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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: rakas17 on February 25, 2008, 10:10 PM
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I was bored so i decided to get this on here as i finished it a while ago and have been meaning to get round to this for a while.
I got this bike from a badly listed french ebay listing for about 50 quid.
The first pic is the one that was on ebay so i had to do a bit of research to work out which condor it was. The following pics i took once it had arrived and i was trying to work out if it was a chrome one or a blue one and the extent of damage and use it had had.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/condor.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1836.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1839.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1842.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1843.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1841.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1850.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1852.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1853.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1855.jpg)
In this pic you can see a bit of the original blue, i scraped the paint on top off and had quite a good size patch to match a colour. I got 1 litre mixed up so it was ready for when i was gonna spray it.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1856.jpg)
This pic is the frame with 2pac primer on it, this is mid stage of preping the bike as i had to do a bit of filling on various dents and stuff.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF0230.jpg)
This is with the final coat of paint.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/SP_A0010.jpg)
And finaly with the stickers on, supplied by the man himself. (no, not mat hoffman.... the real legend, stodgy ;) ;D)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF2487.jpg)
gettin all the parts i wanted together took a while. I didnt want to do a factory replica as i like to put my own twist on a build.
i decided to use mostly peregrine parts as i just like them.
The wheels were a nasty old set that i had rechromed and relaced and worked out to probably cost more than a nos set but you live and learn.
The cd was in quite good nick but i touched in some black bits and put it on the lathe and re cut the machined part so it looks new.
The tyres were a lucky find as i'd been looking for them for a while and got them for a not too bad price.
The bars were from (dan)harris and i spotted them in a random pic that he posted showing something else to someone else, they were white and i had them rechromed and they look amazing, the chrome is far better than factory chrome.
The front brake i had from way back when so i cleaned it up and touched in various parts.
The pedals were from stodgy(again)
The stem was from an american that wouldn't send it over so i had it sent to a hotel over there where my mate was about to be staying on holiday.
Heres the finished result
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1753.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1754.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1755.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1756.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1759.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b253/rakas17/DSCF1760.jpg)
Thanks to all those mentioned and any other part supplier. I love the finished article and this bike has a part in bmx freestyle history so i'm realy chuffed to have it in my collection
thanks for looking, joe :daumenhoch:
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Joe that is sweet,
the blue is awsome, i'm also a fan of peregrine parts.
fantastic build :4_17_5:
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Fooking lovely build and excellent restoration :4_17_5:
Real quality Joe :daumenhoch:
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Lovely Joe - thanks for the mention!
The Peregrine parts are lovely...I regret selling those pedals every single day...
:daumenhoch:
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Looking good :daumenhoch:
I have a Ramp Room made straight seatpost here if you ever fancy a change :)
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Nice one Joe I do love a good Condor moment :daumenhoch:
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Cool stage pics Joe & nice bike ;)
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Great story and bike :daumenhoch:
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I love seeing these from start to finish & the finished bike looks great :4_17_5:
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Cor thats nice! I had one just like it bitd :smitten:
Didn't these originally come in Black too? seem to remember Stabron had one.....?
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another top joe build :daumenhoch:
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Nice to see another Condor in the UK, looks great with the OPC :daumenhoch:
Cor thats nice! I had one just like it bitd :smitten:
Didn't these originally come in Black too? seem to remember Stabron had one.....?
I think there is a black one in the 'Ride On' video. Never seen another though...
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Nicely done!
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quality build joe, love the whole resto story .nice idea with all the peregrine parts - love the tyres :4_17_5: