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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: theRuler on October 31, 2005, 10:55 AM
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i got a black late model pk ripper (not so late its pig ugly though)
the stickers that come on it were horrendous yellow and silver things
anyhoo i bought a set a baby blue stickers, and i was thinking of stripping the frame an polishing it.
how do you think it would look if i just cleaned up the black (paint is still sound) and whacked the stickers on?
baby blue on black? i see a lot of black and gold, not black and light blue.
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black and blue mate
and are the new ones that ugly then lol
you see loads of polished rippers
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get the pink ones that Art sells on the gay
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hehe yeh i have seen recent pk rippers and i dont like them
(http://www.sebmx.com/2005/PK_RIPPER_1.jpg)
well not pig ugly (by todays standards) but i still wouldnt buy one.
its too long. its chromo. its got stupid gussets on top of the tubes
should have been called something else.
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Mates is black with baby blue stickers and looks rude as hell.
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ok i will give it a go
got the light blue landing gear stickers too!!!
got a pic of your mates ripper?
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No if I had I'd be in loo with it. Its hothothot!
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lol
this is an old pic of mine
(http://www.30cms.net/Pages/ss2003/imgs/bikes/bikes5.jpg)
its basically the same now, only i have a ubrake plate (and ubrake!) on the front
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These would look rad.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SE-Racing-PK-RIPPER-Decal-Set-Chrome-for-BMX_W0QQitemZ7193261467QQcategoryZ64644QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Looks pretty rad but like you say them stickers ain't right. Not seen the bike of my mates for a while. He's quite a bit younger than me and I didn't know him back in the day but he used to ride for one or the other of Torker or GT in freestyle. He's got loads of trophys n stuff someone might remember him he 's called Andy Shaw from Southport. Alan Woods knows him quite well I think. He had a bike shop in Formby and then in Southport called E11even cos it was one louder.
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on the downtubes of my ripper where massive stickers saying "SE" in yellow and silver. i was virtually peeling them off before i left the shop.
orby those stickies look good too.
there is an abundance of pk rippe stickers available. i'll run the blueys until they are fubar then try a different colour!
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ok i have stuck them on
whatchoo reckon?
(http://30cms.co.uk/temp/ripperb.jpg)
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you could have washed it lol
yeah looks good
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you could have washed it lol
yeah looks good
yeh its on my list of things to do. i scrubbed the sticker areas though!!
needs a good soapy watering. has never been washed. nos dirt!!!
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I were right about them stickers then.(http://x11.putfile.com/10/30314491598.gif) (http://www.putfile.com)
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yep it looks nicer now!
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I like the blue decals on black.
Incidentally...i dont know how you dont like the new ones(its all personal taste).But they are 7005 Ali NOT cro-mo..Its a superior ali to the original Rippers.
As for them being too long..its great,i'm 5,11 and i can actually ride the thing comfortably.Ive got an 83 Ripper as well and its lovely but its diddy.
They are real Rippers,they are good quality and i think they are a great new bike...at least they dont snap like the old ones in several different places.(no disrespect to the wonder that is old Rippers).
I dunno maybe you are vertically challenged and feel scared of riding a bike that doesnt remove your kneecaps on the handlebars ;D Ho ho
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b302/samhudson/100_0015.jpg)
I think this is a great looking bike..if anything its probably too retro.
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yeh they aint chromo, i misread the info on them.
i have never seen one up close, just in pictures.
i like the older rippers because they are short. mine is a kneecap cruncher!!
hopefully i will meet someone at a skatepark one day with a new ripper and i can have a go.
i'm not too tall though, and prefer a bike with a 36" wheelbase.
but i will give one a go, and will most likely form a different opinion!!!
i know what you mean about the retro look. mine (i believe) is a 21st century bike but looks like it's from the 80's
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yours is nice,i told you that already.R u going to keep it the same colour or are you gonna polish it?
I think it looks good in black. 8)
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i was going to strip and polish it but i will run it as is. well until the black is fooked!