RADBMX.CO.UK
Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: jimwise68 on March 31, 2008, 11:03 PM
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A little insight to how I found Rad.
Was speaking to a young guy who worked for me 4 years ago about BMXs. He was a midschool rider and was telling me about his Mongoose. So explained to him about the good old days and all the old bikes. This got me thinking about PK Rippers so started searching Ebay for Rippers. A few about but nothing special. So took to google searching rippers for sale in the uk. This brought up a black and gold NOS frame and forks and a pair of NOS Gen 1 Campy hubbed Skyway Graphites. Needless to say i fell in love there and then. Contacted the guy and he came back with a price for both of £800. In retrospect I should have bought them but having no idea about prices for OS bmx told him in no uncertain terms to fook off.
Anyways, carried on searching for rippers for sale and found good old RADBMX.
Back to today, i finally got myself a ripper and good old SBD worked his wonders on it. It was the bike i was originally gonna build on my journey back into BMX. So this bike is kinda dedicated to Rad as it is what i was searching for when i found this great site.
Here is the bike as i won it off Ebay:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j135/jimwise68/DSC03342.jpg)
Here it is after Dan worked his magic.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/j135/jimwise68/31032008099.jpg)
The frameset could pass as nos i will post up some more pix when the build is finished, but i am sooooooo excited and happy with it.
It will be entered into April Bike of The Month. Once the postman delivers the gold DC1020s and the Kool Kaps for the new school Graphites.
:smitten:
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fook thats nice :)
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A big thanks goes to:
SBD for the paintjob
Del for the decals.
Flaz for the suede kashimax aero
Mike@dialled for the skyways
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Looking good there Jimbob :daumenhoch:
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Wow
classic color combo - looks amazing Jim :daumenhoch:
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No flight cranks :buck2:
Every build has flight cranks or profiles or some kind of 3-piece. Wanted to do it with a one piece like I would have had BITD. Hence me putting DC1020s on and not MX1000s, even though I have one sitting here.
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:wtf: is it with you and them fooking tyres, you had them on the VDC :wtf:, pukka bike jim but if i see them fooking tyres again i deffo gonna burn the fookers :tickedoff:
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I cant wait to christen that in the first berm at Hersden on Sunday Jim >:D >:D >:D
Looks the danglies mate, Dan does do a great job, and I like the one piece, exactly as you say Jim, just like bitd :daumenhoch:
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Very nice that Jim......I say very nice! :coolsmiley:
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1 piece crank all the way on a Ripper!
Awesome work again Dan & Jim!
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:wtf: is it with you and them fooking tyres, you had them on the VDC :wtf:, pukka bike jim but if i see them fooking tyres again i deffo gonna burn the fookers :tickedoff:
Ooooooooo, hark at her!!
What's it with you and fooking GTs!! ;D
PMSL, they aren't staying on there. ;D ;D
But I am gonna put some old school kenda whitewalls. Want to build it as a BITD rider, well a bike that i would have rode BITD. :)
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I cant wait to christen that in the first berm at Hersden on Sunday Jim >:D >:D >:D
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Jim - change the tyres mate...you gotta mate.
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Jim - change the tyres mate...you gotta mate.
I will do when the damn postman brings them.
I only put the newbies on cos I was so excited to build it. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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fooking lovely, that's heading to the sbd gallery when it finished :daumenhoch:
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Jim - change the tyres mate...you gotta mate.
I will do when the damn postman brings them.
I only put the newbies on cos I was so excited to build it. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
There's excited and then there's daft.
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Jim - change the tyres mate...you gotta mate.
I will do when the damn postman brings them.
I only put the newbies on cos I was so excited to build it. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
There's excited and then there's daft.
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I'm not denying it monsieur Stodge :crazy2: :LolLolLolLol:
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You will look so cool pulling up on the seafront with the roof down in the Mustang and pulling that off the back seat :daumenhoch:
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looks good jim .and sell them tyres so ya cant use em any more lol
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Rhys they are for sale :daumenhoch:
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good get rid lol
and i dont want em as you pesterd me for em if i remember :LolLolLolLol:
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nice.......get some kool kaps for the graffys jimbo....and like the rest of em said...loose those fookin tyres bruv
noce tho.
Dave
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many big claps jim
ya finally got one
aint they just adorable
i want one of them loopys again
and for dans paintjobs A1 each & everytime :4_17_5:
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Lookin' smooth Mr Wiseman ;)
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Nothing wrong with those tyres Jim :daumenhoch:
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very nice jim, if you put some wilko tires on it you could be up for bike of the year ;D
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No flight cranks :buck2:
Every build has flight cranks or profiles or some kind of 3-piece. Wanted to do it with a one piece like I would have had BITD. Hence me putting DC1020s on and not MX1000s, even though I have one sitting here.
Oh ok I was being a soppy git because I had Flights on my Ripper bitd but no Graphits for me in 84
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Its a personal thing, never saw a pair of flights BITD, but lusted after them. Did see some graf skyways though. They were more accessible than the flights.
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I would have killed for some Redline Flights when i was a kid. :buck2:
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i was the same jim never see em
only behind the counter at rom with the price tag :shocked:
even the shop i worked in wouldnt keep em lol
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Looks pukka jim :4_17_5: better picture than on me phone this morning jim
told you them tyres are a winner didnt I :crazy2:
Dan the Man as always ;) boooooyaaahhhh
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tyres schmyres
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Fook them i need my brakes and kool kaps to turn up so i can take her out for a ripping :-[
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Lookin good Jim.
Boyhood dreams coming to life.........well some of em anyway! ;) Glynis Barber, well thats another dream altogether. ;D
Sean. :daumenhoch:
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Looks sick, can we get a better shot of the suede kashi seat? wicked idea! Be interested in how to attatch suede...
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Looks sick, can we get a better shot of the suede kashi seat? wicked idea! Be interested in how to attatch suede...
You can still buy suede Kashimax seats :daumenhoch: