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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Dingobmxer on October 28, 2006, 05:12 PM

Title: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Dingobmxer on October 28, 2006, 05:12 PM: I bought this F&F a few years ago and built it up briefly but it got dark holed untill a couple of days ago when in my boredom I stripped down my PK20 and swapped the stuff over.
What do you guys think??
I rode it for half an hour today and it feels very different to what I am used to
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/starsky005.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/starsky006.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y79/dingobmxer/starsky007.jpg)
:) DINGO :)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on October 28, 2006, 05:14 PM: mark

i be loving that frame, wish i had brought one when i had the chance

i havent forgot about your pedals
;)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: harris on October 28, 2006, 05:15 PM: if i was you i would leave well alone mate and send it straight over to me :)
looks good.
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: dazza on October 28, 2006, 05:36 PM: looks good , really good , i like that ;D
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: stuntmaster on October 28, 2006, 06:13 PM: looks good the only thing i didn`t like about the one i had was , the frame was short and i knew i never use it because of this
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: motomagII on October 28, 2006, 07:11 PM: me waqnt one of those next on my list
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: lloydieboy on October 28, 2006, 08:29 PM: well i liked it!! ;D just a question fella, when you had it what BB did you use with it??

Cheers,
lloyd

Quote from: stuntmaster on October 28, 2006, 06:13 PM
looks good the only thing i didn`t like about the one i had was , the frame was short and i knew i never use it because of this
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: lloydieboy on October 28, 2006, 08:31 PM: That looks sooo cool. I'd try to get some gum wall tires on it myself, would like real OS then... But it does look sweet. Never finished my one properly, i'm after a set of the forks yours has, with the welded pegs...
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: stuntmaster on October 29, 2006, 01:11 AM: Quote from: lloydieboy on October 28, 2006, 08:29 PM
well i liked it!! ;D just a question fella, when you had it what BB did you use with it??

Cheers,
lloyd

Quote from: stuntmaster on October 28, 2006, 06:13 PM
looks good the only thing i didn`t like about the one i had was , the frame was short and i knew i never use it because of this

i never built it because too short but did ride it when greame had it
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Coastvl on October 29, 2006, 07:03 AM: Very nice. maybe the bars are a little low for me but it looks awsome. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Zippy on October 29, 2006, 08:02 AM: As nobody was interested in mine at the time it looks like I'm keeping it a while longer.

I do like the way that very few Starskys were ever the same though, mine's a one off.

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/Kappa.jpg)

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/Kappa1.jpg)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: harris on October 29, 2006, 08:14 AM: i like it zippy but at the time had way to many and had to tell myself ,no dan dont do it say no you bad ass lad.
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Bob_Acid on October 29, 2006, 08:23 AM: is it not the same geometry as the PK?

looks nice though mark ;)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Dingobmxer on October 29, 2006, 08:32 AM: Thanks everyone for the nice comments,
Bob the Starsky is 2" shorter in the to tube and feels like the head angle is steeper too
:) DINGO :)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: harris on October 29, 2006, 08:35 AM: i take it they stopped making the kappas,as the pk20 is growing on me.
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Dingobmxer on October 29, 2006, 09:00 AM: Dan,
Kappa have a habit of doing limited runs, Starskys were done two years running (2003 and 2004) with loads of options so not many are the same and the PK20's were a one off run with only 21 being made (Perry Kramer got #21 so only 20 for the public market)
:) DINGO :)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: harris on October 29, 2006, 09:03 AM: thanks for the info bro ,ffs why only so little spec when dan wants one .
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Dingobmxer on October 29, 2006, 09:08 AM: Scott still has 2 Starsky frames here www.kappabmx.com
:) DINGO :)
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Bob_Acid on October 29, 2006, 08:16 PM: I heard kappa were a bit unreliable at the moment, order wise. Something on OS about it a while back.
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: Rombloke on October 29, 2006, 10:14 PM: i really like the look of these bikes, but remember riding graemes at rom a few years back and thinking, fook this bike feels tiny.

looks the dogs gonads tho fella

Dave
Title: Re: Kappa starsky (Trickstar replica)
Post by: MeddlE on October 29, 2006, 10:46 PM: Very short top tube on those.