Race Inc Info Needed

[martylaa]

Hi anyone a big Race Inc fanboy on here looking for some info on this stuff.....
History?
Bits easy to come by?

[PK6061]

hi m8
        race inc started out in 1976 by bill bastain who had just left a company called
        triple A. at race inc he made bikes for fmf kawasaki the first se frames such as
        the ju6 bd4 floval flyer on and on. bill bastain also did his range of bikes race inc
        that had been so good that he influenced all alloy bikes. hope that helps.   
         

[martylaa]

hi m8
        race inc started out in 1976 by bill bastain who had just left a company called
        triple A. at race inc he made bikes for fmf kawasaki the first se frames such as
        the ju6 bd4 floval flyer on and on. bill bastain also did his range of bikes race inc
        that had been so good that he influenced all alloy bikes. hope that helps.   
         

yep thats a start, need to find some web sites regards to his history and products...
thanks

[baldbmxer]

Bastian built Kawasaki

[HUTCHMAN]

The tiny bit i know... they only made 1 Cro-Mo frame,the RM-2,standard forks on these were the centre line forks,although they did produce a leading axle design fork like the early Cycle Pro forks. The largest ali,20 inch frame was the RA-10,basically a Ripper frame with round tubes,the lower the number,the smaller the frame . Early ali frames had FMF rear dropouts. The 20 inch frames don't seem to go for a bustin amount,the cruiser seems more desirable, Cro-Mo bars and forks seem to go for a lot of money,more than the frames in many instances.

[bobafett]

I like race-inc alloy bars and seat posts 

I started a thread on vintage (or was it OS ? ) a while back about the alloy bars and seatposts found on early team mongoose completes and it appears that they were more than likely made by race inc 

[Zippy]

I'm getting a set of Cro Mo Race Inc bars rechromed for my Ripper and have my eye on a seatpost as well.

[moomin]

Got my old race inc cro mo in the loft still  lovely bit of kit 

[HUTCHMAN]

the RM-2 's are a nice bit of kit arn't they Nik!

[moomin]

Dunno if thats what mine is, i'm blonde    Loved it tho, in some of the pics you can see a blue gillot frame, this was hand built using all of the geomety from the Race Inc 

[HUTCHMAN]

quote:
Dunno if thats what mine is, i'm blonde

Nik,thats the only Cro Mo frame Race Inc made,so yea,thats what you've got,very nice in chrome,and your a lucky bug#ar have leading blade forks!!

[moomin]

It's still in pretty nice condition too, bit of spit and polish and maybe into survivor at MK 10 

[bobafett]

I like that frame 

[HUTCHMAN]

they are NICE.mine's in the museum.