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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: motomagII on June 09, 2008, 03:29 PM

Title: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: motomagII on June 09, 2008, 03:29 PM
would like to see some pics/details  of em,ialso need set decals if anyone has got some or has/can sort scans for em for me
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: theRuler on June 09, 2008, 03:31 PM
they shipped with acorn freestyle wheels on them!
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Post by: retrorider.u.k on June 09, 2008, 04:45 PM
fletchybaby will be along shortly. ;)
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Post by: djgivvinup on June 09, 2008, 04:55 PM
i was looking at one of those on fleabay last night  :LolLolLolLol:
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Post by: moley on June 09, 2008, 06:19 PM
Here ya go Greg!!!  :daumenhoch:

http://dc15.4shared.com/download/37321487/f8e4ac4/Scorpion_ZF100_Brakedancer_Test_-_Freestyle_BMX_Volume1_Issue15.pdf

It says in the review that the 101 version comes with wire wheels and the 201 comes with acorn mags and the 3rd brake.
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: motomagII on June 10, 2008, 08:35 AM
cheers moley thats superb mate  :daumenhoch:

the hunt for parts starts

anyone see what make the pedals are please on the white one ta
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: djgivvinup on June 10, 2008, 08:46 AM
Auction ended early, i was gonna have a bid on that!  :LolLolLolLol:  are you the proud new owner  ::)
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Post by: pickle on June 10, 2008, 08:50 AM
do you have acrobat reader?  as it's a pdf file
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: motomagII on June 10, 2008, 08:53 AM
morning andy .im gonna be doing close replica of the white one you rode that day in .like the pink one but prefer white i think .
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: motomagII on June 10, 2008, 09:59 AM
didnt think it wouldbe to be honest but a lot of em were crap rides lol
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Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on June 10, 2008, 10:52 AM
 :)  I had one BITD,was like riding a shed door with wheels.Swapped it for DP Freestyler....
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: ORB on June 10, 2008, 11:23 AM
I have the scan somewhere.

I will go have a look.

Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: ORB on June 10, 2008, 11:28 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/BMX/Mag%20Scans/brakedancer.gif)
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: ORB on June 10, 2008, 11:28 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/BMX/Mag%20Scans/ScorpionSF210BreakdancerAdAug85P-1.jpg)
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: ORB on June 10, 2008, 11:28 AM
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v290/orb200181/BMX/Mag%20Scans/ScorpionSF210BreakdancerAdAug85Page.jpg)
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: QuadPaul on June 10, 2008, 04:20 PM
Also believe the difference between the white and the black was 1 was a heavy ass toy bike and the other was cromo with better parts.

Info taken from another site on the back of this pic I posted there ages ago.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e279/Quadpaul/scrpion_breakdancer_lg.jpg)

"The picture above is the SF201 mid range Scorpian Breakdancer made from H.T.steel which featured three caliper brakes and Acorn Freestyle mags which cost ?174.95 when new from Halfords as said above. The lower range model was the SF101 which had Ukais and only two caliper brakes which cost ?154.95 from Halfords again.
Both were at a price normal folk could just about afford unlike the top 4130 frameset which you needed about ?300 or so to build up."


Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: Longun on June 10, 2008, 04:44 PM
BMXActionBike said "The BrakeDancer is definitely one to look out for".....and continued... "and avoid like the plague".

I love selective quoting.
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: theRuler on June 10, 2008, 06:30 PM
Also believe the difference between the white and the black was 1 was a heavy ass toy bike and the other was cromo with better parts.

they were both hi-ten steel.

there could have been a frameset available in crmo but i never saw one!
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: ORB on June 10, 2008, 06:45 PM
They could make them out of Platinum, they would still suck!

But, I still like them for the quirkyness
Title: Re: scorpion brakedancer details please
Post by: harris on June 10, 2008, 06:48 PM
the scorpion  hmmm what can i say  but heavy clumbsy,the rear under brake would rip your ankle
to pieces and split my vans on many occasions.
i rode the scorpion freestyler for about 6 months doing demos all over the country then halfords moved on
and we had the acorn freestyler for a short period but we busted em all  junk.
the thing took alot of time to get sorted and we wasnt aloud to remove the under brake  buggers.
the acorns were a tad more flimbsy that skyways but had smoother bearings but they did snap the odd time.
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