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Title: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: trickystar on December 28, 2012, 11:34 PM

I got offered some 4 piece bars today and im trying to date them to see if they will suit some of my midschool builds as i dont want them all to have the same bars .Ive already got builds for my slams,castillos and dirt bars the bars i dont know about are dk 4 piece same as on us ebay at the moment powerlite 4 piece and hoffman low drag. Any ideas or help please.

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: Mdbh on December 29, 2012, 07:36 AM

Lets see a pic dude:)

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: kev-s on December 29, 2012, 08:35 AM

just been through my mail order scans

dk 4 piece first show up in 1999 in winstanleys ad

powerlite 4 piece first appear in oct 1995 in custom riders ad

hoffman low drag normal first show up in oct 1995 in custom riders

hoffman low drag oversized first show up in  oct 1997 in custom riders ad

hoffman low drag were also remade in 2003 but have a slightly different shape

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: OrgasmDonor on December 29, 2012, 08:52 AM

Dk four piece must be earlier than that  ???

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: Dannywhac on December 29, 2012, 11:28 AM

Quote from: OrgasmDonor on December 29, 2012, 08:52 AM

Dk four piece must be earlier than that  ???

Yeah - they've been around waaay longer - late 80's?

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: Dark Diggler on December 29, 2012, 11:34 AM

Gen 1 Kastans were 80's wernt they? (with a powerbend I think)

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: kev-s on December 29, 2012, 02:46 PM

custom riders had dk freestyle bars and backyard just had dk in their handlebar section in their ads in 1994 but the first mention of dk 4 piece bars in any of the ads is in 1999 in winstanleys ad

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: Dannywhac on December 29, 2012, 02:53 PM

Quote from: kev s on December 29, 2012, 02:46 PM

custom riders had dk freestyle bars and backyard just had dk in their handlebar section in their ads in 1994 but the first mention of dk 4 piece bars in any of the ads is in 1999 in winstanleys ad

Yeah Kev - the freestyle bars are the 4-piece one's  :daumenhoch:

From memory, they sort of re-hashed them in the late 90's due to the popularity of Moe's, Castillo's and Strip Bars. If you have a look on the Museum, you'll see the 4-piece DK's all have the older DK logo on 'em that DK stopped using post 95/6ish :)

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: kev-s on December 29, 2012, 09:48 PM

ahh k cool, cheers :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: nosepickben on December 30, 2012, 07:45 PM

I have some DK 4pc on my oldschool racebike, I thought they were from around 1990/91/92..??. Old Dk logo is on the sticker. They look like fred'z bars if that helps, stem tube is about 5 inches long and extends out beyond the base of the upward tubes.

Title: Re: Various 4 piece bars HELP!
Post by: Twesnik on February 04, 2013, 09:33 AM

What about MCS-Ron-C.
Early´90ish.....
I'll just might,let them go!
 ;)