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DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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 :coolsmiley:





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 :daumenhoch:

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 :daumenhoch:














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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 02:51 PM »
looks good mate, nice1 :daumenhoch:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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  :daumenhoch:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 04:16 PM »
That bike is sweet! loving the Gulf GT40 colour scheme :smitten: :smitten:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 04:24 PM »
Now that is nice  :smitten:

(Need to loose a couple of links out the chain though  ;) )
« Last Edit: January 07, 2010, 04:28 PM by phantom photon »

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 05:16 PM »
wicked mate.  :4_17_5:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 05:30 PM »


i be liking the colour scheme

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 05:32 PM »
that works really well :daumenhoch:
plus some of the original bits went on your race bike, very economical ;)

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 06:06 PM »
What an awesome first build! Bet you're totally chuffed

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 06:12 PM »
Nice build mate  :daumenhoch:

My first impressions were the same as Zak's (magna 13)  Ford GT40 'Gulf' Le Mans cars  :smitten:
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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2010, 06:38 PM »
Now thats a tasty DP matey :daumenhoch:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2010, 06:45 PM »
Really nice mate, would love a dp :smitten:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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  

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2010, 06:47 PM »
nice build mate ,,love the colour scheme ,,,,,top bombing    :daumenhoch:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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 :daumenhoch:
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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2010, 08:48 PM »

Love it  :daumenhoch:

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

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2010, 09:07 PM »
lovin the colours on it.
cheap bike to start off with  :daumenhoch:.
dave the bmxing gypo


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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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. :daumenhoch:  Great build IMO. :4_17_5:

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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« 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  :angel:

You gonna ride it then  :smitten:
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Re: DP Firebird Freestyler (pic heavy)
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2010, 10:19 PM »
very nice quality build john  :daumenhoch: .........gotta lotta love for dp's........haven't built one yet though  ;)

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