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Title: Ripper colours
Post by: wildon on April 11, 2011, 03:35 PM: What colours were rippers available in when they first came out? I got pre serial 79 i think and i want to get it right :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: meticulous on April 11, 2011, 09:29 PM: light champayne, blue pearl, red pearl, white, black. think that was about it! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: wildon on April 11, 2011, 11:27 PM: Quote from: meticulous on April 11, 2011, 09:29 PM
light champayne, blue pearl, red pearl, white, black. think that was about it! :daumenhoch:

nice one :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: hunterdubber on April 11, 2011, 11:47 PM: Quote from: meticulous on April 11, 2011, 09:29 PM
light champayne, blue pearl, red pearl, white, black. think that was about it! :daumenhoch:

So no baby blue or bitchin' black till 80 onwards then ? ???
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: glenboy on April 12, 2011, 12:10 AM: slightly off topic , *cough* sorry about that ,, is there anyway to tell the difference between pre serial and one where the serial has just been removed i have a black pk with no serial , its one of steve p's old ones , its been re powdered at some point but no trace of a serial at all
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: hunterdubber on April 12, 2011, 12:20 AM: Are Pre serial the round Top tube ones ? ::)
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: meticulous on April 12, 2011, 06:39 AM: it could be under the powder glen, it should be on outside right rear dropout...
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: Redline on April 12, 2011, 09:21 AM: Am sure pre 79 they came in a dark brown colour too. :daumenhoch:

.... and what about baby blue?
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: PHIPPSIO on April 12, 2011, 06:40 PM: Chris at Shiner was telling me that his father Micheal pushed SE to produce some specific colours for SE in the UK. Not knowing much about the brand i cant give you specifics but they had an excellent relationship with Mike Devitt who agreed it.
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: mark 2 on April 12, 2011, 11:01 PM: I was reading somewhere this week that Shiner was there biggest and best customer.

*And forgot to say, I've got a ripper without a serial, floval top tube. I've seen it stripped and there's no sign of a repair on drop out disguising it. Any ideas on its era? Or any other info? :-*
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: superbikedan on April 12, 2011, 11:07 PM: i think i've painted every colour but wouldnt know if they where era correct but there's

a good few of them :)
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: glenboy on April 13, 2011, 01:32 AM: Quote from: meticulous on April 12, 2011, 06:39 AM
it could be under the powder glen, it should be on outside right rear dropout...

cheers sam yeh it could be there as the powder is quite thick but its smooth as a babies bum on the dropout
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: 58 delray on April 13, 2011, 09:37 AM: my loopy has no serial either :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Ripper colours
Post by: PHIPPSIO on April 13, 2011, 05:21 PM: Can anybody qualify if there were UK only colours at some point? I wouldnt question Chris as he is extremely knowledgable. Can anybody add anything or show some examples of non standard OG SE colours?