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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Darren KAP on December 16, 2011, 08:48 PM
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Won this 1985 Curtis Freestyler frame/forks on Ebay on Wednesday . The listing said he did not have a strong vice to clamp seat post in so it might be stuck in ::) , well it was and with it being an alloy jobbie needed some care ,,,,, so armed with the frame set and crossed fingers called round to a mates :daumenhoch: , so i started gentley heating it up as the last thing i wanted was the alloy seat post to expand quicker than the steel seat tube and ending up with a very distorted seat tube . So after a couple of times of heating it up and let it cool started to try turn the frame , i must say at this point i was praying the seat post didn't snap ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, then bingo it started to turn and Bobs your uncle out it came :4_17_5:
As you can see in the pic it looks a little sorry for it's self but has no dents , cracks , or rewelds so happy days all round .
Not sure what colour to do it not fussed about chrome as i don't want to wait 9 years till i get it back whoops i ment 9 weeks approx ::) :LolLolLolLol: fancy something a bit different ,,,,,,,,,,, Not dayglo orange again :LolLolLolLol: what are your thoughts guys .
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Good score Kaptain, go peppermint green for me, black decals, black and chrome parts. :daumenhoch:
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Nice buy!! I was watching this but could not afford it. My first proper BMX was a Curtis so ill always have a little thing for them..
Looking forward to see what you do with this..
Paul
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Nice bikes but that was way to much money? or have prices shot up that much? this same one was forsale on the burner site for £175 posted but had no takers 7/8 months ago :shocked:
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Good score Kaptain, go peppermint green for me, black decals, black and chrome parts. :daumenhoch:
peppermint green , i like the sound of that :daumenhoch:
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Nice bikes but that was way to much money? or have prices shot up that much? this same one was forsale on the burner site for £175 posted but had no takers 7/8 months ago :shocked:
Unwarranted comment there me thinks dude :-\ Good call there Daz :daumenhoch: What about a nice candy green ??
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Nice bikes but that was way to much money? or have prices shot up that much? this same one was forsale on the burner site for £175 posted but had no takers 7/8 months ago :shocked:
If you want something bad enough cost doesn't always come into it you bid or pay what you value it at , i bid £524.99 on this to make sure i won it , but at the end of the day if someone wanted more than me one thing for sure the seller would have had a mega Xmas :LolLolLolLol:
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nice score ;) I'd go 4 the light blue on A prolite craig cambell rep :daumenhoch: the kick tails on them have always made me raise my eyebrows ??? looks like a whale tail ::) saw quite a few with that tail bent down quite considerably bitd :(
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I hate you Darren for two reasons
1st is that you have the grail for me - a curtis freestyler that i also wanted ~ and yes like most i was also watching this >:(
2nd is that you got your bloody post out and i'm still working on mine the hard way - i'm still pouring in the bad stuff to turn it black aand dribble out - only another three months more and it might be close ::) :-[
A mate has a Curtis FS but back in the day cut the stands and pegs off ??? :shocked: smoothed them over and kept it that way till today - he still has the forks with the stands
Go Red with white parts ;)
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Hi B the alloy post had 8 1/2" stuck in bud , it was a gamble , but lucky for me it came good :) :daumenhoch:
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think mine is the same - or it goes to middle earth :shocked:
so what colour yer thinking ?
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I was thinking a candy blue but ,,,,,,,,,,,,, i don't want white 13 of my freestylers are white so def time for a change :-\
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candy blue and gold :smitten:
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keep it yellow :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/Untitled-5.jpg)
with silver & pink - my new fav colour combo :)
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I think the baron already has one in yellow Ed. :daumenhoch:
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If you fancy candy red, I've got some candy clearcoat left over from my performer ;)
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Hows about a Copper and Chrome???
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Bright red with chrome 48's to upset the era correct police! :D :daumenhoch:
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:LolLolLolLol: I wondered who won that!!well done Darren good score indeed!I too,was eying this up as i thought it would be nice to have a pair of curtis built frames of the same era together, if it didnt go for big money!wanna know what i had in mind for it?...there was a pic of a mid brown ripper at a show on here a couple of weeks back that looked sick,so i was thinking mid brown frame with beige graphics,whitewall tyres,maybe black tuffs??I'm sure you'll make it look lovely either way,you always do!! :daumenhoch:
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Nice bike kappy! I think the mint green is a good shout :daumenhoch:
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amazing looking frame that
just a thought though,and i know times move on,styles change,but why aren't frames made like this any more. did i just answer my own question there :idiot2:.
this looks a work of art compared to the same looking frames we see now
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keep it yellow :daumenhoch:
Agreed. Might also look good with those yellow Tuffs that are currently being sold in here for £50..
Paul
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i'd do it just like this lol ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/curtis%20freestyler/IMG_1754.jpg)
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Nice score fella, i just picked on up from the bay a few months ago too gunna be keeping mine a survivor though.
All i have changed is the blue kashi for black, white wall tyres, kmc black/white chain and the headset is now black.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m147/skki/IMAG0119.jpg)
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mate do it black with chrome stickers :smitten: :daumenhoch:
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keep it yellow :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i63/209ed/Untitled-5.jpg)
with silver & pink - my new fav colour combo :)
I thought i'd seen that trailer somewhere before, and how strange that their the Curtis and DP units are both 5 & 6. :shocked:
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Bright red with chrome 48's to upset the era correct police! :D :daumenhoch:
how many people actually build era correct bikes :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
good score daz :daumenhoch:
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Bright red with chrome 48's to upset the era correct police! :D :daumenhoch:
how many people actually build era correct bikes :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Hmmm that would be me then plus everyone else in the 70's club ;D ;D
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I see it as - you buildf the bike the way you wanted it back then - you put different parts on it now to have the ike you would like
we changed and up graded parts on the bikes back then - so why not now
some times we can't always get era correct or rare parts so change bits around + it's nice to see a modern take on colours and parts as it keep some bikes looking freash with new idea's 8)
still would love a curtis FS :'(
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Yellow White or Chrome
Any other colour and you will look a pratt !
Bendy, I got one if you want it ! No forks mind :daumenhoch:
Oh and as for bidding up to £500 for it.......................................
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pm'd 8)
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Any other colour and you will look a pratt !
I think if you can't spell prat you're more likely to look like a PRAT! :2funny:
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I was thinking a candy blue but ,,,,,,,,,,,,, i don't want white 130 of my freestylers are white so def time for a change :-\
Darren as i said to you if you lined your bikes up in colour order then the answer is easy ... do it in a colour you DONT have... if there is a colour of bike you dont have :-\
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Mmmmm and how do you spell Ban ?
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Mmmmm and how do you spell Ban ?
:2funny: ::)
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I was thinking a candy blue but ,,,,,,,,,,,,, i don't want white 130 of my freestylers are white so def time for a change :-\
Darren as i said to you if you lined your bikes up in colour order then the answer is easy ... do it in a colour you DONT have... if there is a colour of bike you dont have :-\
::) here we go again :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
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GH pm back mate
daz - red with white
darklord -
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/winter%20london%20run%202011/SNC10371.jpg)
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GH pm back mate
daz - red with white
darklord -
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/winter%20london%20run%202011/SNC10371.jpg)
And remember daddy, you promised not to do the plank thing again.....
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/winter%20london%20run%202011/SNC10373.jpg)
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As you can see guys i went for the safe option ,,,,,,,,,, WHITE :daumenhoch: gonna start putting this together now as soon as the decals come :daumenhoch:
Kappy :daumenhoch:
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Looks good in white Daz :daumenhoch: