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Title: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: oldschoolace on February 06, 2014, 07:17 PM: Hey fellas, i have found what looks like a cw z 1500 in chrome with blue and black decals and pads but cant find any chrome ones or that colour scheme on the museum... Any ideas?

Pics soon :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: oldschoolace on February 06, 2014, 07:45 PM: Here we go ???

(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/oldschoolace/CWZ1500_zps6ef2fbbb.jpg) (http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/oldschoolace/media/CWZ1500_zps6ef2fbbb.jpg.html)
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: fischflo on February 06, 2014, 08:59 PM: seems legit - even though bars obviously changed and maybe the forks seem foreign to the bike aswell very cool find 8) ...you can name it now ;D

found another chrome one :shocked:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-school-BMX-CW-Z1500-Pro-Motion-with-Spinner-forks-and-pad-set-/171179905875?pt=UK_Collectables_Bicycle_RL&hash=item27db1e1353&nma=true&si=p12uYguD%252BgRosUjw1uYcy%252BI2PaM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: oldschoolace on February 06, 2014, 09:14 PM: Cheers, interesting that the decals are plain. non og perhaps? can't seem to find one with the blue and black colourway.
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 06, 2014, 09:17 PM: Z-1500 only came in blue/white or pink/white. The one on ebay used to be pink, I know because it used to be mine and the bb still has remnants of the paint inside it. They were late production Pro Motion frames with Spinner forks.

People still need to remember that paint & decals are not indicative of a bicycles origin. Many an ebayer claims his POS is a GT because the sticker says so.
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: oldschoolace on February 06, 2014, 09:23 PM: Thanks Nick. I suspected the chrome may not be original on that eBay bike. Any ideas on the blue/black colourway?
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: That Swan Guy on February 06, 2014, 09:24 PM: custom I would think
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: oldschoolace on February 06, 2014, 09:30 PM: Yeah I thought it must be at first but the more I look at it, the more it all looks of an age. did people do custom stuff to this degree bitd?
Title: Re: CW Z1500 in chrome?
Post by: fischflo on February 06, 2014, 10:44 PM: Quote from: That Swan Guy on February 06, 2014, 09:17 PM
Z-1500 only came in blue/white or pink/white. The one on ebay used to be pink, I know because it used to be mine and the bb still has remnants of the paint inside it. They were late production Pro Motion frames with Spinner forks.

People still need to remember that paint & decals are not indicative of a bicycles origin. Many an ebayer claims his POS is a GT because the sticker says so.

:D :-[ :-X :daumenhoch: ....was beginning to wonder why i couldn't find another chrome one