Author Topic: The Goose gets Cooked ! (Read 7418 times)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **on:** January 11, 2011, 12:36 AM »

82' standard team mongoose is what it was - well that was the answer to a question of "what bike frame is this ?" asked by a member on Raleighburner.com

the photo's show a bike frame that had seen better days and a mish-mash of parts - CW style bars with a couple of dents in the cross bars - tange copy fork that bent the wrong way - odd wheels and press metal calipers

Well i pm'd him and asked if he wanted to sell the frame ! - cut a long time and story short is was a swap for some mags with a bit of cash and some brake cables and decals throw in for free - so a meet up was done in the middle of a freezing day at tesco's car park - looked so dodgy handing over bmx parts :lol:

I did ask if he could not touch/clean the frame in any way, so I could do it in my own way :wink:

so i got it home and had a look over it and it was covered in grease ans even had a feather on it ? must be a goose then ! - surface rust and pitting all over the frame - a couple of marks on one side of the gusset - and a couple of scrapes on the frame

Before i got it

before / what it looked like when i got it

Now after 10 hours of polishing over 3 days in different stages to get it up - it now looks like this :shock:

Now there are still marks and some small pitting in places, i think that adds a touch of class to a frame that is 29 years old and still can turn out like this :cool: - now i just gotta find some forks to go with it

cheers B :wink:

diesel · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2011, 12:40 AM »

tell all, what a you using for that process please?

Looks fantastic

brettypeeps · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2011, 01:03 AM »

You have photographed two frames there

Great work

xGoose · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2011, 01:09 AM »

Great work!

kdw712 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2011, 06:27 AM »

Amazing work there. looks fantastic

rooski · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2011, 07:25 AM »

come out brill,good work

pickle · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2011, 07:39 AM »

awesome work! love those Goose frames as well

Swivel · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2011, 07:58 AM »

Amazing work there B, top stuff

torkertony · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:01 AM »

If I hadn't seen the serial number in both sets of pics I would have sworn it was a different frame! She's come up really well!

Mattdub · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:07 AM »

Great work there

, stage process as mentioned above would be cool

Macmania · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:21 AM »

Great work Mr B looks fantastic

Tell us the secret then.......................

MartyC · « **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:43 AM »

That has come up fantastic

NORTY40 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2011, 10:48 AM »

Cracking bit of resto mate , blinging results

Did you use Lemon juice and tinfoil

Dannywhac · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2011, 10:53 AM »

That came out lovely

Looked to me like a goose had been sat on the top tube, using the headset cup as an ashtray...

Coke and tinfoil? Or Oxy/Vinegar/Citric bath? Either way it's come up a treat

bobbysam · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2011, 11:23 AM »

I'm always amazed by the resto on this sight and that frame is fooking amazing, nice job

monkian · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2011, 12:59 PM »

Awesome job man

What did you use on it?

southern andy · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2011, 02:02 PM »

Done a nice job there.

The guy also asked on here as to what frame it was.

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=119305.0

Badbaldie · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:08 PM »

thats a serious amount of elbow grease you used there my freind and worth every ounce

the finish is amazing

bobafett · « **Reply #18 on:** January 12, 2011, 11:17 AM »

Nice clean up

markyp · « **Reply #19 on:** January 12, 2011, 12:45 PM »

awesome job,nice to see you managed to salvage it with a bit of spit and polish.ive got/had two of those geese both rechromed and im must admit that the results were both a bit disappointing,mostly because of the high content of tricky areas on the gusset geese which the pre chrome polish cant get into.looking at yours it looks as good as my rechromed geese

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #20 on:** January 12, 2011, 06:49 PM »

Cheers Guys

it took a bit of time and hard work, but was a joy to see it come up as it has - i was a bit surprised how much it did come up - it now sits in front of me in the lounge just shinning away - now has any body got a set of forks to match it ? bobafett ?

NORTY40 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2011, 08:14 PM »

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on January 12, 2011, 06:49 PM

now has any body got a set of forks to match it ? bobafett ?

John parting with some goose forks

you've got as much chance as Liverpool getting 3 points on Sunday

aerostylie · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2011, 10:43 PM »

wow

whats the secret.......and can we send you frames

deffo incentive to get one of me frames sorted after them results

In2 bmx · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2011, 10:55 PM »

Excellent work that ...

looks mint

hunterdubber · « **Reply #24 on:** January 12, 2011, 11:00 PM »

Quote from: NORTY40 on January 12, 2011, 08:14 PM

Quote from: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on January 12, 2011, 06:49 PM
now has any body got a set of forks to match it ? bobafett ?

John parting with some goose forks you've got as much chance as Liverpool getting 3 points on Sunday

Oh dear Joff

Keep that up ,,, you colud be looking at a ban

Especially when the derby goes your way

I love a good ressurection Bendy ,,, and lovely mk2 Goose too

Author Topic: The Goose gets Cooked ! (Read 7418 times)

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