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Title: What the difference between....
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on April 30, 2012, 12:58 AM

Ok so what is the difference between a '82 team mongoose and a '82 motomag ?

am i right in one thing, is that the motomag has a hole in the bottom bracket to chain stay tubes 

but what the rest ?

cheers B  ???

Title: Re: What the difference between....
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on April 30, 2012, 09:10 PM

in yer own sweet time folks  :knuppel2:

Title: Re: What the difference between....
Post by: OrgasmDonor on April 30, 2012, 09:14 PM

ones heavy as fook n the other is fookin heavy, only being ever so slightly lighter due to the afore mentioned hole  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: What the difference between....
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on April 30, 2012, 09:51 PM

 ::) ;D it's a start  ;D

so apart from being 3 grams lighter any one else have a clue  ;)

Title: Re: What the difference between....
Post by: RATTY on April 30, 2012, 09:58 PM

The Team gooses were candy red or blue!
The motomags were half steel and half cro-moly frames so deffo weighed more! Components were a lot cheaper as well

Team

(http://www.google.co.uk/url'source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/7af843c6b8cc3e34c5c31a86fdd7d0c6/l.jpg&sa=X&ei=Mf2eT47ZFMXS0QXcyp30Dg&ved=0CAwQ8wc4Yg&usg=AFQjCNF9Df44TGQ5f_LRc1qnH2i5aLLG1A)

motomag
(http://www.google.co.uk/url'source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://bmxmuseum.com/image/79goose2_blowup.jpg&sa=X&ei=e_2eT4EZo63RBcqs7OIO&ved=0CA0Q8wc&usg=AFQjCNFktzdCFfb6TjH-Qsm2RcZ7smnKfg)

Title: Re: What the difference between....
Post by: stidds on April 30, 2012, 10:19 PM

Iirc the team had a flat spot on the rear right brake tube near the rear dropout so the chain didn't rub the tube and the serial number began with 'T'.

Title: Re: What the difference between....
Post by: Frosty on April 30, 2012, 10:40 PM

Stidds you recall correctly, check my motomag seat stay for a non flat and the evident chain rub

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y91/frosty_paul/Mongoose/DSCF1659.jpg)