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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Chrisw0801 on April 21, 2014, 06:37 PM
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I was working lates on Friday and was perusing eBay for some parts for my 88 haro sport. A contractor came to sign in and showed some interest in what i was doing. We had a brief chat and he said I've got an old bmx in my shed I'll pull it out and you can see if your interested it wasn't his the previous ppl left it behind. Anyway I thought not much more of it thinking it could be a pile of old tut. Well how wrong was I he rang me this morning saying it says torker on it. So I went after work and had a look sure enough there she was I think she's got most if her original parts too and is in ok shape considering. What a find and completely by chance I pick her up Friday
I checked the serial and it starts with TLL so nov 83 (I think) not sure what frame it is tho I think it's a pro x but any other info would be appreciated.
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I like that ;)
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It is nice I like the orange got it for what I think was a steal (£300 maybe I'm wrong) probably would have been cheaper had I not opened my trap too much on the Friday lol
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Ace find Chris, they're still out there. :coolsmiley:
Look like Torker bars too. :daumenhoch:
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Yea tough neck stem sky ways gt seat post the pedals are screwed and it needs new grips but hey what do you want for a 31 year old bike lol
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Nice find.......my advice would be go pick it up today before the guy starts googling around on the net. :daumenhoch:
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Yea tough neck stem sky ways gt seat post the pedals are screwed and it needs new grips but hey what do you want for a 31 year old bike lol
A nice subtle resto is what's needed here, strip, clean, grease and rebuild.
If the pedals and grips are fooked, then just replace with survivor parts, like for like, they pop up all the time. :daumenhoch:
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He knows what he's got he had already googled it on what I was saying Friday but he did a deal with me today I can't get it till Friday coz I need paying lol. As for the bike yea I hope to have it stripped and cleaned ASAP the haro is on the back burner for now needs a lot more work doing paint chrome stickers etc
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Wicked find :daumenhoch:
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Now That is a Find !
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That's ace
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IMO, nothing beats a true survivor. Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! "wantit"
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nice1 :daumenhoch:
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Great survivor :coolsmiley:
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Cool find :coolsmiley: at £300 you more or less got yourself a free Torker frame and forks :D
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I love stories like this....it makes me believe that there are still mad survivors still out there :daumenhoch:
is that an orange shotgun 2 seat ? pretty rare me thinks.....cool as find mate :4_17_5: :smitten:
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I love stories like this....it makes me believe that there are still mad survivors still out there :daumenhoch:
is that an orange shotgun 2 seat ? pretty rare me thinks.....cool as find mate :4_17_5: :smitten:
Not sure didn't really look too hard when I went to see it will know more Friday when I collect
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Must just add, gotta agree with Dan, pleeeeeeease don't ruin it with a full on resto job. Bit of a clean & re grease, it'll be awesome!! ;)
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Must just add, gotta agree with Dan, pleeeeeeease don't ruin it with a full on resto job. Bit of a clean & re grease, it'll be awesome!! ;)
I wasn't intending on a full mod like you say a clean up n some grease some pedals n grips you never know it might not make it that far it could be up for sale will see as it could help fund the restoration of my old bitd bike [attachment=1]
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Great find fella.... :daumenhoch:
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Now THIS is RAD! What a great find. They're still out there. I was talking to Ant (factory pilot) about this the other week. We were thinking that there must be some gems to be found in the garden sheds/garages on your average housing estate
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Nice find . Gotta love a Torker :daumenhoch:
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Nice one
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Well what can I say other than what a wan@er he just rang me and backed out
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No Doubt, he's looked up what they are......appearing on an Ebay near you soon is my guess!!!
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No Doubt, he's looked up what they are......appearing on an Ebay near you soon is my guess!!!
You guess right wish I'd had the money Monday
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Now that would have been the find of the month mate....next time say nowt and make out your not interested.....then offer him £50 and say it will do for ya little cousin to f about on....guttd for ya mate...
The tit :2gunsfiring_v1:
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Now that would have been the find of the month mate....next time say nowt and make out your not interested.....then offer him £50 and say it will do for ya little cousin to f about on....guttd for ya mate...
The tit :2gunsfiring_v1:
I know lesson learnt still pissed off tried to change his mind but hey I'll live thing is he'll want something from me before I do from him so what goes around n all that
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Cant you offer him what its really worth ???
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Cant you offer him what its really worth ???
I'd like to say yes but we had already come to an agreement and I feel I'd rather burn the cash now than than give it to him let him pay the fleabay fees and get stung by PayPal I have a moral code I stick to if I agree a price on something with someone I honour it
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Nice find, can't believe these bikes still keep turning up
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Well, look at it this way. There's a good chance that someone or other from this very forum will contact the guy and it'll disappear from eBay after a quiet little deal's done. So it's all good, eh?