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Title: Taj ID please.
Post by: Steve Shindig on January 25, 2008, 12:12 PM: Hi, Can anyone tell me about this Taj frame please? It's got the gusset HB stamp which I've been told is a Taiwan thing, but it has a 1inch headtube and I thought Taiwan didn't produce 1inch Hoffmans? Please fill me with your wisdom, many thanks.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w169/ONETRUEAVE/TAJ01.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w169/ONETRUEAVE/taj02.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w169/ONETRUEAVE/taj03.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/w169/ONETRUEAVE/taj04.jpg)
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: harris on January 25, 2008, 12:21 PM: its a tai taj ,most almost all hoffmans upto late 90s had the 1" headtube se,ramp room and taiwan still used 1"
some condors went 1 1/8 a bit earlier but thats deffo a tai model
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: Steve Shindig on January 25, 2008, 12:23 PM: Right on, many thanks for info dude.
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: Philbert on January 25, 2008, 09:59 PM: i've got one of them. i was always under the impression that all the tai taj's had the stays capped. only the u.s ones were uncapped. thats just how i remember it as a rider in that period
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: TwoBobRob on January 25, 2008, 10:46 PM: Thats gotta be a 95 then? Changeover year. 1" Ahead Superfork probably.
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: Steve Shindig on January 26, 2008, 10:49 AM: Really? This is what confused me, as my friend had a Ti Taj complete in 98, and it was 100% a 1/18th one.
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: harris on January 26, 2008, 10:53 AM: i have a early model to compare yours with..
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: RyanPartridge on January 26, 2008, 04:59 PM: I don't know if this helps, but I thought it would be a cool place to post this. This is Kelly Baker's Taj frame that Taj gave him back in the day. It's the actual frame Taj is riding on the cover of Ride. According to Taj, it's the 4th one made and has no serial numbers on it. Kelly just scored some bars and is building it back up!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v200/Gobotts/IMG_3085-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v200/Gobotts/rus9606.jpg)
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: rarman1 on January 26, 2008, 08:08 PM: i just got some 1" Ahead Superfork's with stem and love bars (the ones with bolt in grip bars) :)
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: Steve Shindig on January 26, 2008, 09:22 PM: Quote from: rarman1 on January 26, 2008, 08:08 PM
i just got some 1" Ahead Superfork's with stem and love bars (the ones with bolt in grip bars) :)

Cool, wanna buy this Taj? :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: TwoBobRob on January 26, 2008, 09:32 PM: Quote from: Stevie B on January 26, 2008, 10:49 AM
Really? This is what confused me, as my friend had a Ti Taj complete in 98, and it was 100% a 1/18th one.

Yeah, that would be right. the 1" stuff didn't last for long in Taiwan. A year maybe?
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: rarman1 on January 26, 2008, 09:56 PM: Quote from: Stevie B on January 26, 2008, 09:22 PM
Quote from: rarman1 on January 26, 2008, 08:08 PM
i just got some 1" Ahead Superfork's with stem and love bars (the ones with bolt in grip bars) :)

Cool, wanna buy this Taj? :LolLolLolLol:

i am tempted :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: Philbert on January 27, 2008, 02:28 PM: i'm probably selling mine too soon.

got scratches but its original stickers and signed by the man himself

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa304/covphil/hoffmanframe.jpg)
Title: Re: Taj ID please.
Post by: showtime on January 28, 2008, 06:56 AM: these are still pretty much my all time favourite framesets :smitten: