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rollin72
900 Air
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I was a ninja
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we have a survivor
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July 04, 2010, 07:36 PM »
last weekend i was at a family party and there was a mate i hadnt seen since leaving school. the subject quickly turned to bmx
when his wife chipped in that she had a bmx...and still had it at her mams house, well ive been phoning all week and finally this evening i called round to see it...the frame was made by our local bike shop b.p cycles which closed down in about 1984, so i dont think there will be many of these knocking about, its got tange forks, dcmx seat clamp(rrrrresult)nice fluted seatpost, itm stem(never heard of it, does anybody know about them) the bars are probably cw copies i wont know until i strip it, the wheels dont look up to much and the rest of the parts are copies, oh the chainwheel and spider look pretty tidy though.the frame has tear drop tubing with no cracks or dings, just a bit of rust..its not a classic but i spent half of my youth in that bike shop so it brings back some fond memories, and its probably the first one youve seen or will ever see so must be worth a small fortune
i got it for fook all ....happy days
nice1 gaz
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rollin72
900 Air
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I was a ninja
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July 04, 2010, 08:39 PM »
ive just found the frame no on the rear dropout...j3112462..does anyone recognize it? anything about the stem its an ITM
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meticulous
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July 04, 2010, 09:10 PM »
the forks were o/e on scorpions bitd, everything else?
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fischflo
900 Air
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July 04, 2010, 09:10 PM »
I wonder what it looked like when it was new....
Right now it looks like Yappy Malfunction Dog
itm from Italy --- frames forks tubes for speed bikes also mtb (
http://www.itm.it/select/
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In2 bmx
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July 04, 2010, 09:26 PM »
Great score Gaz
seat post clamp is far to good for it
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oldtired
540 Air
Posts: 2533
Dirty Old Man
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July 04, 2010, 09:30 PM »
had a similar looking frame bitd but that was stickered up Stratton originaly, same dropouts , brake bridge with strengthening tube thingy, and tear drop down tube , aero shape akisu forks though, so i assume the frame was akisu to, there were a few about with different stickers on, still nice score for nowt
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bobafett
Team Mechanic
Tail Whip
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mongoose addict
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July 04, 2010, 09:37 PM »
Good stuff Gaz
What's your plans for the resto then mate ?
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NORTY40
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NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM
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July 04, 2010, 11:43 PM »
Great score for nowt Gaz
Just make sure the cat is safeley tucked up in bed before you start any restoration
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rollin72
900 Air
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July 05, 2010, 09:08 PM »
ive done a bit of searching to find out what the frame is and as oldtired said it looks like an 83 akisu
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/akisu/37470
and marty c has posted this several times
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=49940.0
but then i found this (scroll down to daz bmx's reply
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=79672.0
if it is an akisu, has anybody got pics of decals for it
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