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Title: Identify this frame?
Post by: Taipan on January 03, 2013, 01:49 PM: looks kinda Ripperish? ??? open link ;)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-skool-bmx-/281045995988?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item416fa591d4
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: double chevron on January 03, 2013, 02:06 PM: From a distance, certainly.

Do not ever get too close
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: griff on January 03, 2013, 02:09 PM: dib dobs kickstand if you split :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: jimwise68 on January 03, 2013, 02:16 PM: Could be a Ripper, the frame has snapped ;D
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Post by: diesel on January 03, 2013, 02:25 PM: Asco?
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: griff on January 03, 2013, 02:29 PM: Quote from: diesel on January 03, 2013, 02:25 PM
Asco?

don't think it's an asco
well not like my old one anyway, round TT and dropouts look different
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ad120/gr1ff1ngton/P1040710.jpg)
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: Dannywhac on January 03, 2013, 02:30 PM: Ikea?
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: hunterdubber on January 03, 2013, 02:35 PM: That Asco Griff ,,like floval shaped down tube but,,, with steel tubing or is it oval ? :-\

the rear definately looks steel

different ,,, I like it :)
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on January 03, 2013, 02:50 PM: Definately quality rings home with all the top brand parts listed :daumenhoch:

"It has torka decals but looks more like a pk ripper, it has a suntour sr stem and victory pedals".

Looks like a Stratton Aero :-\
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: jimwise68 on January 03, 2013, 02:51 PM: :LolLolLolLol: must have won a few races with those Victory pedals. :buck2:
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: hunterdubber on January 03, 2013, 02:56 PM: Quote from: Londonhellboy on January 03, 2013, 02:50 PM
Definately quality rings home with all the top brand parts listed :daumenhoch:

"It has torka decals but looks more like a pk ripper, it has a suntour sr stem and victory pedals

Suntour SR stem ? :crazy2:

Suntour bottom and SR top ??? :LolLolLolLol: maybe not
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on January 03, 2013, 03:00 PM: PS:- "There is a small crack near the seat where the downtube meets the rear of the frame but can easily tig welded"

Why Tig weld something that has bubble gum welds in the first place ;D
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: Badbaldie on January 03, 2013, 03:01 PM: its a stinger .... buy it and you'll get stung ???
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: hunterdubber on January 03, 2013, 03:13 PM: Not a Lew ways Stinger Aero Lenny :-\
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: john4130 on January 03, 2013, 03:38 PM: the decal looks like it says todler on the downtube. :D
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: Taipan on January 03, 2013, 03:46 PM: I have been told that a good few years ago a load of Ripper copies were made up possibly from china so could be a "PK Ripp-off" frames?
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: senzo milano on January 03, 2013, 08:04 PM: Looks a little to a Batavus to me ( the dutch make ) later in the 80 tie's they used frame's from akitsu :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Identify this frame?
Post by: bobbbbsy on January 12, 2013, 11:11 PM: Quote from: bullseye on January 03, 2013, 03:46 PM
I have been told that a good few years ago a load of Ripper copies were made up possibly from china so could be a "PK Ripp-off" frames?

its a chinese ripper ? thats the worst id i ever heard ! :LolLolLolLol:

well i won it. i tried to id it but at the end of the day if somethings weird and different its for me . i dont need a positive id before i get something. thats not what its all about to me ! :P