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Offline radovr

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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #25 on: June 26, 2016, 02:29 AM »
Cheers guys , thanks for the comments . The z'ds are a odd pair , the front is made in England , the rear US .
Find it a bit strange that the English one the ACS stamping's are off center ie; not directly on the valve ............

Here's some pics of the front brake clamp that I made ........
















Seat clamp and the headset lock .........







All came up not too bad ..........
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #26 on: June 26, 2016, 08:48 AM »
Not to bad  :shocked:


Really imazing  explosion

Very nice work  :4_17_5:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #27 on: June 26, 2016, 11:57 AM »
Another lovely build... :daumenhoch:

Absolutely perfect as it is, but think that would look great with white seat and grips as an alternitive

Si.... :)
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2016, 01:20 PM »
Gorgeous bike that is . Beautiful welds those, or were they brazed ... i forgot :D

Feel the same as Si about the white seat option, maybe something other than Aero, more Mx style
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2016, 09:10 AM »
Bit of an update ........so changed back to the xc's , liking these more ..



Also changed the tyres to irc's but the size is 2.0 and not really liking them so have another set of whitewalls on the way ..







Back z  is usa front a uk   :uglystupid2:

Will strip most parts this weekend as I wanted to build it up to see how it rode , now im happy with how it rides
I can go to town on the polishing  etc



Just waiting on the bars to get chromed this week , so they should be on soon   :daumenhoch:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #30 on: July 21, 2016, 11:10 AM »
Sweet !  , Had a chrome one years ago , not a nice as this one.
Like the clamp for the front cable looks cool  :)


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The only thing i would change is the crank for a chrome one , but thats just me I dont like painted cranks.
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #31 on: July 21, 2016, 12:11 PM »
Quote from: thebigdog on July 21, 2016, 11:10 AM
Sweet !  , Had a chrome one years ago , not a nice as this one.
Like the clamp for the front cable looks cool  :)


 :daumenhoch:


The only thing i would change is the crank for a chrome one , but thats just me I dont like painted cranks.

Yeah , to be honest , not over struck on the black opc myself , only reason its on is because its a Sugino , in-keeping with the
disc , ring and bolts , will be changing that in the coming months for a  3pc   :daumenhoch:

The clamp on the forks is to hold the arm for the front brake , so drilled a hole through for the cable as well , works a treat ..

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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2016, 02:29 PM »
Lovely bike I would be interested in the IRC tyres if you were selling them fistblump
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2016, 02:56 AM »
Cheers
Yep I'd be up for selling the irc's. ..
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #34 on: August 12, 2016, 08:51 AM »
Been busy stripping and polishing some parts while waiting for the bars to be chromed , stripped the disc and gave it a
going over , also changed the pedals for some acs .........



Also stripped the chrome from the stem cap and polished it ....

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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2016, 05:49 PM »
looking great, much preferring the chrome crank as well.
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2016, 03:44 AM »
Received the bars back from getting chromed , how they were ...........







and now ..........





also gone for a 170 opc so my heals dont catch the rear standers ..........



now finished    :daumenhoch:













Shame the sun wasn't out , just started to rain , looks pretty good in the sun  :coolsmiley:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2016, 10:21 AM »
Looks awesome on a rainy day too!  :daumenhoch: Top work, it looks fantastic!  :4_17_5:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #38 on: August 30, 2016, 02:16 PM »
Who did the chrome on those Steve?
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #39 on: August 30, 2016, 02:56 PM »
I'm not really a fan of British bikes, but that looks great!  fistblump
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #40 on: August 31, 2016, 09:16 AM »
Cheers for the comments guys , much appreciated  ............


Quote from: MartyC on August 30, 2016, 02:16 PM
Who did the chrome on those Steve?

pm Marty    :daumenhoch:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #41 on: August 31, 2016, 09:26 AM »
That's fooking ACE!

Thought, time, effort and lots of chrome.  What's not to love?

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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #42 on: September 03, 2016, 03:56 AM »
Gone through a few combinations of looks to get it to how it looks atm , pretty happy now . Staying with opc as well . Just picked up another set of zds but both are made in England this time but no where near as good condition as the og set on now so will see on that . Changed the chain to a more 'chrome' one . As a whole very pleased with how this looks and rides as I build my bikes to ride . Tires don't really look right , too fat but it rides nice with them so they're staying for now until I can find a pair of 185 haro whitewalls. 
Cheers for the comments guys. ....... just picked up an Ammaco 83  needs a fair bit of work but looking forward to that one as that was what I  rode bitd

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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #43 on: October 30, 2016, 06:03 AM »
Thought i'd post some pics of it finally finished , gone back to the kenda's , think they suit the bike much better . Also found the seat that I wanted for the bike , but always missing out when they come up for sale ..............














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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #44 on: November 23, 2016, 11:58 PM »
I don't often venture into this 'ere freestyle section but I love a Curtis, so had to check this out and am glad I did! I liked reading how this build evolved and your attention to detail puts my thrown-together builds to shame. Good job all round! :daumenhoch:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #45 on: November 24, 2016, 09:47 PM »
Top work looks the nuts  :daumenhoch:
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #46 on: November 26, 2016, 01:03 AM »
Cheers guy's,  yep  I'm pretty sure it's finished now lol .  Saying that I'm getting a bit pissed off with the  seat clamp and headset lock as being magnesium they tarnish pretty quickly.  The seat clamp is easy to take off and give a polish but the head lock no . So they'll need a clear coat at some time . One thing I would change would be the donuts to chequeres. ....
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Re: 84 Curtis Freestyler
« Reply #47 on: December 24, 2016, 03:31 PM »
I love the look of this bike!  "wantit" only thing I don't like is the check seat? I know its a shotgun but anything check looks like cheap micky mouse stuff to me on a bmx sorry......The wheelset is superb I bet it stops on a sixpence! absolute quality mate  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #48 on: May 25, 2017, 09:51 AM »
Thought i'd update this .......changed the tyres as wasn't really happy with the white walls . Also found a nos set of pedals .

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah290/stev1e1/P1050483_zpsniix5plt.jpg
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