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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: adenough on July 02, 2007, 12:56 PM

Title: NEED SOME ADVICE GT PERFORMER
Post by: adenough on July 02, 2007, 12:56 PM

HI ALL, IVE POSTED THIS B4 BUT CAN ANYONE ID THE FORKS ON THIS GT? MAYBE JEFF BOTTEMA'S? IT HASNT LANDED FROM THE STATES YET, BUT IM GONNA DO HER ALL BLACK, SO IF THEY ARE BOTTEMAS SHALL I HAVE THEM CHROMED? (JUST THE FORKS) , ANY ADVICE WOULD BE HELPFUL, CHEERS, FOG.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290131341279&rd=1&rd=1

Title: Re: NEED SOME ADVICE GT PERFORMER
Post by: snav69 on July 02, 2007, 01:21 PM

They look simillar at first glance but i would have to say they aint Bottemas . Andy (Funmonster on here) is selling some real ones on ebay at the moment

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTHENTIC-JEFF-BOTTEMA-BMX-RACE-FORKS-EDDIE-FIOLA_W0QQitemZ220085058484QQihZ012QQcategoryZ33503QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Hope this helps but i aint no expert so don't quote me on it  ;)

 :coolsmiley:

Here's another pic of the other type , look how long the dropouts are  :)

http://www.os-bmx.com/forums/index.php'showtopic=18267

Title: Re: NEED SOME ADVICE GT PERFORMER
Post by: adenough on July 02, 2007, 01:39 PM

THANKS, I THINK MAYBE THEY COULD BE VERY EARLY GT FORKS, IF I REMEMBER BITD GT DID A FORK THAT LOOKED LIKE BOTTEMAS OR BOTTAMA MADE A FORK FOR THE FIRST PERFORMERS? THE ONE WHERE THE SEAT STAYS CAME FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP TUBE, RATHER THAN FLUSH WITH THE TOP TUBE?? :crazy2:

Title: Re: NEED SOME ADVICE GT PERFORMER
Post by: YGT on July 02, 2007, 06:26 PM

Actually they are GT forks, during 1985 GT outsourced all their cheap frames to Japan to be used in complete bikes.
while they continued to make all their pro framesets in the USA.

These are the japanese GT forks