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Title: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: SE MARK on August 20, 2007, 10:26 PM: I won this on the bay last night for Â£ 83.00 . Does anyone know what model and year it is . The serial no is M7FC14781 .

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Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: kdw712 on August 20, 2007, 10:29 PM: all i could tell you is its a 1987 made bike

not even sure what models were for sale then ?

the welding at the back don't look too sharp :)
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: dj B silverlite on August 20, 2007, 10:50 PM: I think its a mongoose decade 8), maybe a mini :-\
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Post by: RATTY on August 20, 2007, 11:31 PM: mark, sell me the pedals :knuppel2: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: SE MARK on August 20, 2007, 11:46 PM: Ill trade them for them pro class wheels 796 has got :LolLolLolLol: . If your desperate for them mate you can have them .
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: RATTY on August 21, 2007, 12:29 AM: Mark, bring it down thurdsay night, 796 is pretty clued up on geese
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: Olliecw on August 21, 2007, 12:48 AM: Black mongy california maybe ???
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Post by: theRuler on August 21, 2007, 09:37 AM: 87 cali/expert
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: login_user on August 21, 2007, 11:25 AM: Quote from: the®uler on August 21, 2007, 09:37 AM
87 cali/expert

Same as, 87 cali or expert pro.
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: Paulo on August 23, 2007, 10:54 PM: I'd go for a Cali
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: dj B silverlite on August 26, 2007, 10:43 PM: correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure its a goose californian simply painted black at the factory and then badged up as mongoose decades.
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: theRuler on August 29, 2007, 02:34 PM: Quote from: dj B silverlite on August 26, 2007, 10:43 PM
correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure its a goose californian simply painted black at the factory and then badged up as mongoose decades.

decades had a different frame, and forks!!!
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: steve on September 01, 2007, 02:54 AM: (http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf30b3127cce95368945ba2300000016108EZNWjJoya4)

thats my old 87 mini goose
-i had an 88 pro sized one fro 88 too, but chrome

-I think in 87/88, they were just called 'M1's'

-your fork decals are the same

-note , you'd assuem the headtube badge would suggest it was earlier -not the case

they were made in taiwan

-i reckon when you get it, the date will be on the seat tube sticker -1987

-in 1988, they went back to a head tube stricker, not a badge -with a little made in taiwan sticker under it

-much like other manufacturers, idf the welding wasn't too clever, they powder coated them to hide it

;maybe'

cos 'maybe' they were infact made in 84/5 in the b'boom' - unfinished, sold a few years later?
-anyway its not a mini - but it has got 'skinnies' on it, albeit 20 by 1.3/8 arayas
top tube on the mini is 17.5 -us bb
top tube on the pro is 19.5

:LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Who knows what Mongoose this is ????
Post by: jimmyp on September 01, 2007, 08:22 PM: Its an 87/88 Mongoose cali pro ;)
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Post by: bmx-796 on September 02, 2007, 10:06 PM: it has a 19 inch t/t i have one in chrome