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Title: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: louisdog on August 06, 2012, 08:36 PM
Not many of these about!, never seen another.  This is the last of the Harry leary signiture bikes

Here's the picture from the 86 DB brouchure

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/Harry20Leary20-206th20generation.png)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0924.jpg)

Correct Factory spec:
F6 stamped frame
chrome 1.5 Araya 7x rims, black asahi nips, asahi spokes, suzue sealed hubs, comp 3 tires
Redline 400 flight cranks, sugino sealed bb, suntour xc11 pedals
dia compe 901 calipers, dia compe tech 5 levers
oakley b1 b grips, DB cw style bars, Turbo stem
Turbo seat post, suede Kashimax 5 gold seat, DB clamp

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0925.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0927.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0929.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0930.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0931.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0933.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0935.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0938.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt63/louisdog/100_0945.jpg)

Cheers  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: animal on August 06, 2012, 08:42 PM
Thats lush  8) Love the grey  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Jaypeg on August 06, 2012, 08:53 PM
very nice indeed.... :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: skki3330 on August 06, 2012, 09:05 PM
Yep thats the only one ive seen and it's very very nice  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: NORTY40 on August 06, 2012, 09:11 PM
Love that   :smitten:

Never seen one before , nice build mate  8)

What stem is on the one in the brochure ?
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Taipan on August 06, 2012, 09:12 PM
Noice  :daumenhoch: love that signature seat aswell  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: bobafett on August 06, 2012, 09:23 PM

Love it  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Gizmo on August 06, 2012, 09:27 PM
Nice build tim , looks spot on  :4_17_5:
As do all your builds
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Peter J on August 06, 2012, 09:28 PM
Love that  :daumenhoch:

Its nice to see a build thats out of the norm  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: AKGOFF on August 06, 2012, 10:27 PM
Cracking build :smitten:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: BADDH on August 06, 2012, 10:49 PM
  Awesome that ...bloody awesome bike... :daumenhoch:

The font "turbo" is just like on the eighties 911 whale tail 3.3 turbo Porsche....
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: steve69 on August 06, 2012, 10:54 PM

What stem is on the one in the brochure ?

Looks like an ESP stem to me.



Good looking build indeed  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: stidds on August 06, 2012, 11:17 PM

What stem is on the one in the brochure ?

Looks like an ESP stem to me.



Good looking build indeed  :daumenhoch:

The stem in the brochure is a Diamond Back long reach.
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: louisdog on August 06, 2012, 11:30 PM

What stem is on the one in the brochure ?

Looks like an ESP stem to me.



Good looking build indeed  :daumenhoch:

The stem in the brochure is a Diamond Back long reach.

:daumenhoch: Correct, searched long and hard for one, FAILED  :'(  ;D
does look like an esp though?
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: stidds on August 06, 2012, 11:34 PM

What stem is on the one in the brochure ?

Looks like an ESP stem to me.



Good looking build indeed  :daumenhoch:

The stem in the brochure is a Diamond Back long reach.

:daumenhoch: Correct, searched long and hard for one, FAILED  :'(  ;D
does look like an esp though?

One will turn up eventually, just have to keep searching.  It took me 5 years to find the R&R CR-1 I built recently.  Trouble is the damn thing will turn up just when you are at your skintest  :LolLolLolLol:

Beautiful bike you have built though, really, really top class.  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: steve69 on August 06, 2012, 11:40 PM

What stem is on the one in the brochure ?

Looks like an ESP stem to me.



Good looking build indeed  :daumenhoch:

The stem in the brochure is a Diamond Back long reach.
Not seen one of those before (so i stand corrected),

It has the same appearance, length, beveled sides and stepped top cap.  

Where they made by the same company/rebadged ?
other than the build spec on the OS-DB website i can't find any info on them  :-\
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: simon h on August 06, 2012, 11:53 PM
Outstanding job. Great colour
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: jimwise68 on August 07, 2012, 12:38 AM
Fook me that is nice, glad you got the colour sorted  :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Macmania on August 07, 2012, 06:14 AM
Beauty  :smitten:

Not seen one before, looks minty fresh.
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: brass monkey! on August 07, 2012, 07:21 AM
Thats a stunner mate  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: meticulous on August 07, 2012, 08:03 AM
its so nice to see something differant....   :4_17_5:


  what seat is on the original one?  it looks a little longer than a kashi?
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Andy68 on August 07, 2012, 08:36 AM
 :4_17_5:    :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: kungfunky on August 07, 2012, 12:55 PM
Thats a really cool looking bike right there. Awsome  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: Mattdub on August 07, 2012, 02:06 PM

Helluva job done  ;) , very nice  :4_17_5:

I'd be scouring the US for one of those stems ! ......  ;)
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: BMX1973 on August 07, 2012, 04:46 PM

very, very nice  :smitten: where did you find that gem?  8)  :coolsmiley:

 :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: TORKER mick on August 07, 2012, 10:12 PM
lovely build mate  :smitten: never seenone of them :shocked:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: matt on August 07, 2012, 10:36 PM
Very nice, there was a guy from Blackpool called Max had an original one of these about 8 to 10 years ago, iam sure some of the old boys on here will remember Max
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: monkian on August 07, 2012, 10:40 PM
Man, that's lovely. Hadn't see one before either 8) :daumenhoch:
Cracking job.
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: sparky on August 08, 2012, 08:59 AM
Very nice, there was a guy from Blackpool called Max had an original one of these about 8 to 10 years ago, iam sure some of the old boys on here will remember Max

I remember Max, he traded on ebay as 'uboatpirat' and was into military items. I have pictures of his survivor Grey Turbo somewhere and he was one of the first to restore a Leary, last time I spoke to him must have been 2006/7 when he sold his Grey variation. I have a feeling it went overseas, but I might be wrong. If I recall he had quite a few nice builds, E.T, etc but sold most of them.

Tis stunning that Tim.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: markyp on August 08, 2012, 10:58 PM
lush Tim,the colour scheme totally screams 86!!rare as! :smitten:
Title: Re: Grey 1986 Diamond Back Harry Leary Turbo
Post by: you-loze on August 09, 2012, 09:14 PM
very nice, always wanted to see one of these that wasn't the catalogue pic, good work!
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