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Title: Dirt Bros
Post by: WINI on February 06, 2015, 01:07 PM
Finally finished tinkering a little with a nice rider Dirt Bros I bought some time ago. I love this, makes an awesome rider and feels really stable for an old/mid crossover. The couple of parts I changed were in keeping with the patina of the survivor.

83 TA XL frame
Haro forks
Peregrine rear, 80's tuff front
Elina LB seat
Shimano DX
Hoffman bars
DC 880/901
GT stem and post
Dirt Bros chainwheel
Jive grips

(http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy339/thewinsta/abe0468e591c01e5f0053b99b51e2b34_zps5a5fc0f5.jpg)

(http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy339/thewinsta/781a4f4792bda0bab4228675a7cf8cba_zpsca57d769.jpg)

(http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy339/thewinsta/d231bf546a7c4aebc9a2d5b940e303aa_zps04b814e2.jpg)




Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: Dannywhac on February 06, 2015, 01:34 PM
Lovely that is Mark  :daumenhoch:

Sooooo - were you the git that outbid me on that DB sprocket  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: nosepickben on February 06, 2015, 01:39 PM
A bit o'class that.  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: WINI on February 06, 2015, 01:48 PM
Lovely that is Mark  :daumenhoch:

Sooooo - were you the git that outbid me on that DB sprocket  :LolLolLolLol:

Wasn't me Danny! This came complete last summer. I bet there were a few bidding on that though, surprised I never clocked it  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: bobbbbsy on February 06, 2015, 01:49 PM
frankenstein . love it.
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: ED209 on February 06, 2015, 01:54 PM
who knew you had it in you Mark ... BOTM that for me  E A S I L Y  :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: Dark Diggler on February 06, 2015, 01:59 PM
Nice is that  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: WINI on February 06, 2015, 02:32 PM
Can't take all the credit Ed, it was almost there when I got it. Changed the tuff, seat post and brake is all  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: bobbbbsy on February 06, 2015, 02:50 PM
were all the dirt bros  ta derivatives a direct 84 ta ? i thought some just used the seat tube ?!
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: oldtired on February 06, 2015, 04:03 PM
 :4_17_5: tops that Mark,  worthy of approval from the LLP crew :daumenhoch:

bars look more like Bully's than Hoffy's though? , didn't think Hoffy's had knurling on em ?  i'm probs wrong though (may be the photo ) :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: nosepickben on February 06, 2015, 07:57 PM
were all the dirt bros  ta derivatives a direct 84 ta ? i thought some just used the seat tube ?!

Yep, the original dirt bros f&f was a standard TA frame with redline forks. They were surplus items that were bought up cheap, re-stickered (re-imaged too) and put out there by a group of guys that were shredding san diego. They had the right image at the right time. God knows how many f&f's they broke. They weren't the strongest.
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: bobbbbsy on February 06, 2015, 08:07 PM
cool. should have kept them till 2015 ..  :D

craig fisher said he tried to break an 84 ta but never succeeded. i think he did mostly dirt and racing tho.
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: brummie on February 06, 2015, 08:12 PM
this is an original dirt bros ta
i bought it from dan harris who imported it from the states
kaner had it off me and here she now is
i think dan changed the chainring from an oddy one, other than that and the front tuff it is how it was
it came with semi pros and gt fat freestyle tyres
they used haro and redline forks ( or anything they could get their hands on by all accounts  ;D )
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: nosepickben on February 06, 2015, 08:24 PM
cool. should have kept them till 2015 ..  :D

craig fisher said he tried to break an 84 ta but never succeeded. i think he did mostly dirt and racing tho.

Chris Hardy broke his dirt bros TA 180'ing a set of stairs, no more than 5-6 steps. Headtube came clean off..!!
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: bobbbbsy on February 06, 2015, 08:45 PM
ouch.
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: ED209 on February 06, 2015, 08:55 PM
Put it upon Instagram ... yanks be lovin it  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: rodriguez on February 06, 2015, 10:07 PM
love it   :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: WINI on February 07, 2015, 07:47 AM
Didn't know the full history of the bike Dave, cheers for that! Nice to know it's pretty much original  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: ED209 on February 07, 2015, 06:31 PM
red front Tuff!

Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: nosepickben on February 08, 2015, 02:48 AM
red front Tuff!

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Fabulous vid  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: Gary72 on February 11, 2015, 09:32 PM
red front Tuff!

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Fabulous vid  :daumenhoch:
X2

Top bike aswell Wini :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: oldtired on February 11, 2015, 10:11 PM
yup get some VIC on :daumenhoch: , i think that vid has got every one of every one's   stapes in  :daumenhoch:  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: griff on February 11, 2015, 11:27 PM
Very nice Wini  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dirt Bros
Post by: CustardLips on February 12, 2015, 12:01 AM
Liked it before but like it more now I've seen the vid.
Cool bike.  8)
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