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Title: Team Jag build - update (nearly there)
Post by: bobafett on June 23, 2020, 10:23 PM

Well since I've started blowing the dust off some of these age old projects I thought I'd try and keep the momentum up...........

Next..........


(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/NewBuilds2_01.jpg)

 :)

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: brettypeeps on June 23, 2020, 10:32 PM

Look nice and clean  explosion

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: Picklez on June 23, 2020, 10:45 PM

 :smitten: :popcorn:

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: Mikku on June 23, 2020, 10:59 PM

Me likey! :D

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: Chilli Rinse on June 23, 2020, 11:03 PM

 "wantit" You don't want to build that, move it on  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: Bob_Acid on June 24, 2020, 12:12 AM

Mmmm Nickle....

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: kdw712 on June 24, 2020, 04:43 PM

 :shocked:
looks purrrfect basis of another tasty build

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: Clean on June 24, 2020, 09:50 PM

Quote from: brettypeeps on June 23, 2020, 10:32 PM

Look nice and clean  explosion

Fook all to do with me!

Title: Re: Coming soon...... (aka getting back into the swing of it)
Post by: NORTY40 on June 25, 2020, 12:05 PM

Nice John ?? don't see those everyday of the week , cool frame  :coolsmiley: :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (now polished)
Post by: bobafett on July 03, 2020, 09:54 PM

OK so a little progress - got the old girl polished up.

Had this frame since 2009 lol  :-[ :LolLolLolLol:

So she's structurally sound with a couple of battle scars here and there but nothing serious.

This original pic shows the patina back in 2009 so as you can imagine when I pulled it out to work on it was even worse with another 10+ years of Nickel oxidising  :10_2_12:

I tend to measure polishing sessions in beers rather than time - this was the result of a 4 beer sesh........


Original pic from 2009:


(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_Original.jpg)




How she stands now.....


(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_00.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_01.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_02.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_03.jpg)


Turned out quite nice for 41 year old Nickel I reckon  :)

Decals next.........

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (now polished)
Post by: Midschoolfool on July 03, 2020, 10:14 PM

My arms ache just looking at that. Came up beautiful though.

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (now polished)
Post by: Picklez on July 03, 2020, 10:46 PM

 "wantit"

Wow, came out awesome John, so looking forward to seeing your efforts with her  :popcorn:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (now polished)
Post by: Taipan on July 04, 2020, 10:01 AM

Lovely looking frame sets  :4_17_5:  they just look so strong especially with that gusset  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (now polished)
Post by: Mikku on July 04, 2020, 11:16 AM

That was well worth 4 beers! :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (decals on)
Post by: bobafett on July 04, 2020, 07:35 PM

Cheers gents - yeah quite pleased how she polished up - worth the cramp  :buck2: :LolLolLolLol:

So decal time.....

Well some Jag adverts / catalogues have the team with the prism gusset decal and DeCoster fork decals and others have the gold Jag Team decals or a mix of both.


Prism gusset decal & DeCoster fork decal :

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/JagAd_PrismGussetDeCosterFork1.JPG)




Gold gusset decal & DeCoster fork decal :

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/JagAd_GoldGussetDeCosterFork1.JPG)



Gold gusset decal & gold Team Jag fork decal :

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/JagAd_AllGoldDecals1.JPG)




Ultimately the bike will be built pretty much as spec for the first picture above (with a little artistic license) but I was unsure on the decals.

I was in 2 minds which way to go and tried the various permatations.....

Ultimately, with the frame in front of me I prefered the gold team decals- they looked slicker, more uniform and better matched. The DeCoster decals looked a little out of place - too yellow rather than gold if you catch my drift.

So here she is in her going out clothes with a nice goose stamped headset and her gold stem waiting to be popped in.......

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_04.jpg)


Time to get building........

 :)

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (decals on)
Post by: kdw712 on July 22, 2020, 09:20 PM

 :smitten:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (decals on)
Post by: Swivel on July 23, 2020, 10:25 AM

What a beauty that is! Incredible condition.

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (decals on)
Post by: Clean on July 23, 2020, 10:29 AM

 :smitten:

Title: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (seat and pedals restored)
Post by: bobafett on July 24, 2020, 02:41 AM

Cheers gents.... a little update - slow progress unfortunately but a bit of resto has been accomplished over the last few days.....

The original seat in the 79 Jag catalogue is either a suede kashi or suede maytex. Now in my build notes I'd written down years ago I had a NOS "shelf worn frayed leather" unstamped Kashi that I was apparently going to pull the leather off and re-cover in suede but when I pulled it out of storage it just looked too good to remove the leather and I decided to fix it up and use it for the build with the OG leather finish intact.

Bit of carefully applied gorilla super glue with the brush aplicator, a load of clips and a handful of patience and she looked almost good as new:

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat01.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat02.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat03.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat04.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat05.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat06.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagSeat07.jpg)



Next up - pedals. So the pedals on the team Jag as per the Team mongoose of the time are the much sought after and hard to find MKS BM-1 rat traps. I have a NOS set of these on my 79 Team Minigoose.... but, for this Jag I had aquired (many years ago) a rusted, but structurally sound, set that need a little TLC.

A bit of de-rusting and a little paint and I think they came up just fine for this kind of build since it's a spruced up survivor frame and I think these suit the build just right.......

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagPedals01.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagPedals02.jpg)


Getting there......

Hopefully get this finished fairly soon..... but got a few on the go at the moment  :10_2_12: :LolLolLolLol:

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (seat and pedals restored)
Post by: NORTY40 on July 24, 2020, 11:29 AM

Nice Resto John  , knowing you i can't believe you even thought about stripping that seat  :shocked:  Looks spot on now mate  8)

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (seat and pedals restored)
Post by: Picklez on July 24, 2020, 01:57 PM

As said, nice resto skills John. Especially loving that seat  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (seat and pedals restored)
Post by: BMX1973 on July 27, 2020, 04:20 PM

Very nice  8)

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (seat and pedals restored)
Post by: brettypeeps on July 27, 2020, 08:06 PM

Very Nice  fistblump fistblump

Title: Re: Coming soon.... Team Jag build update (seat and pedals restored)
Post by: crazycraig on August 06, 2020, 10:39 AM

Mint

Title: Re: Team Jag build - update (nearly there)
Post by: bobafett on August 28, 2020, 06:04 AM

OK so this got put on the back burner whilst I was finishing the 75 and It's been a bit of an up and down build and i've changed a couple of parts choices along the way for various reasons but I'm happy with the parts selection now.

First off I've decided to put the restored MKS BM-1 pedals on my Supergoose 1 and have decided to go with a set of NOS MKS BM-2 pedals for this build instead.........

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagPedals03.jpg)


Next up - grips.

So I've decided (in the end) to put these lovely NOS Winners Circle Octopus grips to good use as they are era correct for the build and will look right I reckon.

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_OctopusGrips01.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_OctopusGrips02.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_OctopusGrips03.jpg)


Now a little trip into the history files if anyone is interested.........

Winner's circle grips of various types were seen on many a late 70's early 80's bike but did you know that they were made by "Ornate Design Inc." aka.... ODI of mushies fame  :)

Anyways..... couple of reference pics for ya (notice the crest on the catalogue cover and the same crest stamped on the grips - I love that kind of detail  :angel: )

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/ODI_WinnersCircle_Catalog.jpg)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/ODI_WinnersCircle_Octopus.jpg)


And finally pads........

Now I love pad sets - like really obsessively love pad sets  :-[ :LolLolLolLol:

If I was forced for whatever reason to sell my collection I'd keep the pads  :LolLolLolLol:

Now I've had these little beauties tucked away for years.

NOS mint rare as fook Jag pad set  :smitten: :smitten:

But !

I'm not sure I want them on the build lol  :2funny: :10_2_12: :LolLolLolLol:

I'll snap a couple of pics with them on and then they can go back into the holy chest of pads, but for me the Team Jag just looks sexier padless - in fact I reckon all mongoose made team race frames look best without pads apart from the Supergoose but that's just me  :)

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett1979TeamJagPadset.jpg)


Anyways that's the update.

She's mostly put together now so hopefully finish her off tomorrow and get some outside pics over the weekend all being well...............

(http://www.jpdeane.com/BMX/mybikes/1979TeamJag/Building/Bobafett_1979TeamJag_05.jpg)


 :daumenhoch:
 

Title: Re: Team Jag build - update (nearly there)
Post by: Picklez on August 28, 2020, 10:25 PM

Coming together great John, can't wait for the next instalment  :popcorn:

Great info on the Winners Circle - ODI relationship, love this hobby, always learnings to be had  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Team Jag build - update (nearly there)
Post by: bobafett on August 31, 2020, 07:11 PM

Managed to get some pics over the weekend so finished build thread in the link below...........

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,196239.0.html (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,196239.0.html)

 :daumenhoch: