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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: chubby on June 21, 2014, 10:08 PM

Title: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2014, 10:08 PM
Hiya midschool kids, this morales should be with me by next weekend. No idea what year the thing is & Know foooooooookin nothing about midschool I'm afraid but just know I like it !!!!!!.  Gonna need some wheels/tyres, brakes & foooooook off big pegs. Any of you point me in the right mid direction ???
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/22/uja9u5a5.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/22/uvy8e7yh.jpg)

Also claimed to be all og bar the wheels n that. Is it ????????
Looks like a dk stem to me tech 77 levers, oddy giro, dna cranks a seat some bars & other bits too  :LolLolLolLol:
Thanks my new mid buddies 😆😆

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Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 21, 2014, 10:24 PM
Also it's got holes for os brakes & looks like mounts for the 990 type ???
Would like some beefy looking wheels like them on the morales that was in botm last month  8)
What's best to go for fellas  :chin:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: EDBANGER on June 22, 2014, 12:21 AM
I can't help you with any of those questions as I know nothing about Morales but I do like your style with snapping it up because you like the look of it!  I concur, it does look pretty damn cool.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: Philbert on June 22, 2014, 12:49 AM
They were only about for a few years from around 95-98ish. Two generations of the flat land frame. I'd put money on that being a gen 2. There wasn't many gen 1 frames. Gen 2 was slightly more mass produced along with their freestyle frame the bts. Then they disappeared.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: gary4130 on June 22, 2014, 07:50 AM
nice bars on there ,have a look on the museum was reading a thread on there last wk about the different versions  8)
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: skidmark on June 22, 2014, 08:34 AM
Nice bike, I don't believe they came as completes though...just frame sets.  Parts are the right sort of era, give or take  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: griff on June 22, 2014, 09:22 AM
Nice that Rich, looks like a right chunky bastard  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 22, 2014, 09:51 AM
Did have a trawl on the museum & do only seem to be frames with various different bits. These kore bits do seem the most common though ???
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: skidmark on June 22, 2014, 02:24 PM
Well I believe Bob Morales made the early Kore stuff so there is a link.  Most Morales had Kore forks  :-\
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 22, 2014, 04:57 PM
Cheers skidmark, suppose if im after chunky wheels I need to be after triple wall jobs. Is this gonna be 10 9r 14 9n the axles ???
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: Dannywhac on June 22, 2014, 06:03 PM
They'll be 3/8" - wasn't until '99 really that frames/forks generally started getting 14mm - wheels beforehand, but most cut the rear drops to accommodate.

If you want chunky wheels to fit the time period of the frame, try finding some original Sun BFRs. Some of the first big'ns they were.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 22, 2014, 06:09 PM
They'll be 3/8" - wasn't until '99 really that frames/forks generally started getting 14mm - wheels beforehand, but most cut the rear drops to accommodate.

If you want chunky wheels to fit the time period of the frame, try finding some original Sun BFRs. Some of the first big'ns they were.
Is it "try" n find em cos they're hard therefore expensive to find ???
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: Dannywhac on June 22, 2014, 07:13 PM
They were plentiful fella, but as with most stuff in the 90's they got the doo-doo ridden out of em. No mid stuff should be mega expensive, you can get earlier and later Sun rims for £30-40 a pair if you keep looking.

Collecting Mid stuff's about waiting for it to crop up more than paying mega-bucks that OS goes for (no offence to OS), unless you buy from the Museum, there's cray-cray prices over there for some stuff.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: EDBANGER on June 22, 2014, 08:55 PM
Or you could buy NOS and build your own.  Cheap for a pair of rims I'd say........http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161099016065?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: ED209 on June 22, 2014, 09:17 PM
Or you could buy NOS and build your own.  Cheap for a pair of rims I'd say........http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161099016065?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Thats BMX City in Grantham... I got a chrome pair from there for my Pork.

If you want a decent pair of heavy but sealed wheels you can get a set from them laced to Prolite hubs for £40ish

A Morales is deffo on my wants list ... they look very dope.

Phil Dolan style.

(http://photos-f.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/1171200_185243874998949_2074123060_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: Dannywhac on June 22, 2014, 09:46 PM
Or you could buy NOS and build your own.  Cheap for a pair of rims I'd say........http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161099016065?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Which without sounding like an a-nus are the 1999+ ones me old mukka. Not that I'm saying being all era correct and that is what you should go for, but the ones that fit his build (imho) are these:

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What type of build you after though Chubby? Flatland or street/park? If you're off for flatland go for a Dolan style build like in Ed's piccy with HP-48 rims with a Perry front and a freecoaster rear with the same brake set-up. Street then go for the thicker rim and shlep either a freecoaster or standard hubbage on the back  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 22, 2014, 10:01 PM
Shlep ??? ??? ???  :LolLolLolLol:
I like the chunky look of the 1 in the piccy & also the 1 in botm last month, so suppose that's where I'll head  :chin:
Really appreciate the input fellas  :bow:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: brakedancer on June 23, 2014, 09:03 AM
nice that

some good bits on it too

its a gen 3 (coaster tab) so about 97ish same as mine

brake wise I would go 990's front and rear

tnt / redneck stem theres 1 for sale in the for sale section

love the kore parts  :daumenhoch:

pm me if you have any q's

*Nazi mod edit* Please buy a SS tag me old mukka if you wanna flog on 'ere  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 23, 2014, 10:08 AM
nice that

some good bits on it too

its a gen 3 (coaster tab) so about 97ish same as mine

brake wise I would go 990's front and rear

tnt / redneck stem theres 1 for sale in the for sale section

love the kore parts  :daumenhoch:

pm me if you have any q's

*Nazi mod edit* Please buy a SS tag me old mukka if you wanna flog on 'ere  :daumenhoch:

Awsome appreciate that  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 23, 2014, 11:49 AM
nice that

some good bits on it too

its a gen 3 (coaster tab) so about 97ish same as mine

brake wise I would go 990's front and rear

tnt / redneck stem theres 1 for sale in the for sale section

love the kore parts  :daumenhoch:

pm me if you have any q's

*Nazi mod edit* Please buy a SS tag me old mukka if you wanna flog on 'ere  :daumenhoch:

Just found yours & really like the big fat rims  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please
Post by: chubby on June 30, 2014, 01:48 PM
It's arrived today, obviously been stripped at some point & rattled with lacquer........
Hopefully the bars n forks are still kore parts not too sure now ???
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Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: brakedancer on July 01, 2014, 06:59 AM
looks all good chub's

I watch his video forks are kore ... bars are genetic

still you did all right for the money...( cant believe  I missed the listing ) :(

now the hunt begins for some nice 90's parts...

took me the best part of a year to get the right bits for mine...

but that's part of the fun......

if you need any help give us a shout.... :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on July 01, 2014, 07:49 AM
looks all good chub's

I watch his video forks are kore ... bars are genetic

still you did all right for the money...( cant believe  I missed the listing ) :(

now the hunt begins for some nice 90's parts...

took me the best part of a year to get the right bits for mine...

but that's part of the fun......

if you need any help give us a shout.... :daumenhoch:

Took forks off yesterday as the stem shaft is stuck like fook & they've aprebic stamped on the steerer tube ???
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: rodriguez on July 01, 2014, 10:46 AM
Googled Aprebic, they are a taiwanese fork manufacturer, still making forks today although for road and mtb.

My guess is they made a batch of forks for Kore.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on July 01, 2014, 10:50 AM
Googled Aprebic, they are a taiwanese fork manufacturer, still making forks today although for road and mtb.

My guess is they made a batch of forks for Kore.
Did wonder about that, they do look the same as other kore forks I can find piccys of. That means that the stem shaft is deffo stuck in them then  :yahoo_silent:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: rodriguez on July 01, 2014, 12:14 PM
Googled Aprebic, they are a taiwanese fork manufacturer, still making forks today although for road and mtb.

My guess is they made a batch of forks for Kore.
Did wonder about that, they do look the same as other kore forks I can find piccys of. That means that the stem shaft is deffo stuck in them then  :yahoo_silent:

Put the bolt back into the stem or hammer a bit of dowel into the hole to plug it, turn upside down and fill with red diesel and it'll seep down the shaft.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on July 04, 2014, 05:33 PM
All this midschool lark is confusing me  :LolLolLolLol:
Gonna chuck this thing in the van & bring it to MK hopefully one of you lot can give me a midschool crash course while I'm there  :bellend:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: brakedancer on July 05, 2014, 08:40 AM
All this midschool lark is confusing me  :LolLolLolLol:
Gonna chuck this thing in the van & bring it to MK hopefully one of you lot can give me a midschool crash course while I'm there  :bellend:

whats the matter then..?
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on July 05, 2014, 08:51 AM
Don't know enough about midschool to find the right bits for it bud. Wanna do a proper job so looking forward to seeing some mids in the flesh for some  inspiration 😆😆

sent by pigeon

Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: brakedancer on July 06, 2014, 12:15 AM
i didn't know a lot when I built my morales 

I used this      http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,131775.0.html

yours is a 97/98 so have a look at that era of parts,  if you don't know what they look like google image the parts...

I also looked at all the morales on the bmxmuseum

also google flatland bmx from that time...

anything by

graveyard
kore
peregrine
tnt stems or redneck
profile cranks
alex rims  for fatness.... ;)
990's
gt / primo seat
hp tyres/ v monsters
tech 77 levers
jive grips
gen 2 gyro
beartrap2  headset

give you a start....... :daumenhoch:


Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on July 07, 2014, 11:55 AM
Thanks chuck, should keep me out of mischief on the long summer nights trawling through all that  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on July 11, 2014, 07:51 PM
Tell you what, prices were steep in them days  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: jon83uk on May 22, 2016, 09:13 PM
Hello mate. Just out of interest did you ever find out the story behind your forks? Reason I ask is iv just got a pair of the same ones (aprebic on the steerer) certainly look like kore but I'm unsure? Also mate are yours threaded or threadless?. Thanks bud.
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on May 22, 2016, 09:46 PM
Hello mate. Just out of interest did you ever find out the story behind your forks? Reason I ask is iv just got a pair of the same ones (aprebic on the steerer) certainly look like kore but I'm unsure? Also mate are yours threaded or threadless?. Thanks bud.
Never did get to the bottom of it, some say Kore never did flatland forks with 990 mounts others say they did ???
Have had another 2 pairs of Kore's since & both have same steerer
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on May 22, 2016, 09:49 PM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160522/1630df331f4e480befc28e3d8a38015a.jpg)

Turned out alright in the end though

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Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: ED209 on May 23, 2016, 11:26 AM
Don't know enough about midschool to find the right bits for it bud. Wanna do a proper job so looking forward to seeing some mids in the flesh for some  inspiration 😆😆

sent by pigeon

you still know fuk all  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on May 23, 2016, 11:40 AM
Don't know enough about midschool to find the right bits for it bud. Wanna do a proper job so looking forward to seeing some mids in the flesh for some  inspiration 😆😆

sent by pigeon

you still know fuk all  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Got worse if anything  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: ED209 on May 23, 2016, 09:45 PM
Don't know enough about midschool to find the right bits for it bud. Wanna do a proper job so looking forward to seeing some mids in the flesh for some  inspiration 😆😆

sent by pigeon

you still know fuk all  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Got worse if anything  :LolLolLolLol:

you know I loves ya really  :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Enlighten me please, morales has arrived pics added
Post by: chubby on May 23, 2016, 10:16 PM
Don't know enough about midschool to find the right bits for it bud. Wanna do a proper job so looking forward to seeing some mids in the flesh for some  inspiration 😆😆

sent by pigeon

you still know fuk all  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Got worse if anything  :LolLolLolLol:

you know I loves ya really  :4_17_5:
Course I do,after all you did give it a medal

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