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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: Gashead on May 17, 2009, 03:31 PM
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So how cool would it be to meet the man that built the hand built frames from back in the day :coolsmiley:
Well pretty darn cool if you ask me, as you may know I have buillt/restored a few now and Curtis is my favourate bike from from the 80's.
It's been in the pipeline for about 3 years, I first contacted him for some decals and over the years we both mentioned about meeting up and today it happened :angel:
Now I'm not going into too much detail but there is a new website coming, based on Steve Firebirds website, but of course dedicated to Curtis. Brian has given me exclusive rights and permissions, so watch this space :daumenhoch:
I spent hours with Brian this morning along with my son Lil Gashead (Ollie) and Chichi (Nev), Brian spoke at great length regarding the history of Curtis and also gave me a few goodies for the website :smitten: :smitten:
Brian is a great humble man and it was an honour for me to meet him, as well as the goodies he was kind enough to sign a few bits for me too.
I can't tell you how excited I have been about this !
Anyway here's a few pic's of my lord and master ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis017.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis020.jpg)
Nev
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis021.jpg)
Ollie
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis024.jpg)
A very proud and happy Gashead with Brian Curtis
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis027.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis028.jpg)
Nick
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good on ya!! but must say Mr curtis seems a bit peeved.... ???
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nice one nick ,great to meet a real craftsman :Great_Britain:
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cool nick :daumenhoch:
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Nice one. :daumenhoch:
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I guarantee he wasn't peeved !
I think maybe a little gob smacked after I told him about Rad, the whole old school scene etc !
He had no idea that anyone was interested in the old bikes !
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did he give you a pair of nos pro bars for me :2funny:
bet it was a great day mate ,,nice one :daumenhoch:
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You don't need me to tell you how cool that is..
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how cool is that,
dudes a legend,
one of my favourite bmx companies,
right there.
i'd love a curtis custom now tbh,
ride some british t45 :smitten:
whats the connection betwixt the old and the new?
is it him that builds them? or his son or soemthing?
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Awesome! :4_17_5: look forward to the Website :daumenhoch:
PS...How fookin jealous am I! :yahoo_silent:
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Excellent stuff Nick :daumenhoch:
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:LolLolLolLol: Daz, Gary and Si - I have a little something for you both :daumenhoch: PM me your addresses please :daumenhoch:
Joe - Yes Curtis is still a company but run by the old 'test rider' Gary Woodhouse, however Brian still does all the brazing :daumenhoch:
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:LolLolLolLol: Daz, Gary and Si - I have a little something for you both :daumenhoch: PM me your addresses please :daumenhoch:
Joe - Yes Curtis is still a company but run by the old 'test rider' Gary Woodhouse, however Brian still does all the brazing :daumenhoch:
am i any of the both :LolLolLolLol:
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Yes Mr Gary Poolysheriff :daumenhoch:
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Ding Dong ::)
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That's really cool Nick - thanks for pointing me over here. Let me know when the website's up and running :daumenhoch:
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:shocked: :) Pm sent :daumenhoch:
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Few more pics off bits that Brian does now !
Throphy's - look at the detail in this !
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis002.jpg)
His Grandsons bikes !
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis008.jpg)
He has even done a bike for old Quady :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis014.jpg)
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ooohhhh i cant wait for the postie to come
that motorbike frame is the bollox ,,stick a little engine in it,, ala minimoto stylie
and i need that baby curtis fo my daughter
and we should market that trike ,,,it will piss all over them micro scooters ,, i see it now the next craze ,,have a word nick
should get it up and running for christmas ££££££££££££££££££££ :daumenhoch:
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Great stuff Nick 8)
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I got a little something for you too Chris :daumenhoch:
Addy please
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Really ???
Nice one Nick :daumenhoch:
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Wow, superb experience for you all.
Loving that little white trike. ;D
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Yes well what can i say??
Today is for sure the best sunday ever!
I hope all the Curtis nuts here are enjoying this thread and Nick's gifts to you.
As for the two trikes he has made :4_17_5:
Brian even joked that he was going to make his own mobility get around. But I think the great man still has many years before he will need one :)
Cheers to you Nick :daumenhoch:
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Wow truely amazing! wish i was that talented to make such a peice of art :smitten: :smitten: His bikes are simply jaw-dropping, would love to meet him as my uncles house isnt to far from where its all based and even he rode Curtis's BITD :smitten:
Got anything for me then old Nikky boy? ::) ::)
Zak.
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Quality Nick, great to meet the master himself :4_17_5: :daumenhoch:
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The rest of today's pics - well maybe :LolLolLolLol:
A full motor cross bike frame - I believe it to be a Matisse frame !
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis011.jpg)
Another little trike
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis015.jpg)
His son's race bike from bitd ! - Redline :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis013.jpg)
And another little trophy ! - Check this out :coolsmiley:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis004.jpg)
Brian has given me a few old pics that I can't show you at the mo and also a few absolutely amazing stories that had me and Nev gobsmaked !
I wish I could tell you but your gunna have to wait for the website - You really will be wowed on one !
On reflection of today I have so much more I want to ask, even though we were there for 2 hours ! The mans work is absolutely first class - the brazing is just pure class !
Nick
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:smitten: that little pit bike :smitten:
you could take the Curtis stickers off and still tell who made it :4_17_5:
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oh
and when is someone gunna comment on my new build ;D
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:smitten: :smitten:
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Cool pics Nick. :daumenhoch:
My Mum lives in Frome and one of my mate know's Brian really well. He's promised to take me down to meet him next time I'm down there.
I don't know if this is true or not but he's apparently only got 4 OS Head tubes left.
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oh
and when is someone gunna comment on my new build ;D
nice build mate .loving it :4_17_5:
im telling you those trikes are the next big thing :daumenhoch:
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I don't know if this is true or not but he's apparently only got 4 OS Head tubes left.
Nope !
Plenty of these Si
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis006.jpg)
:D
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Absolutely fantastic this Nick...!!! bet your still buzzin' mate. :daumenhoch: :Great_Britain:
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I did have to get up and pinch myself this morning Dave :LolLolLolLol:
I must admit that this was truley a fantastic event for me to meet the actual guy who hand crafted the bikes from bits of tubing to bike frames.
I will be buzzin for quite a while !
Now stop posting in this truley magnificent thread chaps and get posting in the 'Peter and Katie' thread - meeee owww ! Now that's far more interesting than some old bloke eh :LolLolLolLol:
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That's superb Nick! what an honour to meet your old school idol and get to sit and chin wagg with him over all the old stuff.
can't wait to see the new web site and all the hard work you've put into setting it up mate......top work fella :4_17_5:
now that's enough of that.......i've got to many threads about who's got to much to say for themselves and other detritus to look at! ;)
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hard work being a mod aint it :)
great story nick.
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it's not to bad mate.......but good to see you back on here.....i think you were one of the first people i ever met off here :daumenhoch:
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you still got that green streetbeat i sold ya.
bloody years ago that.
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no mate....she went at the end of last year i'm afraid.......i just never rode her so i let someone else enjoy it :daumenhoch:
onto new school for riding now.......or should i say poodling about and falling off gracefully :LolLolLolLol:
you coming to MK this year mate? be good to share a beer or three :daumenhoch:
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yeah should be at mk this year.
going to bug jam for the weekend but gonna have a mooch over while im so close.
never got there last year.
better let nicks thread get back to his holy grail :)
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/BrianCurtis008.jpg)
My son learned to ride on one of these and now my daughter has it as a hand-me-down bike and she learned to ride on it too.
A cool bike for the nippers, but the parts are a bit crap and it weighs a fooking ton.
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hay nick dont forget your old mate here in curis land bin out off work now for 18 mouth but dont care if i lose everthing never going to sell my curtis bikes ive told the wife to put them in the ground with me :uglystupid2:
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it was awsome meeting brian it took a hour for me to stop shaking.
loads of cool stuff around the garage like that mini curtis :smitten:
well nice guy and supper chuffed that people had appreciated what he had done.
awsome day :daumenhoch:
lil gashead
ollie :daumenhoch:
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No worries Scott my bikes will be coming with me too !
In the ground - that's where the original jig's are too !!!!!!! But that's another story for another day ;)
Thanks for posting fellow Curtis lover - little pressie for you too Scott - pm me your addy !!! :4_17_5:
Nick
Oh and Ollie you've had your pressie :LolLolLolLol:
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Joe - Yes Curtis is still a company but run by the old 'test rider' Gary Woodhouse, however Brian still does all the brazing :daumenhoch:
would brian consider doing me a custom on the down-low?
would you ask him for me?
i'd like to come down and pick it up from him to, see the last stages of brazing, no paint or stickers neede,
i'd order one from gary but the prices are completely unrealistic,
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Super cool thread Nick ;) .
Brian Curtis is a UK BMX Legend :4_17_5: .
I met some of the new school Curtis kinda team riders through Miles a few years back and their bikes were very cool , totally built to their specs ( different angles , tube sizes etc etc ) and they were top guys too .
Nice build too ;) .
Not sure about the beard though ............. :-\
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Thanks - aprechiate that Matt :daumenhoch:
Now I have some old - old school pics of the very first Curtis bikes that he did that will interest YOU big time - I will try and get them to you soon :daumenhoch:
Joe - I think it's gunna take me a while to twist Brians arm for some builds - but lets see :daumenhoch:
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god! you stay off the site for a few days and you miss this!
great thread, well done fella!
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Cool story and pics Nick, know how much you like em.......did you find out the ral colour (yellow/mustard) re the other Curtis build?
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Ohhh yes !
There are a few builds in the process of being built ! :4_17_5:
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Ohhh yes !
There are a few builds in the process of being built ! :4_17_5:
Yes there are indeed!
And also some great new knowledge for all the Curtis fans here. :4_17_5:
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the postman turned up today ,,,,,,,,,and what was in his sack (apart from semen)
it was a picture of my curtis ,signed by the man him self :4_17_5:
nice one nick ,your a legend dude :-* :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
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the postman turned up today ,,,,,,,,,and what was in his sack (apart from semen)
it was a picture of my curtis ,signed by the man him self :4_17_5:
nice one nick ,your a legend dude :-* :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Yeah that's my white wee over all ya pics as i stood behind Bri as he signed them all :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
A big thanks to Nick for making our dreams come ture..... :Great_Britain:
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the postman turned up today ,,,,,,,,,and what was in his sack (apart from semen)
it was a picture of my curtis ,signed by the man him self :4_17_5:
nice one nick ,your a legend dude :-* :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Yeah that's my white wee over all ya pics as i stood behind Bri as he signed them all :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
A big thanks to Nick for making our dreams come ture..... :Great_Britain:
nick said you was a shuffle munsterer :2funny:
damn swear filter
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the postman turned up today ,,,,,,,,,and what was in his sack (apart from semen)
it was a picture of my curtis ,signed by the man him self :4_17_5:
nice one nick ,your a legend dude :-* :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Yeah that's my white wee over all ya pics as i stood behind Bri as he signed them all :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
A big thanks to Nick for making our dreams come ture..... :Great_Britain:
nick said you was a shuffle munsterer :2funny:
You wish loviee.....
How cool is it we all now have a signed pic of our bikes :daumenhoch:
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No Glen - I told you he wanted a bit of Hazel Blears :angel:
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No Glen - I told you he wanted a bit of Hazel Blears :angel:
:uglystupid2: :2funny:
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Big thx to young Nick from me aswell,got some signed Pics of a couple of my first Curtis builds this morning! :4_17_5: Total respect to Mr B Curtis,thankyou sir :daumenhoch: Really lookin forward to that website Nick,will have to get my arse in gear and sort my pics out,thx again Daz........... :daumenhoch:
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:daumenhoch:
Shame I forgot to get one for Retrogeever really ???
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big thanks from me nick your the man :daumenhoch:
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And me Nick :daumenhoch:
Thanks for that ;)
Gaz..
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Nice bikes those Curtis's, anyone know how much these badboys go for?
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Nice bikes those Curtis's, anyone know how much these badboys go for?
It all depends what Curtis bike it is. If you have a cruiser from BITD then you could be in for a shock...
Frame and forks for Curtis bikes can go for any where between £100 - £200 or even more for a top condition.And it will also depend on the year and who built it.
Why do you have one for sale????
If so send me a pm, I could be interested ;D
They are the best of :Great_Britain: 100%
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:daumenhoch:
Shame I forgot to get one for Retrogeever really ???
and me :yahoo_silent:
;D
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:daumenhoch:
Shame I forgot to get one for Retrogeever really ???
and me :yahoo_silent:
Nick will be visiting Brian again, so I am sure he will be able to do a round two......
;D
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Nice bikes those Curtis's, anyone know how much these badboys go for?
It all depends what Curtis bike it is. If you have a cruiser from BITD then you could be in for a shock...
Frame and forks for Curtis bikes can go for any where between £100 - £200 or even more for a top condition.And it will also depend on the year and who built it.
Why do you have one for sale????
If so send me a pm, I could be interested ;D
They are the best of :Great_Britain: 100%
best of british indeed :smitten:
depends how bad you want one ,,,,i was determind to get one ,as it was the bike of my childhood
then one came up on ebay ,in a right state ,it had been glossed white :wtf: and was in a right state ,the rear bits on the drop outs had been bent up ,and the seller said that was the norm :uglystupid2:
i payed £195 ,,,then had it chromed ,so all in £400 ,i know ill never get that back ,,but theres no way im ever selling it
i was going to go as high as £300 for it :idiot2:
and i,v never told anyone this ,,,but the seller had bought it off ebay a week earlier
and heres the choker ,,,,he found it in the bike spares category,,,some old dear was cleaning out her shed and found her sons
old bmx frame ,,,,and all it was listed as was bike spares ,even the seller didn't know it was a curtis ,when he bought it he looked into it more then listed it as a curtis ;)
and how much do you think he bought it for ,,it was a 99p starting listing :shocked:
99p bargain :2funny: for him ,,,gutted for me :uglystupid2:
but im not that bothered really ,,,thats ebay for you ,,,,so he made £194.1p