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Offline beard1973

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** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« on: December 14, 2010, 03:18 PM »
..I haven't built myself a bike for well over a year, and that was my Team Aero Pro Race Bike...

And before that it was my Chrome Aero Pro, which is slowly getting as close to factory spec as is possible.

I've always been a fan of 'custom' builds, as long as they are done with taste and a lot of thought.

I've had this build on the go for the past 12 months and several times I just lost interest in it because of various 'nuggets' that continue to blight this fantastic hobby... but the last bits arrived yesterday so I spent the morning putting her together.

Two of my favourite models from the Raleigh Burner range are the MK2 Cromo (Koisumi Frame & Forks) and the Night Burner. I love the geometry and build quality of the Koisumi Frameset and always had a soft spot for the Night Burner colour scheme with its smoke over chrome finish.

We've has a glut of Night Burner 'style' builds in the past few weeks and at one point after a vague text from spike371 I thought my idea was already being built...  :buck2: :buck2:

So here it is... My MK2 CROMO 'NIGHT' BURNER (Koisumi Frameset).







I didn't want standard Night Burner decals, because it isn't a Night Burner, its a Cromo Burner :wink: so I had decals made up that are in the 'style' of the Night Burner but also identify this bike as a Cromo.  :daumenhoch:









SPECIFICATION

Frameset - Mk2 Cromo (Koisumi)
Bars - Aero Pro Bars
Wheels - Araya Aeros with Suzue Hubs.
Tyres - COMP III - Rainbow Labels
Crank - 175mm Sugino
Seat - Kashimax Aero
Post - Strongs with Red Insert
Clamp - Suntour
Stem - Suntour
Brakeset - DC MX1000 with Tech 3 Levers
Grips - Tange









Original STRONGS seat post, rechromed and trimmed with Red Insert..



Its been such a long build, collecting parts etc... in an attempt not offend anyone who has helped with supplying parts I'm just gonna say.. "You know who you are and you are all legends of this hobby... I thank you!".

I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with the bike now its built, whether its gonna be stored with my small collection or whether it might be raffled off for Christmas.



Hope you guys like it.... to all the Burner haters on RADBMX... remember this aint ya normal Burner...  ;)
« Last Edit: December 14, 2010, 09:30 PM by beard1973 »

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2010, 03:22 PM »
Excellent as always  :4_17_5:

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2010, 03:27 PM »
Nice....! My first bike was a Mk1 night burner used to love it  :smitten: that looks great Dave :)

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2010, 03:39 PM »
Nice build Big Dave, excellent finish and execution as always :daumenhoch:


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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2010, 03:40 PM »
 :) Liking that a lot.Never knew the MK11 Cromos were Koizumi built either :daumenhoch:

« Last Edit: December 14, 2010, 03:42 PM by VOIVOD »

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2010, 03:45 PM »
Great looking bike :daumenhoch:

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2010, 03:51 PM »
Great job Dave. Lovely attention to detail as always 8) :daumenhoch:

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2010, 04:27 PM »
Nice that Dave  :-\ :-[ :-X 8)   


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Whats the matter Kid, don't ya like clowns? Don't we make you laugh? Aint we fukkin funny?

Offline beard1973

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2010, 04:29 PM »
Cheers Fella's...

Part of me is tempted to race it next summer...  :2gunsfiring_v1: :2gunsfiring_v1: :2gunsfiring_v1:

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Re: Its been a while...
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2010, 05:08 PM »
wow - it sort of glows....  :4_17_5:

lovely colour combination and I like the personal touch on the decals.. :smitten:

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2010, 09:35 PM »
Cheers Sid...

Very underrated frameset these Koisumi Burners... :)

Spillers used to race one in the Southern Old Skool Series.

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2010, 11:13 PM »

Looks cool Dave  :daumenhoch:


mongoositis - an expensive disease......

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2010, 11:25 PM »
Another belter, Mr Dave  :4_17_5:


I was so close to buying a Burner last week  but got gazumped  :crazy2:


me buying a Burner ? :idiot2:


it's all your fault  :LolLolLolLol:
 :daumenhoch:





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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2010, 01:20 AM »
Nice bike Dave   :daumenhoch:

Love the custom theme and the personal touches  8)
WANTED : Old school BMX patches/sew on badges ......  please  :)

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2010, 02:09 PM »
Another belter, Mr Dave  :4_17_5:


I was so close to buying a Burner last week  but got gazumped  :crazy2:


me buying a Burner ? :idiot2:


it's all your fault  :LolLolLolLol:
 :daumenhoch:







Burner fever... it gets them all in the end...  :crazy2: :crazy2: :crazy2:

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2010, 02:33 PM »
some nice bits hanging on that bit of iron  ;)


looks nice Dave  :daumenhoch:

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2010, 02:34 PM »

Lookin' good Davey Gravey  ;)

Who does the smoke over chrome , Butts ? ( looks kinda brown'ish close up ? )

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2010, 02:40 PM »
Spillers used to race one in the Southern Old Skool Series.

That's not a promotion....

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2010, 02:43 PM »
I must be getting a touch of the Nick Wilson's; I quite like that  :daumenhoch:


Better to crash and burn than fade away

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2010, 02:52 PM »

Lookin' good Davey Gravey  ;)

Who does the smoke over chrome , Butts ? ( looks kinda brown'ish close up ? )

It was powdered by FHMREADER (Impreziv Finishing). It does have brown tint in certain light.. in other light it looks very black.

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2010, 02:54 PM »
some nice bits hanging on that bit of iron  ;)

Behave... thats Japanese quality... not ya average Nottingham Nugget...  :buck2:

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Re: ** NEW BUILD ** Its been a while...
« Reply #21 on: December 16, 2010, 10:30 AM »
That is soooooo lush mate , whats the difference and how do you id a kiosumi frame ?  ( Out of interest ) :daumenhoch: 
P.S still have my Mk 1 cromo burner from christmas morning 1984 and i love it , i put it back to how i got it then but am currently building a ' how i rode it bitd ' version just need a 44t sugino chain ring and someone to tell me what threads skyways axles are   ;) and i will get on it and give it a thrashing round the Bole Hills track .
« Last Edit: December 16, 2010, 10:40 AM by Hootski70 »

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