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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: muddstud on November 02, 2007, 02:13 AM
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I have just bought a ripper from the usa its very old . Bike and forks not stampted bike dated around 79-80 the forks are supposed to be landing gear but have four holes in is this right :idiot2:
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Sounds like they are copies, i think originals had 3 holes. :daumenhoch:
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early lg's had 4 holes, earliest no holes. you can tell lg's. get a pic up.
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3 holes......,
do they look like these? (From my old Ripper)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g48/noahnhenrysdad/DSC00933.jpg)
and these, from my NOS Quad...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g48/noahnhenrysdad/QuadVectorPics012.jpg)
if so, they are real ! :daumenhoch:
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I have just bought a ripper from the usa its very old . Bike and forks not stampted bike dated around 79-80 the forks are supposed to be landing gear but have four holes in is this right :idiot2:
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Matt, that RIPPER frame is fookin :smitten: pure filth
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Thanks for the repiles how the hell do you download a picture to show you all its doing my box in :uglystupid2:
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register with photobucket then use the pic from there to put on here
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Thanks for the repiles how the hell do you download a picture to show you all its doing my box in :uglystupid2:
Try this:
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=32.msg486063;boardseen#new
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4 Holes = Cycle Pro forks, landing gear came out in 81.
Cycle Pro are the correct fork for an early Ripper or Quad :daumenhoch:
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4 Holes = Cycle Pro forks, landing gear came out in 81.
Cycle Pro are the correct fork for an early Ripper or Quad :daumenhoch:
were the no holes cycle pro too?
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4 Holes = Cycle Pro forks, landing gear came out in 81.
Cycle Pro are the correct fork for an early Ripper or Quad :daumenhoch:
were the no holes cycle pro too?
Not sure mate, I think it was only the early SE Landing Gear that had no holes.
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Matt, that RIPPER frame is fookin :smitten: pure filth
Paul, I sold this to Stodgy :(
....so I could afford to buy Radman's Floval Looptail !! :) 8)
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This picture job is driving me mad i have registered with photobucket and still wont do it please shoot me now :2gunsfiring_v1:
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right click and copy the link on your photobucket picture, then post it up here.
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right click and copy the link on your photobucket picture, then post it up here.
you also need to use the '2nd' link under the photobucket pic, the first one won't work.... :)
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff8/muddstud/CIMG0740.jpg)
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At f-cking last
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look like Cycle pro to me.
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http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff8/muddstud/?action=view¤t=CIMG0739.jpghttphttp://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff8/muddstud/?action=view¤t=CIMG0739.jpg
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff8/muddstud/CIMG0739.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff8/muddstud/CIMG0740.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff8/muddstud/CIMG0738.jpg)
I would keep that bike just the way it is... That's 100% BMX History, a very cool find :daumenhoch:
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You lucky bast'. Excellent find a very early PK. If you take those decals off we may have to kill you though :angel:
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cheers mate i bought it from a shop califorina he had it on his wall for years his mate raced it in 79-80 he has given me brand new decalls same colour and i was going to strip and start again but dont think i dare now are the forks ok that are on the bike and what would you recomend i do with her and thanks to everybody for your help i have only just just found my love for bmx again and this site cant belive how many of you are still into it and it rocks this is my second bike and the second time i have had one . I had one in my youth and left it at my dads as you do and last year when i went to get her out of retirment much to my disbelief and horror he had skipped it along with my brothers hutch pro star :2gunsfiring_v1: i could have killed the old slaphead with the kungfu chop from hell bless him the old retard :idiot2: so i have it all to do again and i cant wait its giving me a right buzz so if anyone has a prostar for sale please give me a bell :daumenhoch:
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That is a lovely set mate , proper history , early pre se made forks all original decals , hmmmm for me i would keep that as is , however if it was my first bike to get back into it , I know i would be sorely tempted to restore it
so think on this
i , and many others on here would give you a fully restored ripper for it and i would proberbly offer other parts and or cash for it
its a rare beast espesh like that , in lovely lovely original survivor condition
whatever you do , enjoy restoring it , its a buet
if i was going to build it , i would try for used parts to keep it fully looking like a survivor
lovely find and lovely to see that these things are still out there
Rich
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do what he said.
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do what he said.
Oh yes, the words of a wise man for sure :daumenhoch:
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Cheers rich i have a haro freestyler surviour as well an 85 but bought it complete i just finnished it well changed some parts like foot pegs crank and tyres changed them to haro bits and now its done i am chomping on the bit to get started again its like a drug its taking over my life the birds well impressed :tickedoff:
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In fact trying to source old yet "Right" bits will be much harder than fitting NOS parts ,you are going to need the right patina lol
Rich
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You answered my next question what bits did they have only thing i have is a one piece redline crank its old but i dont know the age of that so anybody with info pictures or genral stuff please let me know as i need all the help i can get and would be real glad for it as i am going to leave it as a surviour or i feel i will be thrown to the radbmx lions ;D and you boys know your stuff cheers guys :daumenhoch:
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It may have come as a full bike , but not so sure , most came as frame sets , so parts are your choice
got to be redline 401s for that age as i dont think 400s or profiles were about that early
spokes such as 7c or 7bs or tuff 1s
dia compe 890s
all era correct for that frame
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Ooo, I missed this thread. That looks really cool.
I'd go with a tuff neck square corner stem
old 1pc cranks (old ones)
rat-trap pedals
if you can't get the arayas or tuff 1's you could try femco's or CMC's (I think it was CMC) or any heavy duty steel rims
:daumenhoch:
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What bars were about at this time
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What bars were about at this time
Race Inc or Tuf Neck alloy ;)
Early SE bars maybe ?
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Weren't the first tuff II's out by 1980??
some of the alloy cranks were available too dura, 600, I'm sure the Suntour VX's also.
Have a look in the museum on this site plus, check out the SE bikes and older mongeese etc on the http://www.bmxmuseum.com/ site too.
Sweet find by the way :daumenhoch:
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sweet find and yep they are real ,same as raceinc forks on ra 10 `s
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vx cranks or dura ace for sure, i like 600's but i would go for vx's first on a ripper. MX5 headset(if you can find one) redline alloy v bars or race inc bars, mx seat, araya 7c's (or 7b's if your budget goes that far) square corner tuf neck, shimano tourney brakes etc,etc just have to remember it's not mine :smitten: 'cause i wish it was.
john
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Not that i like to give myself headache but i just got a mini ripper from the us with what i think are the same forks on it . Its tatty so think i will have to strip this one i will post some pics when it arrives with my compter knowledge should be about six month still dont know how i got last ones up thanks for replies and help will be asking for more real soon :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
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should be landing gear lites on the mini.
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Well at last i might have a pair when i saw the ones on the blue ripper thought the bloke had had my pants down without the aid of the vass :'( but looks like its not as bad as i first thought . Are the mini rippers hard to come by its the first one i have come across and when i was a kid i used to sit look at pictures and drool for hours my little lad thinks he is getting it but he is sadly mistaken cant wait to see his face xmas day when he opens a toys r us action man dog shit special :'( the camcorder will be rolling :2funny: growing up would not be the same unless one kid had the piss taken out of him and i am more than willing for him to be it seen has he colured my new haro tyres in over this weekend little ba-tard :knuppel2:
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Are the cook bros cranks any good or not old enough or is the pinchless redline crank better and what age would they be
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this is just test, ignore please
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seriously nice ripper frameset you have there.
those forks. god-daaaaaamn
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Muddstud - you're funny as hell! I've chuckled all the way through this thread :daumenhoch:
I don't have owt to contribute, I'm clueless..... but listen to the others here, they're the bollocks :4_17_5:
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cheers mate i picked up the action man bike last weekend with the aid of a 50ton hiab it really is made from cast iron if he dislikes as much as me i can always triple my money by weighing it in at my local scrap yard . He will be as popular as a fart in a space suit on xmas day when he tries to jump the old 2brick ramp in the street and makes it look like a f-cking 1000lb bomb has hit it and once again you guessed it the world shitityest dad ME will be doing his best to make another £250 you've been framed clip to fund my out of control drug like addiction bmx spending and before anyone slags me for my low smackhead like morals using my child you know you would do it too for the next kick ass part lets just hope i dont get a good offer for him as i am after a hutch pro star real bad offers anyone