Author Topic: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy) (Read 7262 times)

nhoj · « **on:** January 07, 2010, 02:33 PM »

I have mentioned this story before but just incase you didn't know...............

I got back into this BMX thing again wanting a firebird freestyler which I never owned BITD.

I thought I would be able to pick one up for a tenner, but after a few months of searching ebay and finding RAD I realised that they were few and far between and I wasn't going to get one for a tenner. With the few bikes coming through slowly going up in price I finally took the plunge on a badly listed bike for about £180.

When it came to the build, the only musts were:

1. It had to have some bright 80's colour skyways

2. It had to have a front brake cable going through the stem bolt-I found out after it was called a potts mod

I have a limited knowledge of period parts and the build didn't have to look factory correct- white etc

I thought I might strip the paint and then paint it myself with spray cans like we used to do back in the day but the nitromous was taking forever and I soon realised that to paint it well would cost too much andso the parts went over to SBD

I finally got everything together with plenty of help from Del who I discovered lives 20 mins away.

He did a top job on some custom colour decals to match the paint

Been waiting for a good day to get some quality pics but couldn't wait any longer, the pics probably don't do the colours justice

Del · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2010, 02:40 PM »

it's about time you posted pics of this John LOL

You should get pics of your otherone side by side. Nice build

rollin72 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2010, 02:51 PM »

looks good mate, nice1

pickle · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2010, 02:55 PM »

nice one! you got a bargain for a complete bike and a great job bringing it back to life

magna13 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2010, 04:16 PM »

That bike is sweet! loving the Gulf GT40 colour scheme

phantom photon · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2010, 04:24 PM »

Now that is nice

(Need to loose a couple of links out the chain though

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donkeybambam · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2010, 05:16 PM »

wicked mate.

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2010, 05:30 PM »

i be liking the colour scheme

rooski · « **Reply #8 on:** January 07, 2010, 05:32 PM »

that works really well

plus some of the original bits went on your race bike, very economical

20to26 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:06 PM »

What an awesome first build! Bet you're totally chuffed

NORTY40 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:12 PM »

Nice build mate

My first impressions were the same as Zak's (magna 13) Ford GT40 'Gulf' Le Mans cars

Deano · « **Reply #11 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:38 PM »

Now thats a tasty DP matey

Robbo · « **Reply #12 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:45 PM »

Really nice mate, would love a dp

neiljonarcus · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:46 PM »

what you have done there mister is amazing , you have gave life to a old school freestyle bmx . well done it looks fannytastic ........ love the colour scheme

trasher · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:47 PM »

nice build mate ,,love the colour scheme ,,,,,top bombing

superbikedan · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2010, 07:49 PM »

that looks real sweet

i've painted loads of dp,s and the one thing i

love is the amazing colour schemes these bikes are finished in

bobafett · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2010, 08:48 PM »

Love it

Cool colour scheme - sounds like you've enjoyed bringing her back to life too

dordymush · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2010, 09:07 PM »

lovin the colours on it.
cheap bike to start off with

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ozone · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2010, 09:29 PM »

That blue is really nice. Proper craftsmanship right there from the master of all things paint/powder.

Great build IMO.

ED209 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2010, 10:12 PM »

Thats a well nice build.

SBD dun dunnit again with some lovely painting work...

The only thing I'd change would be white to black tyres... IMO

You gonna ride it then

trickydeno · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2010, 10:19 PM »

very nice quality build john

.........gotta lotta love for dp's........haven't built one yet though

Author Topic: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy) (Read 7262 times)

nhoj

magna13

donkeybambam

Deano

neiljonarcus

trasher

ozone

trickydeno