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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: matt on October 28, 2009, 07:07 PM
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can anyone tell me which generation this is or roughly what date its from
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v697/mattskybeat/esp1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v697/mattskybeat/esp.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v697/mattskybeat/esp2.jpg)
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speak to jj baldbmxer he has few of these and knows his stuff .
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Looks first gen, late 83 i would say :-\ :-\ ;) :daumenhoch:
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I dont know the 'generations' of teh ESP stems or if the logos mean a change in generation
What I do know is they are fooking lush! :smitten: I have two and the one I got back in the day is my favorite bmx part!
Can remember the day I got it, I nearly pi55ed myself with exitement! Thanks mum for lending me the £22.50 to buy it :4_17_5:
:LolLolLolLol:
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£22.50 :shocked: if only i could step back in time
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the logo`s are very confusing i dont think thats the first one but its on the early side i will get in the loft as i know i have a first logo type just cant recal what it looks like exactly .... ... as for date im nott 100% but 83 ?
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I reckon drawling through the pages of the mighty BMX Action
They were around in 83 but I dont believe they were produced for many years after that. Maybe into 85, I could be wrong though. ;)
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The stems came out in MID to LATE 82 had one on my kz1 when i rode for kuwahara in 83 my old team mate STU DIGGENS was the first person i knew that had one ! :) As he raced the winter in the USA and came back with some GOODIES one being an ESP stem ;)
Got 2 in 83 from RAD CITY :4_17_5:
as JJ has said think they were last bought out in 85
Nice one WOODY :daumenhoch:
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matt,i think i got this one in 83 ???
and i am sure the later ones had the flying w logo engraved on the top
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/IMG_1145.jpg)
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The stems came out in MID to LATE 82 had one on my kz1 when i rode for kuwahara in 83 my old team mate STU DIGGENS was the first person i knew that had one ! :) As he raced the winter in the USA and came back with some GOODIES one being an ESP stem ;)
Got 2 in 83 from RAD CITY :4_17_5:
as JJ has said think they were last bought out in 85
Nice one WOODY :daumenhoch:
I remember us all drooling over that back then, I tried to get Heffs to stock them but couldn't get them from the distributors as they were not coming over in enough numbers.
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i dont understand the hype with these? :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
whats so good about them compared to other stems? is it just as they are rare? :-\ :-\ :-\
look like hutch ripped it off.
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:smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/vv233/burnerworld4/espstem.jpg)
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i dont understand the hype with these? :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
whats so good about them compared to other stems? is it just as they are rare? :-\ :-\ :-\
look like hutch ripped it off.
Light, stylish and sorry but nothing like a Hutch stem. The shape of the top cap is really the key design point plus they had a longer reach than most other stems (excluding the Hutch stem) and they were a boutique brand so had more kudos than a Hutch or Pro Neck/Tuf Neck :daumenhoch:
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couldn't agree more marty they were the rolls royce of stems :smitten:
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racing or freestyle?
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racing or freestyle?
Racing :daumenhoch:
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Racing only... personally i would come and stamp all over anyone that decided to drill an ESP
I make do with one of Gossa's repro's still lush though....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj107/thecrooch/ESP.jpg)
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Racing only... personally i would come and stamp all over anyone that decided to drill an ESP
I make do with one of Gossa's repro's still lush though....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj107/thecrooch/ESP.jpg)
Love the colour of those bars, Forklifters per chance?
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Gary Ellis is one tall mofo ! , his dad made ESP ( Flying W ) stems and obviously firstly for his son to use to get more comfortable on an 80's twenty inch .
The first true XL or even XXL stem I believe . Like Marty said ^^^ , boutique kinda brand & not everywhere which is cool . A real tall mate from MK had one bitd .
Oh , I've one here too ..................... :LolLolLolLol:
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/IMG_3620.jpg)
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v201/Mattdub/IMG_2140-2.jpg)
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bloody hell, common as muck, wish i hadnt bought it now ;D
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bloody hell mattdub, have you had the polishing mop on that ::)
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Racing only... personally i would come and stamp all over anyone that decided to drill an ESP
I make do with one of Gossa's repro's still lush though....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj107/thecrooch/ESP.jpg)
Love the colour of those bars, Forklifters per chance?
yes mate but gone now.... SBD colour matched them to the frame... got GHP's on now... needed more chrome...
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Poilishing is OK on an ESP stem, they came that way Pete ;)
Heres my original one I bought BITD for £22.50 ;) took me weeks to pay that off with my paper round money! :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/c51/baldbmxer/QUAD3.jpg)
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bloody hell mattdub, have you had the polishing mop on that ::)
What's with the ::) , listen to JJ ^^^^^ because they were polished when new .
BTW , mine was polished by the fair hands of 100 virgins before I received it ;) .
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Hey MattDremelDub
Is that original genuine bona-fidy OS dirt on the back of that Zeronone moto plate and zip tie :coolsmiley:
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Hey MattDremelDub
Is that original genuine bona-fidy OS dirt on the back of that Zeronone moto plate and zip tie :coolsmiley:
Aye Mr JJ , all OG ;)
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Hey MattDremelDub
Is that original genuine bona-fidy OS dirt on the back of that Zeronone moto plate and zip tie :coolsmiley:
Aye Mr JJ , all OG ;)
:4_17_5: Thought it would be ;) where do you get shit like that? Cos you dont see shit like that everyday!!!!
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Hey MattDremelDub
Is that original genuine bona-fidy OS dirt on the back of that Zeronone moto plate and zip tie :coolsmiley:
Aye Mr JJ , all OG ;)
:4_17_5: Thought it would be ;) where do you get shit like that? Cos you dont see shit like that everyday!!!!
;D
I've had the plate since 85/86 , the zip ties have always been with that plate ;)
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Hey MattDremelDub
Is that original genuine bona-fidy OS dirt on the back of that Zeronone moto plate and zip tie :coolsmiley:
Aye Mr JJ , all OG ;)
:4_17_5: Thought it would be ;) where do you get shit like that? Cos you dont see shit like that everyday!!!!
;D
I've had the plate since 85/86 , the zip ties have always been with that plate ;)
85/86 genuine Milton Keynes shit? ???
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esp's are one coooool piece of exotica, i had one BITD but it was too long for me (and i also missed the creak of a tuf-neck) so it went the journey, the quality compared to hutch stems was far far superior,mind you, the quality of suntour stems was far superior to hutch stems
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What is the reach (lenght) of the stem...looks about "Deep H Hutch" lenght ???
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Hey MattDremelDub
Is that original genuine bona-fidy OS dirt on the back of that Zeronone moto plate and zip tie :coolsmiley:
Aye Mr JJ , all OG ;)
:4_17_5: Thought it would be ;) where do you get shit like that? Cos you dont see shit like that everyday!!!!
;D
I've had the plate since 85/86 , the zip ties have always been with that plate ;)
85/86 genuine Milton Keynes shit? ???
Yep ;)