike ?

I know what your saying Danny but the whole bike was built with one thing in mind (operation lightweight ?) or was that someone elses bike ? anyway for that reason it works, far too many builds have the focus on getting everything to match and sometimes the point of building a great bike is missed. Now as far as I can remember BITD we got our bikes and put whatever we could afford on them, colour matching or not and usually it didn't match ;D It;s a cool bike with some top parts and it's as light as hell :daumenhoch:

You are so right mate.

we used everything usable to race our bikes and did not give a shit about top brands :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: griff on June 17, 2012, 10:33 PM: those donuts are looking a tad on the heavy side ::)
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: AusBMX on September 23, 2012, 11:58 AM: Reckon she'd be a whole lot lighter with a set of one piece cranks! Lovely build mate, reminds me of my own Ripper. Those DY bars are unreal!
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: CustardLips on September 25, 2012, 12:34 AM: Looks Nice. Wouldn't mind a go of that. Always liked skinny rims ! :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Devilock on September 30, 2012, 11:04 AM: Back again! Did you apply those Bottema decals Glen?
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: glenboy on October 03, 2012, 01:15 AM: no rich the decals were on them when i got em, why , i've changed the wheels to some 1.5 chrome arayas with bullseye hubs and 1.5 tyres so still skinnyish will update the pics tomorrow, the dx crank looks more in keeping now with the wider wheels i';d say
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: Devilock on October 03, 2012, 08:37 AM: Quote from: glenboy on October 03, 2012, 01:15 AM
no rich the decals were on them when i got em, why , i've changed the wheels to some 1.5 chrome arayas with bullseye hubs and 1.5 tyres so still skinnyish will update the pics tomorrow, the dx crank looks more in keeping now with the wider wheels i';d say

Its just that they're not the correct decals! No big deal though! I do like this build...looking forward to seeing the pics mate. Give me a shout if you sell!! ;) :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: meticulous on December 27, 2012, 08:51 AM: on paper this is bike is so wrong on many accounts, but i think its faultless in the flesh, and looks right on all accounts.... :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Burnished PK Ripper with Bottema M2 race forks and JMC DY bars on skinny wheels
Post by: BMX1973 on December 27, 2012, 01:34 PM: Nice looking bike :daumenhoch: