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Title: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: ripper on June 15, 2007, 01:59 PM: Serial - PK 66869
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: Bob_Acid on June 15, 2007, 03:14 PM: Is it a loop tail?
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: ripper on June 15, 2007, 09:18 PM: It is a looptail which I thought was an 82'/83', but since learn't could even be 84'?
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: pkradman on June 15, 2007, 11:53 PM: cant date a looptail exactly just that they ran from 80 -early 84 , but if ur lucky enuff to have a round top top tube loopy then there the very first ones ones
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: ron burgundy on June 16, 2007, 12:42 AM: Quote from: pkradman on June 15, 2007, 11:53 PM
cant date a looptail exactly just that they ran from 80 -early 84 , but if ur lucky enuff to have a round top top tube loopy then there the very first ones ones

Round top tube was 1979, about 100 no. produced using Race Inc tubing....
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: brass monkey! on June 16, 2007, 01:30 PM: Quote from: Ron Burgundy on June 16, 2007, 12:42 AM
Quote from: pkradman on June 15, 2007, 11:53 PM
cant date a looptail exactly just that they ran from 80 -early 84 , but if ur lucky enuff to have a round top top tube loopy then there the very first ones ones

Round top tube was 1979, about 100 no. produced using Race Inc tubing....

ORANGEZIPPY has the only one i know of in the UK (....and I have 1st dib dobs if he ever sell !!! :D ;D)
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: pkradman on June 16, 2007, 04:44 PM: cool !! if i get second dib dobs im in with a good shout !! ... u never picked up the changa that time :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: Bob_Acid on June 16, 2007, 10:07 PM: i don't think they made the round tube ones to start they are only the odd ones where Bill Bastion didn't have the right tubes. The PK Ripper is the PK Ripper which were made late 78/79 till 84. all that other crap is just legend.
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: ron burgundy on June 16, 2007, 10:42 PM: JU was 78, Ripper was 79...

Have look on OS under the heading... University of old school bmx... top quality reading for any SE fan, some nice detail,... and Bob, you know I like my detail ;)
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: Bob_Acid on June 17, 2007, 01:08 AM: Gimme a link and i'll shut up :crazy2:
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: ron burgundy on June 17, 2007, 06:54 PM: http://www.os-bmx.com/forums/index.php's=694e80f065080c4fe578045ae2e221b4&showforum=109 (http://www.os-bmx.com/forums/index.php's=694e80f065080c4fe578045ae2e221b4&showforum=109)

Fill yer boots, matey :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Can anyone here pin a year on a Ripper??
Post by: brass monkey! on June 17, 2007, 09:30 PM: Quote from: pkradman on June 16, 2007, 04:44 PM
cool !! if i get second dib dobs im in with a good shout !! ... u never picked up the changa that time :coolsmiley:

i know, didn't have the money at that time to bag the changa :(,

what's it look like now then ? ;)

PS> don't think Jason will sell it ever though...LOL !!